Thomas Holley made the American Pad Company in 1884 in Holyoke. They started small as a processer of waster paper.
Sanborn map analysis:
Sanborn 1884 map – near start of Main Street
Sanborn 1889 map – Whiting Street Building on Main Street
Sanborn 1895 map – Whiting Street Building on Main Street
Sanborn 1915 map – NE corner of Appleton and Winter Streets
Sanborn 1949 map – NE corner of Appleton and Winter Streets
Sanborn 1956 map – NE corner of Appleton and Winter Streets