"The prospects for success appeared bright in the mid-1880s when Joseph Kirkham, James Robinson and C. Lewis Whitehead organized Providential Tile Works, hiring modeler Isaac Broome away from Trent Tile, their only potential local competitor in Trenton, New Jersey. ... The management of the company remained fairly consistent during its 28- year history. Of the three original partners, Joseph Kirkham left in the early 1890s to start his own company in Ohio; James Robinson forfeited his ownership ten years later; and C. Lewis Whitehead then maintained control until his death in 1912 when his wife Emma tried unsuccessfully to keep the works operating. Its doors closed in 1913." - https://www.tileheritage.org/THF-TileoftheMonth-Jun-08.html, 22.07.2020
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