Anthony Overton was a manufacturer of several Chicago-based companies. Overton established a Hygienic Manufacturing Company in 1898, which produced baking powder, extracts, and toilet preparations. He moved his company from Kansas to Chicago where he began to manufacture a full line of cosmetics and perfumes under the High-Brown Products label. Overton was born in Monroe, […]

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