Information Regarding Thomas Steele & Son

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A topic for recording information regarding Thomas Steele & Son of Hartford, Connecticut, and their earlier entities, Steele & Crocker, Thomas Steele & Co..



If you have any details of the above company, advertisements, examples of their work, etc., anything that you are willing to share, then here's the place to post it.

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An example of the mark of Thomas Steele & Son on a spoon set manufactured by the Whiting Manufacturing Co.:


















STERLING - PAT. 1871


T. STEELE & SON


STERLING - PAT. APPL. FOR


T. STEELE & SON - HARTFORD

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The entry for Thomas Steele in Geer's Hartford City Directory for 1845:



THOMAS STEELE, (late Steele & Crocker,) Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Gold and Silver Spectacles, Silver Spoons, Plated and Britannia Ware. Exchange Buildings, 195 Main st. Watches of all kinds carefully repaired by experienced workmen, and warranted.

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Schmidt & Fox is the name of a new jewelry firm in Hartford. They are the successors to A. H. Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt was for a number of years with T. Steele & Son, one of the oldest and best known concerns in New England. Mr. Fox was for many years with Ernest Schall.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 14th October 1891

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Schmidt & Fox - Hartford, Conn. - 1892

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An image of W.A. Crosby:



William A. Crosby learned the jewelry trade with Thomas Steele & Co., remaining with the firm around eight years from c.1860-1868, before leaving for Chicago.

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T. Steele & Son, the well known jewelers of Hartford, who have been in business since 1836, being about to retire to engage in other business, offer their entire stock of goods, lease of premises and all their elegant fixtures at a bargain. Their store is located on one of the most prominent thoroughfares of Hartford, and is regarded as the best stand in that city.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - March 1887

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Messrs. T. Steele & Son, an old jewelry firm of Hartford, Conn., closed out their business in the latter part of May.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - July 1887

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The below notice may refer:

STEELE - At the residence of his Son-in-Law, Henry D. Atwater, No. 184 Joralemon-st., Brooklyn. April 10, Mary R., widow of Thomas Steele of Hartford, Conn., in the 89th year of her age. Funeral private. Internment at Hartford, Conn. Carriages will meet 12 pm. train from New York. Hartford papers please copy.

Source: New York Tribune - 11th April 1902

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