A topic for recording information regarding Dunkirk Silversmiths, Inc., and their earlier entity, Gold Recovery & Refining Corporation.
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An image of the factory of Dunkirk Silversmiths, Inc., situated at 381, East Main Street, Meriden, Connecticut, where they were located on the second floor:
This image was published in 1948 the year that the firm restyled its name from the Gold Recovery & Refining Corporation.
The Gold Recovery & Refining Corp. has changed its name to Dunkirk Silversmiths, Inc., in order that the name of the company may more accurately reflect its present line of business. Formerly this concern was engaged in the smelting and refining of precious metals but is now manufacturing sterling silver hollowware under the Dunkirk name.
New factory space has Leen acquired in Meriden, Conn., at 381 East Main St., to which address the executive offices have also been moved. The factory occupies the second floor of the building. The firm will, however, continue to maintain a showroom and sales office in New York City which will be located at 366 Fifth Ave. A branch is also maintained in San Francisco, Calif., at 701 Pine St.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1948
An image of Larry Cohn and M. M. Michelson representing the Gold Recovery & Refining Corp. at the 34th American National Retail Jewelers’ Association convention held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York in 1939:
30th American National Retail Jewelers’ Association convention held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York in 1935:
Larry Cohen sits in the booth of the Gold Recovery & Refining Corp. surrounded by shining examples of the new Rhodanizing process and says “They are almost all sold. If we had to fill orders at once we would have no display. Jewelers think our plan is just right and are starting to offer ‘Rhodanization’ to their customers as a new feature of their repair department. Don’t have it re-silvered, we tell them, Rhodanize.” ....
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - September 1935
Hi-jackers driving a stolen car held up two employees of the Gold Recovery and Refining Corp., 53 W. 47th St., New York, Monday morning, June 21, at 9.30 a. m., in Hillside, N. J., and robbed them of 20 silver bars, valued at nearly $3,000 which were being transported. The automobile of the refining company employees, William Cohn and Emanuel Goldstein, was way laid by the four robbers, each of whom wore smoked glasses. The bandits forced Cohn and Goldstein to enter their car and lie on the floor and then drove them several blocks away before releasing them. Another bandit drove away with the car containing the silver bars, which weighed 25 pounds each These were numbered No. 439 to No. 458, inclusive. They were insured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937
