Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co., New York; 33rd edition. 1909.

spine and front cover

spine and front cover

Name/Title

Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co., New York; 33rd edition. 1909.

Entry/Object ID

2009.006.0176

Description

Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co., New York, 1909. 33rd Edition. Issued January 1909. Small 8vo (4-3/8" x 8-3/8") cloth spine, stiff wrapper; pp. xii, 544, illustrated; errata tipped in. Images of the cover and first 11 pages are shown. Catalog is priced. On page v, the bird's-eye view illustration appears, a black-and-white drawing, "General Office and Factories, Hoboken, N.J." with the added line "Completed 1907." Since the previous edition was issued in 1906, this catalog is the first to have the view that includes the Clock Tower building. The view is looking northwest. The building as illustrated has the date 1906 on it which is when it was built; company officially moved into it on July 19, 1907 (see below.) A nearby fire in 1905 damaged K&E facilities and they built this new structure which was a fire-proof concrete building (an addition to buildings in use across the street.) In text on page xi, it stated that the company had occupied the building since July 19, 1907 and that the " Executive and General Offices, Wholesale Ware Rooms, Shipping Department, Purchasing Department, etc., and the Export Department" were moved to Hoboken from the Parent House at 127 Fulton Street in New York City. (See notes for transciption of this page.) The text also mentions that "illustrations distributed through the catalogue show our new General Office and Factory buildings at Hoboken, N. J.", but the only view found is the one on page v. The illustrated title is printed in black only in this edition. small 8vo stiff cardboard

Acquisition

Accession

2009.006

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Publication Details

Edition

33rd

Publisher

Kueffel & Esser

Place Published

Location

New York

Date Published

1909 - 1909

Notes

Date: 1909-1909 Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Text transcribed from page xi: January, 1909. To Our Patrons: In submitting this, the 33rd edition of our catalogue, we bespeak for it the tame kind reception which has been accorded the preceding editions. This new catalogue continues the record of the history of our House, and of its progress, not only in the development of its organization and its facilities, but also in the improvement of those of our products which permitted of it. New goods have been added, either to increase the selection or to replace those which had become obsolete. As our former headquarters at the Parent House, 127 Fulton St., New York, could no longer be made to afford sufficient room for our requirements, we have transferred to our Hoboken establishment the Executive and General Offices, Wholesale Ware Rooms, Shipping Department, Purchasing Department, etc., and the Export Department, which latter has also a representative at our New York house. The illustrations distributed through the catalogue show our new General Office and Factory buildings at Hoboken, N. J., which we have occupied since July 19, 1907, and which almost double our previous facilities for handling, business. Our New York establishment now includes the Retail, City Order and Blueprint Departments, which occupy the entire building, thus enabling us to display our goods in the most advantageous manner, and most convenient to our patrons. To our Branches at Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco at which latter City we now occupy our new building Nos. 48-59 Second Street, we have added another at Montreal, Canada, 232 Notre Dame Street, West. We hope that our friends in Canada will appreciate our efforts to provide them with better facilities for obtaining our goods without substitution or the delay caused by Custom-House formalities All our Branches are equipped with a modern plant for preparing Blueprint and Blackprint papers, so that the stock obtained from them is always fresh and orders can be filled immediately. Conscious of the standing which more than 40 years of progress and success have given our House, we shall make it our foremost duty to maintain our reputation for the absolute reliability of our goods as well as for strictest fairness and. broad good will in our dealings with those who favor us with their patronage. Very respectfully, KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. Besides this General Catalogue, we publish separately CATALOGUE OF NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, TRADE PRICE LIST, SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE GENERAL CATALOGUE, (Instruments for schools, trade grades of drawing tools, etc.,) TRADE PRICE LIST OF MEASURING TAPES (for the hardware trade.) Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-08-07