L. H. PARKE COMPANY "Pushcart to a Multi-Million Dollar Corporation"

This 2024, updated book with 138 color page has over 150 pictures of various products of L. H. Parke Company and many of the company's advertising items and customer give away promotional items. L. H. Parke & Co. was founded by partners, William P. M. Irwin and Louis H. Parke in 1889 in Philadelphia. The company was acquired in 1962 by Monarch Foods.At the time of the sale the company was headquartered in Philadelphia with offices and warehouses in Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Richmond, VA and Albany, New York. During the 1950s and the early 1960s Donald Irwin Jr. purchased 6 additional wholesale food companies. Parke’s was in its early years famous for its coffee, tea, spices and "Packed to Order" canned good. Most products shown were from 1890s to the 1950s. Parke was the largest roaster and seller of coffee for many years. Pictured and discussed are William P. M. Irwin, Samuel Floyd Irwin, Donald Irwin, Donald Irwin Jr. and James M. Irwin. After Parke’s was sold Donald irwin Jr. became the first president of Monarch Foods in Chicago.