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Business View Magazine
Angelica Textile Service, Inc.
The experts in linen services for the healthcare industry
Angelica Textiles is the nation’s largest healthcare linen
provider. It provides textile rental and linen management
products and services to hospitals, integrated delivery
networks (IDNs), clinics, outpatient facilities, and long-
term care centers.
Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, this subsidiary of the An-
gelica Corporation has an old and storied history that
dates back to the late 19th century. It is said that the
first Angelica uniform was tailored by the wife of Cheru-
bino Angelica, a railroad chef in St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs.
Angelica’s distinctive chef’s uniform set the standard for
style and functionality and became the customary design
for many years.
In 1890, Angelica created the famous Harvey Girls uni-
forms. The Harvey Girls were fashionably-dressed wait-
resses in the Fred Harvey chain of restaurants, located in
train stations across America. Alfred Levy bought the com-
pany and its six sewing machines in 1903, for $2,500,
changed its name to the Angelica Jacket Company, and
sold more aprons. In 1920, the company introduced the
