Embalmers Supply Co

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Company Profile The Embalmers' Supply Company was born, April 1886 in Brooklyn, New York. It functioned out of the basement of a Pharmacy operated by a German born gentleman by the name of Max Huncke. It operated both as "The Brooklyn Fluid Works", and the "Dolge and Huncke Company of Brooklyn". In 1890 the company was moved to Westport, Connecticut and functioned there until 1987, when it moved to its present location in Stratford, Connecticut. In 1889, Mr. Dolge founded the first permanent school of Embalming to popularize the method and his products. This was known as the United States College of Embalming. Dr. Auguste Renouard was the demonstrator and later purchased the school.

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