Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
F. DAUS
Leipzig
F. Daus - Leipzig - 1879
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Leipzig
F. Daus - Leipzig - 1879
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ROBERT SMITH & Co.
Beech Street, Barbican, London
R. Smith & Co. - London - 1865
Thought to be in business from c.1850 until c.1896. Partners included Robert Albert Smith, John Smith, and Walter Fisher.
Robert Smith & Co. entered four marks with the London Assay Office, 'R.S' (Robert Smith) contained within an oblong punch, on the 10th December 1879, 'J.S' (John Smith) contained within an oblong punch, on the 1st October 1887, 'WF' (Walter Fisher) contained within an oblong punch, on the 30th October 1889, and 'WF' contained within an oblong punch, on the 17th January 1890.
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Beech Street, Barbican, London
R. Smith & Co. - London - 1865
Thought to be in business from c.1850 until c.1896. Partners included Robert Albert Smith, John Smith, and Walter Fisher.
Robert Smith & Co. entered four marks with the London Assay Office, 'R.S' (Robert Smith) contained within an oblong punch, on the 10th December 1879, 'J.S' (John Smith) contained within an oblong punch, on the 1st October 1887, 'WF' (Walter Fisher) contained within an oblong punch, on the 30th October 1889, and 'WF' contained within an oblong punch, on the 17th January 1890.
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CHARLES PILSON
1, Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Charles Pilson - Cambridge - 1867
C. Pilson - Cambridge - 1878
C. Pilson - Cambridge - 1881
Established in 1828.
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1, Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Charles Pilson - Cambridge - 1867
C. Pilson - Cambridge - 1878
C. Pilson - Cambridge - 1881
Established in 1828.
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
LUXENBERG & HASKELL
122, Centre Street and 1161-1165, Broadway, New York
Luxenberg & Haskell - New York - 1911
Luxenberg & Haskell - New York - 1913
Albert Ostheimer, mentioned in the above advertisement, was formerly in charge of the cane department at the New York salesroom of the Harvey & Watts Co.
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122, Centre Street and 1161-1165, Broadway, New York
Luxenberg & Haskell - New York - 1911
Luxenberg & Haskell - New York - 1913
Albert Ostheimer, mentioned in the above advertisement, was formerly in charge of the cane department at the New York salesroom of the Harvey & Watts Co.
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CLOGG, WRIGHT & Co.
New York
The limited partnership formed in October 1898. by L. H. Clogg, B. O. Wright and George Peck, to manufacture and deal in umbrellas, canes, etc., under the style of Clogg, Wright & Co., has been continued from March 1 to August 1 next. George Peck, the special partner, contributes $25,000 to the capital of the firm.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 15th March 1899
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New York
The limited partnership formed in October 1898. by L. H. Clogg, B. O. Wright and George Peck, to manufacture and deal in umbrellas, canes, etc., under the style of Clogg, Wright & Co., has been continued from March 1 to August 1 next. George Peck, the special partner, contributes $25,000 to the capital of the firm.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 15th March 1899
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
BINGHAMTON WHIP COMPANY
70-80, Whitney Street, Binghamton, New York
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1900
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1908
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1920
The business of Lucius Woodruff (b.23-2-1845, Windsor, New York, - d.19-10-1932, Binghamton, New York)
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70-80, Whitney Street, Binghamton, New York
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1900
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1908
Binghamton Whip Company - Binghamton, N.Y. - 1920
The business of Lucius Woodruff (b.23-2-1845, Windsor, New York, - d.19-10-1932, Binghamton, New York)
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GUILLAUME GIMBRERE
Tilburg, Netherlands
Guillaume Gimbrere - Tilburg - 1918
Established in 1886.
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Tilburg, Netherlands
Guillaume Gimbrere - Tilburg - 1918
Established in 1886.
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K. HIRADE & Co.
Seattle, U.S.A. and Kobe, Japan
K. Hirade & Co. - Seattle and Kobe - 1918
Established at Seattle in 1890.
Established at Kobe in 1893.
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Seattle, U.S.A. and Kobe, Japan
K. Hirade & Co. - Seattle and Kobe - 1918
Established at Seattle in 1890.
Established at Kobe in 1893.
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NEWARK RIVET WORKS
262-263, Lafayette Street, Newark, New Jersey
Newark Rivet Works - Newark, N.J. - 1904
Newark Rivet Works - Newark, N.J. - 1908
Users of the trade marks 'TRIMPI' and 'NWR'.
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262-263, Lafayette Street, Newark, New Jersey
Newark Rivet Works - Newark, N.J. - 1904
Newark Rivet Works - Newark, N.J. - 1908
Users of the trade marks 'TRIMPI' and 'NWR'.
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
H.M. MUSSER
396, Broadway, later, 24, East 21st Street, New York, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania
H. Musser - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1911
H. Musser - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1922
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396, Broadway, later, 24, East 21st Street, New York, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania
H. Musser - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1911
H. Musser - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1922
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
THE LANCASTER SILVER PLATE Co.
89, Franklin Street, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The Lancaster Silver Plate Co. - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1901
A. Rosenstein - President
H.Z. Rhoads - Treasurer
The umbrella handle factory of the Lancaster Silver Plate Co., Lancaster, Pa., was destroyed by fire November 17. causing a loss of about $35,000 on stock and machinery, and $15,000 on the buildings.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - December 1903
The Lancaster Silver Plate Co., whose handle factory was totally destroyed by fire, has purchased the plant of the Earle & Granger Mfg. Co., and the building will be fitted up as rapidly as possible. They expect to have the spring line, which had just been finished on the evening of the fire, in readiness within a short time.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - December 1903
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89, Franklin Street, New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The Lancaster Silver Plate Co. - New York and Lancaster, Pa. - 1901
A. Rosenstein - President
H.Z. Rhoads - Treasurer
The umbrella handle factory of the Lancaster Silver Plate Co., Lancaster, Pa., was destroyed by fire November 17. causing a loss of about $35,000 on stock and machinery, and $15,000 on the buildings.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - December 1903
The Lancaster Silver Plate Co., whose handle factory was totally destroyed by fire, has purchased the plant of the Earle & Granger Mfg. Co., and the building will be fitted up as rapidly as possible. They expect to have the spring line, which had just been finished on the evening of the fire, in readiness within a short time.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - December 1903
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
Walking Canes
The horrible habit of Americans of putting their hands in their pockets has led to the popularity of canes in this country. The Japanese gentleman shows appreciation to the same feeling when his costume is incomplete—without his shutting fan, which he hangs at his belt, over his right shoulder or in the breast folds of his silken gown. The French or English gentleman for the same reason never attends a full dress party without his crush hat in his hand.
The fashion of carrying canes, however, among the swells and lah-de dah lads of New York has each season its rules, which are observed with as much exquisite punctilio as those of ladies who wear a poke bonnet one year and scoop hat the next. Most of these fashions originate in Europe. A year or two ago there were two styles—the shepherd's crook, shaped like a fishhook, and the Zulu crook, a plain, curved handle. The Zulu came from Paris, the shepherd from London. These styles in canes were introduced in the spring and were preceded by the crutch. When our fathers were lads the whalebone cane was the proper thing. Now they are so scarce that they are worth to the dealer from $3 to $3.50. Last year the fashion was to carry a silver ball cane. Then there is a style in carrying a cane and this varies each year. One year it was to walk with a spring gait, with bent knees and arms akimbo as far forward as possible, and the cane was held between one finger and thumb, correctly balanced so as to swing gracefully. Then came the aesthetic style. The cane was held in front of the body by the first and second fingers of both hands and was allowed to hang limp, while the elbows were still further forward and the shoulders, if possible, more round. Then there was a fashion last year of holding the ferule down. This year it is to hold it in the middle with the ferule to the front, just as Mr. Spot Dandridge does after his return from the East. That's the proper " caper."
The material is as various as can well nigh be conceived of. Many are of imported woods: some from the tropics, China and the East Indies. The celebrated Whongee canes are from China, where they are well known and celebrated for the regularity of their joints which are the points from which the leaves are given off, and the stems of a species of phyllosiachys, a gigantic grass closely allied to the bamboo. The orange and lemon are highly prized and are imported chiefly from the West Indies, and perfect specimens command enormous prices. The orange stick is known by its beautiful green bark, with fine white longitudinal markings, and the lemon by the symmetry of its proportions and both prominence and regularity of its knots. Myrtle sticks possess also a value, since their appearance is so peculiar that their owner would seldom fail to recognize them. They are imported from Algeria. The rajah stick is an importation. It is the stem of a palm and a species of calamus. It is grown in Borneo, and takes its name from the fact that the rajah will not allow any to go out of the country unless a heavy duty is paid. These canes, known as palm canes, are distinguished by an angular and more or less flat appearance. Their color is brownish, spotted, and they are quite straight with neither knob nor curl. They are the petioles of leaf stalks of the date palm. Perhaps the most celebrated of the foreign canes are the Malacca, being the stems of the calamus sceptonum, a slender climbing palm, and not growing about Malacca as the name would seem to indicate, but imported from Stak on the opposite coast of Sumatra. Other foreign canes are of ebony, rosewood, partridge, or hairwood and cactus, which, when the pith is cut out, present a most novel appearance, hollow and full of holes.
The manufacture of canes is by no means the simple process of cutting the sticks in the woods, peeling off the bark, whittling down the knots, sandpapering the rough surface, and adding a touch of varnish, a curiously carved handle or head, and tipping the end with a ferule. In the sand flats of New Jersey whole families support themselves by gathering nanneberry sticks, which they gather in the swamps, straighten with an old vise, steam over an old kettle and perhaps scrape down or whittle into size. These are packed in large bundles to New York city and sold to the cane factories. Many imported sticks, however, have to go through a process of straightening by mechanical means, which are a mystery to the uninitiated. They are buried in hot sand until they become pliable. In front of the heap of hot sand in which the sticks are plunged is astoutboaid from five to six feet long, fixed at an angle inclined to the workman, and having two or more notches cut in the edge When the stick has become perfectly pliable the workman places it on one of the notches, and, bending it in the opposite direction to which it is naturally bent, straightens it. Thus, sticks apparently crooked, bent, warped and worthless are by this simple process straightened; but the most curious part of the work is observed in the formation of the crook or curl for the handles which are not naturally supplied with a hook or knob. The workman places one end of the cane firmly in a vise, and pours a continuous stream of fire from a gas pipe on the part which is to be bent. When sufficient heat has been applied, the cane is pulled slowly and gradually round until the hook is completely formed and then secured with a string. An additional application of heat serves to bake and permanently fix the curl. The under part of the handle is frequently charred by the action of the gas, and this is rubbed down with sandpaper until the requisite degree of smoothness is attained.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - July 1884
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The horrible habit of Americans of putting their hands in their pockets has led to the popularity of canes in this country. The Japanese gentleman shows appreciation to the same feeling when his costume is incomplete—without his shutting fan, which he hangs at his belt, over his right shoulder or in the breast folds of his silken gown. The French or English gentleman for the same reason never attends a full dress party without his crush hat in his hand.
The fashion of carrying canes, however, among the swells and lah-de dah lads of New York has each season its rules, which are observed with as much exquisite punctilio as those of ladies who wear a poke bonnet one year and scoop hat the next. Most of these fashions originate in Europe. A year or two ago there were two styles—the shepherd's crook, shaped like a fishhook, and the Zulu crook, a plain, curved handle. The Zulu came from Paris, the shepherd from London. These styles in canes were introduced in the spring and were preceded by the crutch. When our fathers were lads the whalebone cane was the proper thing. Now they are so scarce that they are worth to the dealer from $3 to $3.50. Last year the fashion was to carry a silver ball cane. Then there is a style in carrying a cane and this varies each year. One year it was to walk with a spring gait, with bent knees and arms akimbo as far forward as possible, and the cane was held between one finger and thumb, correctly balanced so as to swing gracefully. Then came the aesthetic style. The cane was held in front of the body by the first and second fingers of both hands and was allowed to hang limp, while the elbows were still further forward and the shoulders, if possible, more round. Then there was a fashion last year of holding the ferule down. This year it is to hold it in the middle with the ferule to the front, just as Mr. Spot Dandridge does after his return from the East. That's the proper " caper."
The material is as various as can well nigh be conceived of. Many are of imported woods: some from the tropics, China and the East Indies. The celebrated Whongee canes are from China, where they are well known and celebrated for the regularity of their joints which are the points from which the leaves are given off, and the stems of a species of phyllosiachys, a gigantic grass closely allied to the bamboo. The orange and lemon are highly prized and are imported chiefly from the West Indies, and perfect specimens command enormous prices. The orange stick is known by its beautiful green bark, with fine white longitudinal markings, and the lemon by the symmetry of its proportions and both prominence and regularity of its knots. Myrtle sticks possess also a value, since their appearance is so peculiar that their owner would seldom fail to recognize them. They are imported from Algeria. The rajah stick is an importation. It is the stem of a palm and a species of calamus. It is grown in Borneo, and takes its name from the fact that the rajah will not allow any to go out of the country unless a heavy duty is paid. These canes, known as palm canes, are distinguished by an angular and more or less flat appearance. Their color is brownish, spotted, and they are quite straight with neither knob nor curl. They are the petioles of leaf stalks of the date palm. Perhaps the most celebrated of the foreign canes are the Malacca, being the stems of the calamus sceptonum, a slender climbing palm, and not growing about Malacca as the name would seem to indicate, but imported from Stak on the opposite coast of Sumatra. Other foreign canes are of ebony, rosewood, partridge, or hairwood and cactus, which, when the pith is cut out, present a most novel appearance, hollow and full of holes.
The manufacture of canes is by no means the simple process of cutting the sticks in the woods, peeling off the bark, whittling down the knots, sandpapering the rough surface, and adding a touch of varnish, a curiously carved handle or head, and tipping the end with a ferule. In the sand flats of New Jersey whole families support themselves by gathering nanneberry sticks, which they gather in the swamps, straighten with an old vise, steam over an old kettle and perhaps scrape down or whittle into size. These are packed in large bundles to New York city and sold to the cane factories. Many imported sticks, however, have to go through a process of straightening by mechanical means, which are a mystery to the uninitiated. They are buried in hot sand until they become pliable. In front of the heap of hot sand in which the sticks are plunged is astoutboaid from five to six feet long, fixed at an angle inclined to the workman, and having two or more notches cut in the edge When the stick has become perfectly pliable the workman places it on one of the notches, and, bending it in the opposite direction to which it is naturally bent, straightens it. Thus, sticks apparently crooked, bent, warped and worthless are by this simple process straightened; but the most curious part of the work is observed in the formation of the crook or curl for the handles which are not naturally supplied with a hook or knob. The workman places one end of the cane firmly in a vise, and pours a continuous stream of fire from a gas pipe on the part which is to be bent. When sufficient heat has been applied, the cane is pulled slowly and gradually round until the hook is completely formed and then secured with a string. An additional application of heat serves to bake and permanently fix the curl. The under part of the handle is frequently charred by the action of the gas, and this is rubbed down with sandpaper until the requisite degree of smoothness is attained.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - July 1884
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Re: Sticks, Whips, Canes, Parasols, and Umbrellas
SCHWARTZ & GERZ
235, West Grant Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Schwartz and Gerz, of 235 West Grant street, make umbrella handles of Brittania and white metal, plated, advertising novelties, manicure sets, etc. They expect to enlarge on the manicure line and also will make cutlery. They do designing for large silverware manufacturers.
Source: The Metal Industry - September 1913
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235, West Grant Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Schwartz and Gerz, of 235 West Grant street, make umbrella handles of Brittania and white metal, plated, advertising novelties, manicure sets, etc. They expect to enlarge on the manicure line and also will make cutlery. They do designing for large silverware manufacturers.
Source: The Metal Industry - September 1913
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JAMES McCREERY & Co.
Broadway and 11th Street, New York
James McCreery & Co. - New York - 1894
James McCreery & Co. - New York - 1894
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Broadway and 11th Street, New York
James McCreery & Co. - New York - 1894
James McCreery & Co. - New York - 1894
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SUPLEE, REEVE, WHITING Co.
823-825, Filbert Street, Philadelphia and 434-438, Broadway, later 142, Fifth Avenue, New York
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - Philadelphia and New York - 1901
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - Philadelphia and New York - 1914
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - 1914
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - 1914
Successors to Belknap, Johnson & Powell.
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823-825, Filbert Street, Philadelphia and 434-438, Broadway, later 142, Fifth Avenue, New York
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - Philadelphia and New York - 1901
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - Philadelphia and New York - 1914
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - 1914
Suplee, Reeve, Whiting Co. - 1914
Successors to Belknap, Johnson & Powell.
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MORGENSTERN & GOLDSMITH
135, Grand Street, New York
Morgenstern & Goldsmith - New York - 1904
On an exportation by Morgenstern & Goldsmith of umbrella, parasol and cane handles the Treasury Department last week allowed rebates on imported materials used in making the articles.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th February 1907
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135, Grand Street, New York
Morgenstern & Goldsmith - New York - 1904
On an exportation by Morgenstern & Goldsmith of umbrella, parasol and cane handles the Treasury Department last week allowed rebates on imported materials used in making the articles.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th February 1907
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FRED. M. WILLIAMS
128, Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, and Flatbush, Long Island
Fred. M. Williams - Brooklyn - 1904
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128, Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, and Flatbush, Long Island
Fred. M. Williams - Brooklyn - 1904
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FRANKFORD BROTHERS - FRANKFORD Mfg. Co.
1238, Poplar Street, later, 906, Filbert Street, Philadelphia
Frankford Bros. - Philadelphia - 1914
Frankford Bros. - Philadelphia - 1916
Frankford Mfg. Co. - Philadelphia - 1922
Frankford Mfg. Company - Philadelphia - 1923
Established in 1908 by Samuel and Benjamin Frankford, who took over the umbrella business of Albert H. Regul & Co., who had been located at the Poplar Street address for 33 years.
Users of the trade names: 'FRANCO' and 'STAND TEST'.
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1238, Poplar Street, later, 906, Filbert Street, Philadelphia
Frankford Bros. - Philadelphia - 1914
Frankford Bros. - Philadelphia - 1916
Frankford Mfg. Co. - Philadelphia - 1922
Frankford Mfg. Company - Philadelphia - 1923
Established in 1908 by Samuel and Benjamin Frankford, who took over the umbrella business of Albert H. Regul & Co., who had been located at the Poplar Street address for 33 years.
Users of the trade names: 'FRANCO' and 'STAND TEST'.
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GANS BROTHERS
97, Fifth Avenue, New York, and, 100, Hanover Street, Baltimore
Gans Brothers - Baltimore - 1915
Gans Brothers - Baltimore - 1916
Gans Bros, 100 Hanover street, Baltimore, umbrella and parasol manufacturers, have filed articles of incorporation papers. The company will have a capital stock of $200,000, divided into 2000 shares of the par value of $100 each. The officers and directors are Charles Gans, president; Williams Gans. vice-president; Max Gans, treasurer; Henry W. C. Meyer, secretary, and Moses G. Gans.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - August 1916
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97, Fifth Avenue, New York, and, 100, Hanover Street, Baltimore
Gans Brothers - Baltimore - 1915
Gans Brothers - Baltimore - 1916
Gans Bros, 100 Hanover street, Baltimore, umbrella and parasol manufacturers, have filed articles of incorporation papers. The company will have a capital stock of $200,000, divided into 2000 shares of the par value of $100 each. The officers and directors are Charles Gans, president; Williams Gans. vice-president; Max Gans, treasurer; Henry W. C. Meyer, secretary, and Moses G. Gans.
Source: Trunks, Leather Goods and Umbrellas - August 1916
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G. RAU
Pforzheim
G. Rau - Pforzheim - 1902
Established by Gustav Rau in 1877.
See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... rau#p92955
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Pforzheim
G. Rau - Pforzheim - 1902
Established by Gustav Rau in 1877.
See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... rau#p92955
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