Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Industrial Cancels: August Goertz & Company of Newark, New Jersey

 

AUG. GOERTZ & CO.
JAN 9 1899
NEWARK, N. J.


Saturday, May 16, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Bernardin Bottle Cap Company of Evansville, Indiana

B. B. C. CO.
OCT
15
1898
EVANSVILLE, IND.

Evansville City Directory, 1899:


Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Industrial Cancels: American Hide & Leather

American Hide & Leather Co.
DEC
12
1900
New York.


Saturday, May 9, 2026

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Buhl Sons & Company of Michigan

BUHL SONS & CO.
11/10/98
Menominee, Mich.

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Buhl Sons produced and sold sporting goods and hardware.

Baseball bat branding





Saturday, May 2, 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Industrial Cancels: The Rising Sun Brewing Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey

THE RISING SUN BREWING CO.
OCT
28
1900
ELIZABETH, N.J.


Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Industrial Cancels: T. C. Williams Company of Richmond, Virginia

T. C. W. Co.
AUG 17 1898
RICHMOND, VA.

T. C. Williams Company specialized in chewing tobacco, especially for export.

T. C. Williams

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Coffee Exchange of the City of New York

COFFEE EXCHANGE OF THE CITY OF N.Y.
FEB
1
1901


 

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Industrial Cancels: David Williams Company

DAVID WILLIAMS COMPANY
NOV
14
1899

The David Williams Company published trade journals including:
The Iron Age
The Metal Worker
Carpentry and Building


David Williams

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Alfred Field & Company

ALFRED FIELD & CO.
APR
11
1901

from The Iron Age, 1901

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Goff, Horner & Company of Pittsburgh

GOFF, HORNER & CO.
SEP
24
1898
PITTSBURG PA.

Iron and steel dealers.  
In 1898 the official spelling of the city was "Pittsburg" without the final "h".





 

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Industrial Cancels: Phelps, Dodge & Company

PHELPS, DODGE & CO.
11
NOV
1899
NEW YORK.


 

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Industrial Cancels: The Commercial Cable Company

 

THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY
MACKAY-BENNETT SYSTEM


The Commercial Cable Company was founded in New York in 1884 by John William Mackay and James Gordon Bennett, Jr.  The company was created to break the near monopoly of Jay Gould on transatlantic telegraphy.

The Mackay-Bennett system provided telegraph services between Europe and North America using a visual indicator code. 

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Foreign Cancels: The Bank of Montreal

 

BANK OF MONTREAL
OCT
31
1899
MONTREAL.

Poor's Manual, 1901:



Sunday, March 1, 2026

Foreign Cancels: Osler & Hammond of Toronto

OSLER & HAMMOND,
?? ?? 1900
TORONTO.

From Canada Today, 1920:



 

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Nye & Jenks Grain Company

 

James N. Jenks was Chicago Board of Trade member 6862.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Charles T. Merritt


Charles T. Merritt was Chicago Board of Trade member 4252.