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Aleksandra Losvik
Forskningsingenjör
Works at Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
Email aleksandra.losvik@su.se
Visiting address Svante Arrhenius väg 20 A
Room N 506
Postal address Institutionen för ekologi miljö och botanik 106 91 Stockholm
I am a PhD student in professor Lisbeth Jonsson's research group. I completed my Master's degree project in 2009 in Poland at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk (https://en.biotech.ug.edu.pl/) where I worked on antibiotic properties of extracts from carnivorous plants.
I have been working as a teaching assistant at the basic- and advanced-level Plant Physiology courses and during Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions advanced course, held at Stockholm University. I was also involved in managing short-term individual projects as well as Master's thesis research projects.
My research focuses on plant-aphid interactions and finding aphid resistant factors in plants. Untill now we were able to identify and characterize two genes in barley, CI2c encoding for protease inhibitor and LOX2.2 encoding for lipoxygenase, both shown to improvie plant resistance against aphids.
A selection from Stockholm University publication database
Article The Protease Inhibitor CI2c Gene Induced by Bird Cherry-Oat Aphid in Barley Inhibits Green Peach Aphid Fecundity in Transgenic Arabidopsis
2017. Aleksandra Losvik (et al.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18 (6)
Aphids are phloem feeders that cause large damage globally as pest insects. They induce a variety of responses in the host plant, but not much is known about which responses are promoting or inhibiting aphid performance. Here, we investigated whether one of the responses induced in barley by the cereal aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) affects aphid performance in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana L. A barley cDNA encoding the protease inhibitor CI2c was expressed in A. thaliana and aphid performance was studied using the generalist green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer). There were no consistent effects on aphid settling or preference or on parameters of life span and long-term fecundity. However, short-term tests with apterous adult aphids showed lower fecundity on three of the transgenic lines, as compared to on control plants. This effect was transient, observed on days 5 to 7, but not later. The results suggest that the protease inhibitor is taken up from the tissue during probing and weakly inhibits fecundity by an unknown mechanism. The study shows that a protease inhibitor induced in barley by an essentially monocot specialist aphid can inhibit a generalist aphid in transgenic Arabidopsis.
Article Overexpression of the aphid-induced serine protease inhibitor CI2c gene in barley affects the generalist green peach aphid, not the specialist bird cherry-oat aphid
2018. Aleksandra Losvik (et al.). PLoS ONE
Aphids are serious pests in crop plants. In an effort to identify plant genes controlling resistance against aphids, we have here studied a protease inhibitor, CI2c in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The CI2c gene was earlier shown to be upregulated by herbivory of the bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) in barley genotypes with moderate resistance against this aphid, but not in susceptible lines. We hypothesized that CI2c contributes to the resistance. To test this idea, cDNA encoding CI2c was overexpressed in barley and bioassays were carried out with R. padi. For comparison, tests were carried out with the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer), for which barley is a poor host. The performance of R. padi was not different on the CI2c-overexpressing lines in comparison to controls in test monitoring behavior and fecundity. M. persicae preference was affected as shown in the choice test, this species moved away from control plants, but remained on the CI2c-overexpressing lines. R. padi-induced responses related to defense were repressed in the overexpressing lines as compared to in control plants or the moderately resistant genotypes. A putative susceptibility gene, coding for a b-1,3-glucanase was more strongly induced by aphids in one of the CI2c-overexpressing lines. The results indicate that the CI2c inhibitor in overexpressing lines affects aphid-induced responses by suppressing defense. This is of little consequence to the specialist R.padi, but causes lower non-host resistance towards the generalist M. persicae in barley.
Article Overexpression and Down-Regulation of Barley Lipoxygenase LOX2.2 Affects Jasmonate-Regulated Genes and Aphid Fecundity
2017. Aleksandra Losvik (et al.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18 (12)
Aphids are pests on many crops and depend on plant phloem sap as their food source. In an attempt to find factors improving plant resistance against aphids, we studied the effects of overexpression and down-regulation of the lipoxygenase gene LOX2.2 in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) on the performance of two aphid species. A specialist, bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) and a generalist, green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer) were studied. LOX2.2 overexpressing lines showed up-regulation of some other jasmonic acid (JA)-regulated genes, and antisense lines showed down-regulation of such genes. Overexpression or suppression of LOX2.2 did not affect aphid settling or the life span on the plants, but in short term fecundity tests, overexpressing plants supported lower aphid numbers and antisense plants higher aphid numbers. The amounts and composition of released volatile organic compounds did not differ between control and LOX2.2 overexpressing lines. Up-regulation of genes was similar for both aphid species. The results suggest that LOX2.2 plays a role in the activation of JA-mediated responses and indicates the involvement of LOX2.2 in basic defense responses.
Article Effects of treatments of barley with methyl salicylate, methyl jasmonate or (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol on barley gene expression and fecundity of bird cherry-oat aphid
Aleksandra Losvik, Robert Glinwood, Lisbeth Jonsson.
Aphids are serious pests on crop plants. Chemical control is currently the most efficient and widely used method to control aphid populations; however it has negative environmental consequences. Inducing aphid resistance in plants by volatile treatments may be an alternative, less harmful measure. Here, we have studied volatile induced responses in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and their effect on bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.). Barley cultivars Scandium, Lina and Barke were exposed to methyl salicylate, methyl jasmonate or (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, plant volatiles which all have been shown to induce arthropod resistance. Treated plants were analyzed for changes in gene expression using RT-qPCR method, with focus on genes related to plant defense. Genes encoding a calcium-binding EF-hand protein, a protease inhibitor and lipoxygenase 2.2 were induced by exposure to methyl salicylate. Methyl jasmonate and (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol treatments were found to up-regulate an allene oxide synthase gene and lipoxygenase 2.1. Methyl salicylate treatment prolonged the pre-reproductive period and reduced the intrinsic rate of aphid population increase on cultivar Scandium, but had no effect on fecundity. Treatments with methyl jasmonate reduced aphid fecundity over a seven day period on two out of three tested cultivars. We did not observe any effects of methyl salicylate or methyl jasmonate treatments on aphid life span or total offspring during the life. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that all tested volatiles induce putative defense related genes, but only methyl jasmonate showed potential for protecting barley against aphids.
Thesis (Doc) Barley defense genes against aphids
2018. Aleksandra Losvik (et al.).
Aphids are insect pests with major importance worldwide. By feeding from plant phloem, they directly withdraw nutrients. The feeding injury is often visible in the form of leaf rolling, chlorosis, necrosis or plant deformation. Their pest status is attributed also to vectoring of plant viruses. Aphid infestation on crop plants is currently managed with the use of pesticides, which may pose a threat to the environment. An alternative approach would be to identify and characterize genetic factors contributing to aphid resistance, as well as agents inducing resistance, with the intention to use this knowledge in breeding programs.
The aim of this thesis was to identify such resistance genes and characterize their involvement in plant-aphid interactions. This was accomplished using two approaches. Firstly, two putative aphid-resistance genes from barley, CI2c encoding a chymotrypsin inhibitor and LOX2.2 encoding a lipoxygenase, were transformed into Arabidopsis and/or barley and the effects of transformation were studied with regard to the performance of two aphid species. One was the specialist bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.), which is a pest on major cereals, and the other was a generalist, the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer), which is a pest on plants belonging to more than 40 families. The effects of transformation were also studied concerning effects on the expression of other defense-related genes in the transgenic plants. Secondly, the effects of plant treatment with volatiles were studied with regard to induction of plant resistance, followed by tests with bird cherry-oat aphid on the treated plants.
The study of overexpression of CI2c showed that the gene product transiently reduced green peach aphid fecundity on transgenic Arabidopsis, but indirectly decreased this aphid's avoidance of barley by suppressing defense. The transformation had no effects on bird cherry-oat aphids' behaviour or fecundity. Overexpression of LOX2.2 was shown to affect expression of other genes regulated by jasmonic acid and decreased the short-term fecundity of both the bird cherry-oat aphid and the green peach aphid on barley. The study of volatile treatments supported the idea that resistance against aphids can be induced by application of volatiles. Several defense gene sequences were induced by application of methyl salicylate, methyl jasmonate and (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol. Of the three volatiles tested, methyl jasmonate showed the greatest potential as inducing agent, causing a short-term reduction in aphid fecundity.
To conclude, this thesis supports the ideas that the barley genes CI2c and LOX2.2 play a role in resistance against aphids and that moderate aphid resistance can be induced by external factors. Aphids may be directly affected by the gene product or there may be an indirect effect, caused by changes in the expression of other genes involved in plant defense. The observed negative effects on aphids were of moderate magnitude and it is proposed that acting individually, those genes are not likely to cause a strong negative effect, but they may contribute to provide resistance to aphids.
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Q: How to test if zeros have changed to ones (but not the other way around) I have a binary mask which at some point I'm updating. It's ok for 1s in my old mask to become 0s but the other way around is not allowed. How can I assert using some binary operations that none of the 0s in the mask have turned into 1s?

A: if (~old & new)

If you also want to know which bits changed from 0 to 1, just read each bit in bits = ~old & new;. If you just want to know if any 0s became 1s, that first line of code will do.

A: So we have old mask and new mask, and none of the 0s of the old mask must have been set in the new mask.
Solution is simple: invert the old mask, turning all zeroes into ones and ones into zeroes. And the result with the new mask - if result is nonzero the undesired thing has happened.
Demonstrating this with a minimal example. We have
old = 0011
new = 1001

There are two bits that have changed, two bits are unchanged; one change is undesirable. We invert the old, with ~ and and it with new:
 ~old = 1100
  new = 1001
& ----------
        1000

the result is nonzero so we know that a zero was changed to one.
For code see Cacahuete's answer

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A truck driver took the most wrong turn of his life Tuesday while hauling nine pallets of ammunition, which took him onto Mexican soil and landed him in hot water with the border agents.
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, 27-year-old driver Bogan Jabin Akeem was shipping the ammo from Tennessee to a retailer in Phoenix when he took a wrong turn after stopping in El Paso, Texas, said his boss, Dennis Mekenye, owner of Demco Transportation in Dallas.
The wrong turn, made just before the final stretch to Arizona, instead took Akeem across the Bridge of the Americas, an international bridge spanning the Rio Grande, connecting El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
Akeem immediately realized his mistake, Mekenye said, but could not turn the truck around on the bridge and was forced to cross the border. When he tried to re-enter the United States, Mexican authorities informed him they needed to inspect the trailer. He was detained after authorities discovered the pallets; it was unclear whether Akeem had declared the cargo, valued at $100,000, to the authorities.
A representative for the Phoenix retailer, United Nations Ammo, said some media outlets had claimed the ammo -- reportedly designed for AR-15s and AK-47s -- was meant for cartels, but replied that couldn't be further from the truth.
"All the media was calling it cartel ammo, but we paid for that ammo, it's really our property. In no way whatsoever was that ammunition ever supposed to go to Mexico," he said. "We ordered this ammunition, and it's ammunition meant to be sold in the United States of America for legal hobbyists, legal shooters and legal enthusiasts."
Akeem will remain in the custody of Mexican federal authorities until a court determines whether to proceed with a criminal trial. Upon the arrest, authorities have 48 hours to decide whether to proceed with an investigation, for which Akeem could be transported to Mexico City.
Akeem has been an employee of Mekenye's for two years, his employer said, and a criminal background check did not turn up any convictions or other legal hang-ups.
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A Friuli hercegség az egyik legnagyobb területű és legbefolyásosabb lombard hercegség volt a kora középkorban és ezt alapították legelőször a lombardok Itáliába költözésükkor. Ez a terület fontos ütköző zónaként működött az Itáliai Lombard Királyság és az avarok, illetve a szlávok között. A többi nagyobb hercegséggel együtt – Spoleto, Benevento és Trent – Friuli urai is gyakran érezték magukat függetlennek a központi hatalomtól és többször lázadtak, próbálták lerázni magukról a Páviából irányító királyi erőt; a tartomány erejét mutatja, hogy sokszor a friuli hercegeket választották királyukká a lombardok.

A Friuli (Velence) tartomány volt az első terület, melyet a lombardok Alboin vezetésével 568-ban elfoglaltak Itáliában. Mielőtt folytatták volna a behatolásukat a félsziget további részeire, Alboin unokaöccsét, I. Gisulfot helyezte a terület kormányzásának az élére, egyben megengedte neki, hogy válasszon a nemesi családok (vagy/és faras-ok ?) közül, melyekkel letelepülne az új tartományban. Az eredeti északi és keleti hercegségi határok a Karni-Alpok és a Júliai-Alpok voltak, ezen irányokból alig, vagy csak nagyon nehezen megközelíthető a terület. Délen a Ravennai Exarchátus határolta a hercegséget, ahol először még nem volt a tengeri kijáratuk, azt csak később szereztek meg; e déli határ síkságán lehetett könnyen eljutni Pannoniába, ahonnan a rabló, fosztogató, vagy a megszálló ellenséges csapatok érkezhettek, úgymint a horvátok, az avarok, majd a magyarok. A nyugati határt eredetileg nem jelölték ki, amíg a további hódítások során létre nem hozták a Ceneda hercegséget, amely a Tagliamento folyón túl, a Livenza és a Piave folyók között terült el. A tartomány eredeti fővárosa a római korban Aquileia volt, de a lombardok fővárosa Friuliban Forum Julii lett, későbbi nevén Cividale del Friuli.

615-ben Concordiát foglalták el, majd 642-ben Opitergiumot a lombardok, a hercegség kiterjesztette fennhatóságát dél felé az Exarchátus ellenében. 663-ban Cividale városát és környékét rövid időre elfoglalták az avarok, de I. Grimoald Benevento hercege visszafoglalta azt. A 774-es páviai ostrom és csata után Nagy Károly frank király a behódoló Hrodgaud hercegnek megengedte, hogy megtartsa hercegségét. Amikor azonban Hrodgaud fellázadt és megölték a 776-os csatában, Nagy Károly Macariust tette a helyébe. A lombard hercegség frank uralom alatt 828-ig még tovább létezett, amikor is felbomlott, mert megyéit felosztották a környező uralkodók között. Ezt később átgondolták a frank vezetők és Friuli Őrgrófság (Friuli March) néven újjászervezték 846-ban a területet.

Friuli hercegek

Lombard hercegek
 568–c.584 Grasulf I
 568/c.584–590 Gisulf I
 590–610 Gisulf II
 610–617 Tasso
 610–617 Kakko
 617–651 Grasulf II
 651–663 Ago
 663–666 Lupus
 666-    Arnefrid
 666–678 Wechtar
 678–??? Landar
 ???–694 Rodoald
 694-    Ansfrid
 694–705 Ado
 705-    Ferdulf
 705–706 Corvulus
 706–739 Pemmo
 739–744 Ratchis, egyben lombard király is
 744–749 Aistulf, egyben lombard király is
 749–751 Anselm (d.806)
 751–774 Peter
 774–776 Hrodgaud

Frank hercegek
 776–787 Marcarius
 789–799 Eric
 799–808 Hunfrid
 808–817 Aio
 817–819 Cadalaus
 819–828 Balderic

Frank őrgrófok
 846–863 Eberhard (egyben Foroiuli hercege)
 863–874 Unroch (III)
 874–890 Berengár, egyben német-római császár
 891–896 Walfred

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The vacant J. L. Rue Pottery Company, which had been closed since 1895, offered an opportunity for Karl Wilhelm Mathiasen (1860-1920) and his brothers-in-law, the Eskesens, who wanted to expand their New Jersey Terra Cotta production facility in South Amboy. Matawan's Henry Longstreet had known that the property and pottery production kilns would be attractive, due to the expanding terra cotta industry and the availability of quality clay in the area and purchased the property when it was auctioned.
In January of 1897, the Matawan Terra Cotta Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000 and leased the Rue property initially for five years. The board of directors consisted of Mathiasen as chairman, his wife's younger brothers E.V. Eskesen, L.B. Eskesen, T. Eskesen, Bennet Eskesen, Jr, and Mathiasen's wife's younger sister's husband, Peter Sondergaard. Karl would be the company's president, L.B. the vice president and E.V. would be the firm's secretary/treasurer. They immediately picked up contracts for architectural terra cotta, notably the new Steinbach Building in Asbury Park. The initial work force was 21 with an expectation of doubling the size by that summer.
Upon acquisition, they immediately installed a new kiln. The company initially had an issue with obtaining clean water for their boilers – a well at the property at 258 feet produced a milky-colored water which wasn't satisfactory. They eventually built a cistern to store clean water.
In 1901, the Matawan branch started making white, enameled tile and their South Amboy location continued with terra cotta products. Tile was gaining popularity in the country, primarily because of the construction of indoor bathrooms. They initially made 3" and 6" square pieces with the accompanying caps and molding. Production started at approximately 1000 square feet of product per day. Orders came in fast and they advertised for additional help in local newspapers.
In April of 1902, the company's name was changed to The New Jersey Mosaic Tile Company of Matawan. That July, Henry Longstreet transferred 16 lots upon which the factory sat to the company. Two years later. Bennet Eskesen, Jr, built a beautiful residence at 98 Main Street which would remain standing until it was demolished for a gas station in the 1950s.
In January of 1905, the company was renamed The Matawan Tile Company. Karl Mathiasen was president, Bennet, Jr superintendent and E.V. Eskesen secretary and treasurer. They were assigned telephone #24-W and specialized in ceramic floor tile (a sister factory in Keyport made wall tile.) Necessary expansion included a new 50' by 200' building in 1907, and their work staff increased to over 100. Its stain-proof tile was in high demand and one customer was the State Agricultural College in Ithaca, NY, for their dairy department. Orders were filled from nearly every state in the country. The plants location adjacent to the railroad was a big factor in its success.
In April of 1908, Matawan Tile exhibited its product at the Historical and Industrial Exhibit in Asbury Park.
In 1913, the company closed its Keyport branch and moved its equipment to Matawan. Yet another large building was constructed on the site to accommodate the equipment and increased workforce.
As one might expect, there were serious injuries and death associated with an early 1900s, pre-OSHA manufacturing plant. On January 22, 1914, Lewis Tice, 46, was killed. Plants at the time had separate power plants, with belts, pulleys and drive shafts leading from them to power the various machines in different parts of the plant. Tice's clothing was caught up in the mechanism. And he was pulled off the floor and "revolved with the machinery" until it was stopped. It was quite a horrific accident, and superintendent Eskesen was so overcome he had to be taken to his residence. That same week 20-year-old William Arnold fell through an elevator opening and was knocked unconscious, but eventually recovered. That December a boiler in the plant exploded and Simon Height, the engineer was burned, but not seriously. In October 1922, Camillo Sardello, 41, was killed when he lost control of a cart transporting tile and it crushed him. There were numerous reports over the years of non-fatal accidents at the plant.
One of Matawan's largest fires in its history occurred on January 29, 1916 when Matawan Tile's main manufacturing building and its contents caught fire and was destroyed, with the machine shop and kiln shed being significantly damaged. Matawan and Keyport FDs responded, with six streams of water being applied to fight the fire. Rebuilding started at once.
In April of 1921, Matawan Tile exhibited their work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
In August of 1920, company president Karl Mathiasen died. He was a remarkable individual, and details of his life are presented in the Surname section.
In 1922, the Federal Government targeted Matawan Tile and 36 other tile and terra cotta firms for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Authorities wanted prison sentences for E V Eskesen, but it didn't happen.
In 1923, Asbury Park contracted with Matawan Tile to have them provide tile street signs for that community.
In May of 1924 the plant again expanded, with the new facilities occupied by the end of June. In November, the company bought the store and property of Thomas O'Heran, adjacent to the plant. O'Heran ran it as a lunchroom, and Matawan Tile planned to operate it as a restaurant run by Adolph Bauman. Chevy's Cleaners now occupies this building.
Employees at the plant were active in Matawan civic affairs. During WWI, they were involved in the Red Cross and War Bond drives. They fielded a baseball team in the 1920s that played regional competitors for years.
In February of 1925, two new kilns were added to the facility, bringing the total to twelve. The company was supplying a high demand for decorative tile. Designers would sketch out patterns and the women working in the plant would glue small pieces of colored tile matching the pattern to a piece of paper. Contractors would then place the sheets on wet cement. When the material dried, the paper would be removed revealing the pattern.
The company was now at its apex, employing over 200 people. Their products were white only wall tile with associated caps, and multi-colored floor tile. The latter was made in all shapes and sizes. The chief ceramist was Theodore W. Drummond (1900-1969) of Matawan and Thomas Anthony Francy (1907-1989) supervised the factory.
Extensive improvements were again made in 1928. Residences on Main Street adjacent to the plant were bought and moved to lots purchased by the company in the Kane Terrace subdivision (quite a stir was made when one of the homes being moved on Main Street was simply left in the middle of the street when workmen "called it a day".) They built a new structure on Main Street in their place which had fancy tile inlays and brickwork, and eventually housed companion firm The Progressive Art Tile Company. This structure now houses Aby's Mexican Restaurant. They also built a new 56' by 93' facility along the railroad tracks. The buildings were completed in March of 1929.
In August of 1929, yet another devastating fire struck Matawan Tile. Flames broke out in the color-clay mixing department and spread throughout the facility. The Midway, Haley, Washington, Freneau and Cliffwood fire departments all responded, pumping water from Matawan Creek to fight the blaze. One major building was destroyed and president Bennet Eskesen, Jr, who was returning to Matawan on the midnight train, saw that the engine had stopped short of the station (hoses were across the track) and jumped off and ran to his factory. Seventy five percent of the work force was able to return to work the following day. Within two weeks, a decision was made to replace the destroyed structure with a new, two story brick building.
In August of 1930, Matawan Tile merged its sales department with that of the much larger C. Pardee Tile firm of Perth Amboy. The Progressive Art Tile company also was involved in this merger (Progressive was a wholly owned subsidiary of Matawan Tile, with Bennet Eskesen, Jr, president and Harry Kahn, VP.). The new arrangement would handle sales for both companies. In April of 1931, the Pardee-Matawan Tile Company announced it had secured contracts to supply 100,000 square feet of wall and floor tile for six New York City apartment complexes. Matawan Tile had a separate contract that month for 40,000 square feet of tile for the Hillsdale Sanitarium.
During the depression, the company didn't operate for a period, during which several employees of the larger local tile companies produced art tile out of their residences.
Matawan Tile experienced labor disputes in 1937. In March, a 2 cents per hour raise was granted in the Perth Amboy plant after 140 workers staged a sit-down strike. Union workers organized in Matawan in May, and then in July those workers went on strike, called by the Tile Workers Union #20851. They demanded a 15 cents per hour raise (the pay rate had been 40 cents an hour), seniority rights, and the ability for having the union have a say in the termination of employees. The company countered with a 2-cent raise, agreed to the seniority issue, but refused to let the unions interfere with the termination of employee process. After two weeks, the strike ended, with the employees getting a 2 cent raise and a proposed compromise on the termination issue.
In December of 1937, the agreement with Pardee was terminated and Matawan and Progressive resumed their own marketing operations.
In April of 1938, the new Matawan Post Office opened, with tile for the building furnished by Matawan Tile.
In August of 1938, the Federal Trade Commission accused three firms, including Matawan Tile, for price discrimination. It dismissed these complaints in 1941.
A newspaper article noted that because Matawan Tile was unable to convert to war industry in WWII, it shut down its operation. In August of 1941, the Keyport Weekly noted that Matawan Tile, after labor negotiations, granted pay raises to its employees. I noted a March 1942 wedding announcement which indicated that the bride was currently employed by the company, so it was apparently in business at that time. In December of 1943, however, a tax sale was held for some of its real estate, and subsequent articles referred to the property as "the former site of Matawan Tile."
Companies come and go, but Matawan Tile, and its Progressive Art Tile subsidy, left a lasting gift to its community – the beautiful art tile it produced which is now highly collectable. Additionally, standing structures across the country used unmarked Matawan Tile in their construction. Mosaics carefully crafted by the women of Matawan, following patterns provided by the company's artists, must decorate countless structures whose identities cannot be determined.
I contacted MJ Kahn, the granddaughter of Progressive Art Tile vice president Harry Kahn, whose father John is still alive. John was a young child who grew up on Schenck Avenue in the 1930s. Not only was Harry Progressive's VP, his wife Hannah designed the tiles. A picture of four is shown here. I have a similar piece attributed to Progressive (next to the four in the picture), Mine isn't marked "Progressive", though, and the possibility is that none are.
Matawan Tiles, though, are marked. Their distinctive octagonal shape makes them highly recognizable. The Matawan Historical Society has a collection of these at Burrowes Mansion, and the picture of the five comes from my personal collection.


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