Wedding and Individual Portrait - Robert Reiner - Textile Machine Factory Owner · Weehawken Time Machine

Wedding and Individual Portrait - Robert Reiner - Textile Machine Factory Owner

Title: Wedding and Individual Portrait - Robert Reiner - Textile Machine Factory Owner
Description: Black and white photographs of Robert Reiner's wedding and Reiner in uniform in Germany. Robert Reiner was born in Nuertingen, Germany and left his home town for the United States around 1900. He established a textile machine company on the corner of Hackensack Plank Rd and Gregory Avenue in Weehawken. Mr. Reiner was an honored citizen of Nuertingen because he supported building up the city's hospital, gave money for the church bells, provided milk for poor children and so on. Mr. Reiner was one of the first people to cross the Atlantic by Zeppelin and served as the president of the American- German Chamber of Commerce and was awarded highest honor given to a non head of state for his work in German- American relations.
Subject: WHC244
Date: 1900
Type: OT
Identifier: WHC244
Coverage: Hackensack Plank Road and Gregory Avenue,Weehawken, NJ [40.7670086,-74.0250022]
Tag: Business; People
Rights: This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.