New York Stock Brokers: Andrew Graves of Dick Brothers

Andrew Graves and Frank M. Dick were NYSE seated partners during the 1898 tax period.  This drawing of Graves may be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol. 2. 

 

New York Stock Brokers: Ernest DeCoppet and Robert Barclay of DeCoppet & Company

Ernest DeCoppet, above, and Robert S. Barclay, below, from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol. 2.  Ernest and Louis DeCoppet and Robert Barclay were partners in the firm DeCoppet & Company and each held seats at the New York Stock Exchange.

DeCoppet and Company was one of a handful of Wall Street firms to use perfin cancels:

New York Stock Brokers: Henry B. Vaughn of Joshua W. Davis & Company

Henry Vaughn from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol. 2.   Vaughn began the tax period with the Davis firm but went independent by 1901.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Richard King of Noble & Mestre and John H. Davis & Company

Richard King, a key figure in the capitalization of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2.  King was based at the Davis firm in 1902, but was at Noble & Mestre for most of the tax period.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Louis Crawford Clark of Clark, Dodge & Company

Louis Crawford Clark from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2.  Clark held a seat at the NYSE through the 1898 tax period and had Donald G. Geddes as a seated partner.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry G. Campbell Jr. of Henry G. Campbell & Company

Henry G. Campbell Jr. from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2, a Yale sculler no doubt.  See the picture of his father below.  By 1902, Campbell and his father would reorganize and create a partnership with J. Borden Harriman, a cousin of railroad tycoon Edward Harriman, named Campbell, Harriman & Company.  I'm in search of a Campbell, Harriman cancel.

New York Stock Brokers: Charles Britton of Britton & Fiero

Charles Britton from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2.  Britton was the sole member of the NYSE in the firm Britton & Fiero.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry Weisl of Henry Block & Company

Henry Weisl, from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, Vol. 2.  Weisl held a seat at the NYSE and worked with other seated members Henry Block and Charles Schafer at the firm Henry Block & Company.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry H. Oltman and Jacob Field of Bell & Company, Charles H. DeWitt & Company, and J. M. Fiske & Company

Henry H. Oltman was member of the NYSE by 1899 or 1900, and traded for Bell & Company until it dissolved; he then went to the firm Josiah M. Fiske & Company.  

Jacob Field was a member of the NYSE beginning in 1899 or 1900, and traded for Bell & Company until they dissolved and he went with many of Bell & Co's brokers to Charles H. DeWitt & Company. 

The drawings of Mr. Field and Mr. Oltman can be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904.

The noted philatelist Alfred Caspary was a member of the NYSE by 1900 and first traded with Bell & Company before moving to Charles H. DeWitt Company upon the dissolution of the Bell firm.

New York Stock Brokers: James S. Bearns of J. S. Bearns & Company

James S. Bearns, above, held a membership at the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period.  The drawing may be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904, Vol 2.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Walter and Herbert Scheftel of J. S. Bache & Company

Walter Scheftel, above, was a member of the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period.

Herbert Scheftel became a full partner of J. S. Bache & Co. by 1901, and held his own seat at the NYSE.  The drawings of the Scheftels may be found in the volumes The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904.

New York Stock Brokers: James F. A. Clark of Clark & Ward, George E. Armstrong & Co., and Armstrong, Schirmer & Co.

James F. A. Clark was a member of the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period and was associated with three different firms during the period, including Clark & Ward (1898), George E. Armstrong & Company (1900) and Armstrong, Schirmer & Company (1901-02).  The drawing above of Mr. Clark  may found at The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904 Vol. 2.

The search continues for a cancel or document produced by Clark & Ward.

New York Stock Brokers: William E. Pearl of F. T. Adams & Company

William E. Pearl, a partner of Frederick T. Adams in his firm F. T. Adams & Company, held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange through the 1898 tax period.  The caricature above can be found at The Stock Exchane in Caricature, 1904, Vol 2.

New York Stock Brokers: William B. DeHaven of DeHaven & Townsend

William B. DeHaven from The Stock Market in Caricature, Vol. 2, 1904

William B. DeHaven was a NYSE seated partner of the DeHaven & Townsend firm.

 

New York Stock Brokers: William S. Alley

William S. Alley from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, Vol. 2 1904

William Alley traded as an independent in 1901-02, for Wilcox & Company in 1900, and for John Wallace in 1898.  His sad story can be found here.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Stewart Barr of Stewart Barr & Company

 

Stewart Barr from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, Vol. 2, 1904

Stewart Barr held a seat at the NYSE through the 1898 tax period and his firm had no other seated members as partners or associates.  

stock sale memo for 100 shares of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to the NYSE brokerage firm Eames & Moore

New York Stock Brokers: William Fahnestock of Fahnestock & Company

William Fahnestock held a seat at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the 1898 tax period and was the sole seated broker at his self-named firm during that time.  The drawing of Mr. Fahnestock comes from The Stock Market in Caricature, Vol 2 1904.