New York Stock Brokers: James A. Taylor of Rolston & Bass and Rolston & Hooley

James A. Taylor held a seat at the NYSE through the tax period and moved from R&B to R&H along with William Rolton.  I have no clue what the caricaturist was up to here, except that he's holding stock ticker tape.  

Rolston & Hooley continued to use the same R&B punch cancel of the Rolston & Bass firm, though they had a new CDS made.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Walter Bass of Rolston & Bass and George W. Dougherty & Company

Mr. Bass must have liked shooting sports as well as his dog, who rather bizarrely pops out of this "caricature".  Rolston & Bass shuttered operations when Walter left the partnership in January 1901.  He moved to the firm G. W. Dougherty for the last year and half of the tax period.  

Looks like I might have been a bit tipsy when I attached the mounts to this page.

New York Stock Brokers: William Laimbeer of E. C. Randolph & Company and James A. Oliphant & Company

No, he's not the former Milwaukee Bucs Center with the rogue approach to basketball.  (I never mentioned the whole Chuck Knoblauch thing when I posted his caricature on October 23, two weeks ago).  This Bill Laimbeer spent the first three years of the 1898 tax period at E. C. Randolph before moving on to James A. Oliphant & Company.  He received a rather gentle approach from the caricaturist.

New York Stock Brokers: Cornelius W. Provost of Provost Brothers

Cornelius Provost is the gentleman above juggling streetcars and in the black and white photo on the left below.  Cornelius was a fully seated member of the NYSE through the entire four year tax period from mid 1898 to mid 1902.  He must have made a bundle on street railroad investments.

New York Stock Brokers: Henry Wertheim of Probst, Wetzlar & Company

 

Henry Wertheim acquired his seat at the NYSE sometime between late 1898 and 1900.  He traded from the firm Probst, Wetzlar during the entire 1898 tax period.  With an American Eagle on his arm and a British Lion under his palm, it is inferred he cares more about money.  What a guy.

New York Stock Brokers: Clarence DeWitt of Post & Flagg

Clarence DeWitt was a half back at Yale as late as 1895.   The uniform made for convenient caricature device, though I'm not sure who the cartoonish figures are on the right.  He gained his seat on the exchange sometime in 1898 or 99, and was part of a Post & Flagg firm that was one of the largest on Wall Street.

New York Stock Brokers: Henry W. Poor and Charles E. Berner of H. W. Poor & Company

Henry W. Poor, above, is the very same Poor of the current S&P Index, or Standard & Poor's Index.  He was well known for his Poor's Manual, which I rely upon to sort out railroad cancels during the 1898 tax period.  The artist has him holding a Poor's Man and Womanual in his right hand.

Charles Berner must have been a sportsman who kep himself jacked according the artist.  

New York Stock Brokers: Edward F. Slayback of Pearl & Company

Slayback was a seated member of the NYSE and a partner at Pearl & Co. throughout the 1898 tax period.  The cartoonist's reference to the Erie Railroad and Mr. Slayback is obscure.

 

New York Stock Brokers: William C. Van Antwerp of Payne & Van Antwerp

The dapper William C. Van Antwerp, above, spent the middle years of the 1898 tax period at the New York Stock Exchange in partnership in a firm with his own name.  By 1902 the Payne & Van Antwerp partnership broke up and he went to the firm E. R. Chapman.  The Van Antwerp above may be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904.

New York Stock Brokers: Jay F. Carlisle of James H. Oliphant & Company and A. M. Kidder & Company

Jay F. Carlisle started the 1898 tax period with A. M. Kidder but spent most of the years with Mr. Oliphant's company.  Not sure why he's pictured on a horse with wheels the way he is, but I am sure that he made money in sugar, probably through the company American Sugar.  The horse and Mr. Carlisle may be found in The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Charles E. Knoblauch of A. R. Pick & Company and Noble & Mestre

Chas. Knoblauch, riding the bull and bear, started the 1898 tax period at the firm A. R. Pick; he spent the majority of the tax period with Noble & Mestre.  He must have had a cowboy-like reputation on the stock exchange.  This is one of the more fulsome and active characterizations in The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

New York Stock Brokers: Robert C. Nicholas of Harry I. Nicholas & Company

Robert C. Nicholas, above, acquired his seat at the New York Stock Exchange during the tax period.  I suspect he was Harry's son.  Harry is in the photo below.  I'm not really sure what the image is at the upper left, but it appears as if Robert might have shot a plucked and decapitated chicken.  You can scrutinize the chicken(?) at The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

New York Stock Brokers: Leopold Newborg of Newborg, Rosenberg & Company

Leopold Newborg, above, acquired his seat at the NYSE by mid to late 1900, when his partnership with Mr. Hess came into existence.  I need to understand why ticker machines at the turn of the century were often shown with a glass bell covering them.  Mr. Newborg may be found in The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

New York Stock Brokers: John Muir of John Muir & Company

John Muir began the 1898 tax period at Price, McCormick, and finished it at his own, self-named firm.  Mr. Muir's rather imperious personation may be found at The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Sidney Schieffelin Schuyler of Mendham Brothers and Payne, Schuyler & Company

Based on the drawing I suspect that Mr. Schuyler had a rather loud or screachy voice, or perhaps both.  Sidney became a member of the NYSE during the 1898 tax period, beginning at the firm Payne, Schuyler, but concluding the tax period in 1902 with Mendahm Brothers.  The caricature may be found at The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, V2.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Arthur M. Lawrence and William R. White of White & Barton

Arthur M. Lawrence, from The Stock Exchange in Caricature. Lawrence moved around during the tax period, and also traded from J. S. Bache in 1898 and from Lawrence, Tauchert in 1902

William R. White was based at his self-named firm with Charles Barton for the full 1898 tax period.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Adolph H. Borman of Stephen V. White & Company

Adolph Borman from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904.  Borman joined the NYSE in either 1898 or 99, and then worked with Stephen White through the tax period.

New York Stock Brokers: Leonard Shafer of Zimmerman & Forshy

Leonard Shafer acquired his NYSE seat during the 1898 tax period and remained with Zimmeran & Forshay throughout.  

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry G. Hahlo

Henry G. Hahlo in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 V2. Henry would go into business with his brother, Hugo, and create Hahlo Brothers.  We're looking for a Hahlo Bros cancel or memo?

H.G.H.

DEC

9

1901

Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Ware & Leland

W & L

APR 12 1899

CHICAGO

J. Herbert Ware was CBOT member 3854

Edward F. Leland was CBOT member 3894

Charles W. Leland was CBOT member 6459

from American Elevator & Grain Trade, May 15, 1902

from Men of Illinois 1902