Background
Dolge, Alfred was born on December 22, 1848 in Chemnitz, Germany. Son of August and Augusta (Staib) Dolge.
Dolge, Alfred was born on December 22, 1848 in Chemnitz, Germany. Son of August and Augusta (Staib) Dolge.
Education common schools, Leipzig, 1855-1862.
Worked at bench as piano maker. Started in business July, 1869. Started first piano felt factories in America at Brooklyn, 1871.
Went to Herkimer County, New York, and founded the town of Dolgeville, New York, population 3000, 1874.
Introduced labor pension and insurance system in his factories, 1874. Organized the Alfred Dolge Manufacturing Company, and established first felt and felt shoe factories on the Pacific Coast, 1903.
Founded, town of Dolgeville, California, 7 miles east of Los Los Angeles Author: Pianos and Their Makers. Home: Covina, California.
Married Anna Augusta Horn, December 22, 1868.