Live Stock Merchant Cancels: R. R. Shiel & Company of Indianapolis

 

R. R. Shiel & Co.

DEC 29 1900

Indianapolis.

An Update for Frank Sente's R163 Exhibit: The US 1898 Battleship Workhorse

In 2011, I first published Frank Sente's R163 exhibit.  That version of his exhibit has been the one posted to this site for 14 years.  Below is the latest version, most recently shown at this year's NAPEX.  Special additions include an R163 bisected in the Indian Territory, and an example used to pay the telephone call tax.

Grain Merchant Cancels: Paddock, Hodge & Company of Toledo, Ohio

from The American Elevator & Grain Trade, February 16, 1900

Paddock, Hodge & Co.

JUL 29 1898

TOLEDO, O.

New York Stock Brokers: Archie H. Pell of McIntyre & Marshall

Archie Pell became a member of the New York Stock Exchange during the 1898 tax period, and traded through McIntyre & Marshall.  By the drawing I figure the artist thought his pasttimes included golf, women, and the occasional scotch & soda.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Charles W. Maury of Jones, Maury & Company and Charles W. Maury & Company

Charles Maury began the tax period at Jones, Maury, and then traded through a firm with only his name, Charles W. Maury & Company, by 1901.  

 

New York Stock Brokers: Louis Josephthal of Albert Loeb & Company

Mr. Josephthal depicted as a military conquerer using vulgar and racist imagery.  Josephthal would rise to the rank of rear admiral, and was noted as both a financier and naval officer.  He was married to Edith Guggenheim.   Josephthal acquired his NYSE seat during the tax period and conducted his businesses at Albert Loeb & Company.

New York Stock Brokers: Leo Levy of Leo Levy & Company

Levy's firm had four brokers with seats at the NYSE, making them fairly significant players in the market to afford such a presence.  Two "L. Levy" brokers are listed with the firm throughout the 1898 tax period; I suppose one might have been a son, and that he is the one depicted above from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904.

New York Stock Brokers: Albert H. Gross of J. M. Leopold & Company and Gross, Kleeberg & Company

Mr. Gross must have purchased a new-fangled sail/steamboat to busy himself while he was not trading stocks.  Gross acquired his seat at the NYSE during the 1898 tax period while he was at the J. M. Leopold firm.  He departed Mr. Leopold to start his own firm, Gross, Kleeberg, by 1902.  The search continues for a Gross, Kleeberg cancel or stock memo of sale.

New York Stock Brokers: Allen Arnold of Lawson, Arnold & Company

Lawson, Arnold was primarily based in Boston but Allen Arnold held a seat at the New York Stock Exchange, and was influential enough on Wall Street to find a place in The Stock Market in Caricature.  

New York Stock Brokers: Joseph Connah of H. Knickerbacker & Company

Joseph Connah from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904.  Connah acquired his seat at the NYSE early in the tax period; he was not on the roles in 1898.

Robert Gibson was the permanent member of the Knickerbacker firm through the 1898 tax period.

New York Stock Brokers: Percival Kuhne of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne

Percival Kuhne seems to have had globe straddling business and ambition.  He was a full partner at Knauth, Nachod & Kuhn and held a seat at the NYSE throughout the entire 1898 tax period.  

KN&K used a rather unique vertical box cancel.

New York Stock Brokers: John S. James of R. J. Kimball & Company

In The Stock Exchange in Caricature, John James is depicted as painter while not trading stocks.  James held a seat at the NYSE through 1901 but was out by 1902.  He was based throughout at the R. J. Kimball firm.

 

New York Stock Brokers: E. Sanford Hatch with Hurlbutt, Hatch & Company

The caricature of Mr. Hatch implies that he was pursued by police while stealing a chicken?  The real story might be lost to history.  E. Sanford Hatch began the 1898 tax period at Dominick & Dickerman and then moved shop to create a named partnership: Hurlbutt, Hatch & Company.  Hatch held a seat at the NSYE throughout the tax period.

New York Stock Brokers: Edward H. Hough at Hough & Rowland

I think the artist who drew Edward Hough in the saddle might want to sue Ralph Lauren for infringing on his copyright.  Whatever the case, Hough was the seated partner at Hough & Rowland and first gained his seat in 1901, making enough of a name for himself to make it into The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, Vol. 2.

New York Stock Brokers: G. Lee Stout Jr. at Haven & Stout and Schuyler, Chadwick & Stout

G. Lee Stout Jr. started the 1898 tax period at the firm of Haven & Stout and concluded the tax period in 1902 with Schuyler, Chadwick & Stout.  I'm still looking for a Schuyler, Chadwick & Stout cancel, on or off memo.  

 

New York Stock Brokers: Walter J. Currie of Charles A. Harned & Company

Mr. Currie must have been a baseball player or fan, as his impressionistic rendition in charcoal seems to indicate.  Currie began his membership at the NYSE during the 1898 tax period and worked through 1902, and perhaps beyond, with Charles Harned.  You can find the work above in The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, Vol. 2. 

Harned used a straight-line cancel and a large CDS.

New York Stock Brokers: Edward W. Jewett of Halsted & Hodges

 

Edward W. Jewett, above, was a seated member of the NYSE and with Halsted & Hodges from 1898-1902 and perhaps beyond.  The partners Richard H. Halsted and Amory G. Hodges also held seats during that time and actively traded for the firm.