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[[Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Int.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inside the [[McKenzie Oerting Building]] in the 1960s]]
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'''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[1886]] by Danish immigrant [[Charles McKenzie Oerting]]. Its [[McKenzie Oerting Building|headquarters]] at 601 South [[Palafox Street]] was built in [[1892]].
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|location=601 South [[Palafox Street]]
 
|established=[[1863]]
 
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'''McKenzie Oerting & Company''' was a ship chandlery, marine supply and grocery founded in [[1863]] by Danish immigrant [[P. J. McKenzie Oerting]] and reorganized in [[1886]] by his son, [[Charles McKenzie Oerting]]. Its [[McKenzie Oerting Building|headquarters]] at 601 South [[Palafox Street]] was built in [[1892]].
 
  
 
When the business closed in [[1971]] with the retirement of [[John Alexander Oerting, Sr.]], it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business.
 
When the business closed in [[1971]] with the retirement of [[John Alexander Oerting, Sr.]], it had the distinction of being city's oldest surviving business.
  
 
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==Other images==
 
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Image:McKenzieOertingAd1899.jpg|1899 advertisement
 
Image:McKenzieOertingBuilding-1960s-Ext.jpg|The [[McKenzie Oerting Building]] in the 1960s
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[McKenzie Oerting Building]]
 
*[[McKenzie Oerting Building]]
 
*[[Oerting family]]
 
*[[Oerting family]]
 
==References==
 
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*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.
 
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[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]]
 
[[Category:Defunct businesses]] [[Category:Maritime businesses]]

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