The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. observed July 4 by closing Friday evening until Tuesday morning.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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Henry Peck, with the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., has gone to Canada with his bride on an extended wedding trip.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. is displaying in its windows this week the prizes for the Yachtsmen’s Ocean Race, which will take place July 8.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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The authorities of Cornell University awarded the first prize of $200 to the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. for the most artistic design for a university emblem. There were many competitors.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th July 1910
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The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. made an especially attractive display, last week, of new electroliers, in designs to harmonize with the various periods of interior decorations.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st October 1908
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st October 1908
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Bailey, Banks and Biddle Co. - Philadelphia - 1928
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When Colonel Lindbergh visits Philadelphia on his airplane tour of the principal cities of the United States, one of the features of his reception will be the presentation to him of the Order of the Liberty Bell, a new American decoration recently chartered in this State, to perpetuate the history of events connected with the Liberty Bell, maintain the ideals of those who were connected with these events and confer the Order on distinguished men and women who by their services have advanced the high ideals of liberty and the welfare of mankind. Col. Lindbergh will be first recipient of the insignia of the Order which is being made by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, the well-known jewelry concern in this city.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th July 1927
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th July 1927
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At the annual stockholders’ meeting of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., held April 6, in Philadelphia, the following were elected directors: David E. Hillsee, Andrew Alexander, Jr., Charles D. Schaufele, Harvey Gourley and W. W. Hibbert. The following officers were re-elected: David E. Hilsee, president; Andrew Alexander, Jr., vice-president and treasurer; Charles D. Schaufele, secretary, and E. H. Lippincott, assistant treasurer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th April 1926
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th April 1926
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DEATH OF JOS. T. BAILEY
Pioneer Philadelphia Retail Jeweler and Head of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. Passes Away in His Eighty-fourth Year
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 4.—Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, one of the leading jewelers of the country and president of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. died on Saturday midnight, after a short illness, at the home of his son, Charles Weaver Bailey, 2100 De Lancey St. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Bailey lived at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. He was 83 years old. His wife and family were at his bedside when he died. The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 o’clock. Interment will be made in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Joseph Trowbridge Bailey was not only one of the pioneer jewelers of Philadelphia, but was practically born in the trade being the son of a pioneer, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, the founder of the present house of Bailey, Banks & Biddle, which first began business at 136 Chestnut St., under the name of Bailey & Kitchen, in October, 1832.
The junior J. T. Bailey was born in Philadelphia, March 29, 1835, of English ancestry and was educated in private academies of this city. In 1851, he began working for his father. His father was a man who felt that the only way in which to learn any business was for one to start at the “bottom and go up.” So, young Bailey entered the store as a clerk. As he reminiscently said in later years, “he used to open the door” in the morning.
In 1894 the business was incorporated and Mr. Bailey became president. Up until 1900, Mr. Bailey personally purchased all goods bought abroad, some years making two and three trips to Europe. He crossed the Atlantic 140 times.
In January, 1902, Mr. Bailey’s first wife, Catharine Goddard Weaver, formerly of Providence, R. I., whom he married on Sept. 1, 1857, died at the home of her youngest daughter, the Countess d’Sibour, at Pau, France. Some few months ago he married Mrs. Isabel Bradley Wildermuth, daughter of a prominent Titusville, Pa., oil operator. Until the time of his second marriage Mr. Bailey had lived with his son, Major Charles Weaver Bailey, at 2100 De Lancey St.
Deceased was_a patriotic American who not only gave five members of his family for democracy in this war, but, by his own actions, has repeatedly demonstrated his love of country. He always was a keen student of United States history and, since the beginning of the European war, he studiously read the newspaper articles describing every battle.
Mr. Bailey was an active promotor of the Philadelphia Training Camps Association, of which he was an honorary colonel; a founder of the American Defense Society and an enthusiastic members of the National Association of Universal Military Training. He was also the oldest living member of the veteran corps of the First Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and an active member of the Washington Grays, which he helped to organize before the Civil War.
An expert with rifle and pistol, Mr. Bailey was never happier than when fishing or hunting in the Canadian woods or Rocky Mountains. Big game hunting was his delight, and he possessed many trophies testifying to his skill as a marksman. For months at a time he lived and hunted with the Indians, who always found in him a true friend and a loyal companion.
Mr. Bailey was a patron of the arts and sciences. He was a subscriber to the Philadelphia Orchestra and the grand opera, and was a prominent member of the board of the Pennsylvania Museum and the School of Industrial Arts.
He is survived by his widow and two sons and a daughter. One of his sons, Charles Weaver Bailey, who, as vice-president and treasurer of the firm, automatically assumes duties as the head of the house, is now a major in the United States officers’ reserve corps. The other son, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, 3d, is a well-known consulting mining engineer of New York city. The daughter is Mrs. Emilie Aymar, of Atlantic City. Mr. Bailey's youngest daughter, the Countess d’Sibour, died two years ago. She is survived by her husband and two sons, all of whom are now officers in the French army.
Mr. Bailey was an active member of the Union League, the Manufacturers’ Club, the Art Club, the New England Society, Colonial Governors, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Founders and Patriots, and Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th February 1918
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Pioneer Philadelphia Retail Jeweler and Head of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. Passes Away in His Eighty-fourth Year
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. 4.—Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, one of the leading jewelers of the country and president of Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. died on Saturday midnight, after a short illness, at the home of his son, Charles Weaver Bailey, 2100 De Lancey St. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Bailey lived at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. He was 83 years old. His wife and family were at his bedside when he died. The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 o’clock. Interment will be made in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Joseph Trowbridge Bailey was not only one of the pioneer jewelers of Philadelphia, but was practically born in the trade being the son of a pioneer, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, the founder of the present house of Bailey, Banks & Biddle, which first began business at 136 Chestnut St., under the name of Bailey & Kitchen, in October, 1832.
The junior J. T. Bailey was born in Philadelphia, March 29, 1835, of English ancestry and was educated in private academies of this city. In 1851, he began working for his father. His father was a man who felt that the only way in which to learn any business was for one to start at the “bottom and go up.” So, young Bailey entered the store as a clerk. As he reminiscently said in later years, “he used to open the door” in the morning.
In 1894 the business was incorporated and Mr. Bailey became president. Up until 1900, Mr. Bailey personally purchased all goods bought abroad, some years making two and three trips to Europe. He crossed the Atlantic 140 times.
In January, 1902, Mr. Bailey’s first wife, Catharine Goddard Weaver, formerly of Providence, R. I., whom he married on Sept. 1, 1857, died at the home of her youngest daughter, the Countess d’Sibour, at Pau, France. Some few months ago he married Mrs. Isabel Bradley Wildermuth, daughter of a prominent Titusville, Pa., oil operator. Until the time of his second marriage Mr. Bailey had lived with his son, Major Charles Weaver Bailey, at 2100 De Lancey St.
Deceased was_a patriotic American who not only gave five members of his family for democracy in this war, but, by his own actions, has repeatedly demonstrated his love of country. He always was a keen student of United States history and, since the beginning of the European war, he studiously read the newspaper articles describing every battle.
Mr. Bailey was an active promotor of the Philadelphia Training Camps Association, of which he was an honorary colonel; a founder of the American Defense Society and an enthusiastic members of the National Association of Universal Military Training. He was also the oldest living member of the veteran corps of the First Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and an active member of the Washington Grays, which he helped to organize before the Civil War.
An expert with rifle and pistol, Mr. Bailey was never happier than when fishing or hunting in the Canadian woods or Rocky Mountains. Big game hunting was his delight, and he possessed many trophies testifying to his skill as a marksman. For months at a time he lived and hunted with the Indians, who always found in him a true friend and a loyal companion.
Mr. Bailey was a patron of the arts and sciences. He was a subscriber to the Philadelphia Orchestra and the grand opera, and was a prominent member of the board of the Pennsylvania Museum and the School of Industrial Arts.
He is survived by his widow and two sons and a daughter. One of his sons, Charles Weaver Bailey, who, as vice-president and treasurer of the firm, automatically assumes duties as the head of the house, is now a major in the United States officers’ reserve corps. The other son, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, 3d, is a well-known consulting mining engineer of New York city. The daughter is Mrs. Emilie Aymar, of Atlantic City. Mr. Bailey's youngest daughter, the Countess d’Sibour, died two years ago. She is survived by her husband and two sons, all of whom are now officers in the French army.
Mr. Bailey was an active member of the Union League, the Manufacturers’ Club, the Art Club, the New England Society, Colonial Governors, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Founders and Patriots, and Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th February 1918
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Lawrence Smith, formerly an employe of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., at 1228 Chestnut St., was held in $1,000 bail for court by Magistrate Mecleary at City Hall charged with stealing goods at Christmas time valued at $365. Smith lives on West Diamond St., near 17th St. He was employed as an extra clerk for the Christmas holidays, and the method alleged to be used in the robbery was not explained at the hearing.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1921
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1921
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Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. - Philadelphia - 1930
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Hiram McDade for many years assistant head of the diamond department of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia, Pa., recently sailed for Europe on the Berengaria on a buying trip for his new firm, the Webb C. Ball Co. of Cleveland.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd February 1928
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd February 1928
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Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. - Philadelphia - 1912
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Much attention was paid during the week to a display in Bailey, Banks & Biddle’s windows of several examples of futuristic art in silver, the work of the Gorham Co. of New York. The pieces were designed to represent the New York City spirit, being all in angles with no curves, and the work attracted attention of many artists, who asked a number of questions concerning the several pieces in the exhibit.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd March 1928
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd March 1928
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Fred L. Kempff, head of the engraving department of Bailey, Banks & Biddle, was elected president of the Engravers’ Club of Philadelphia at the annual dinner and business meeting in the Elks building. Other officers are: S. P. Steen, vice-president; E. G. Sopp, treasurer; W. Kiesel, secretary; H. C. Hopper, chairman of the board of directors with J. Frank Redfern, W. F. Ott, J. E. Passant and William Paravano, members. The club is one of the most active in Engravographia, the national organization.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th May 1928
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th May 1928
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