Name/Title
Letter: Bright Star Battery Co., Hoboken, N.J. to W. H. Kemble, Kemble-Cochran Co., Inc., Bristek, Va., Aug. 17, 1932.Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0038Scope and Content
Letter: Bright Star Battery Co., Hoboken, N.J. to W. H. Kemble, Kemble-Cochran Co., Inc., Bristek, Va., August 17, 1932.
Printed stationery in two colors, typewritten text.
Brief letter inquiring about a sample sent of the Empire spotlight [The Empire, One-Hand Set Spot (2 Cell Spotlight) - see archives 2015.001.0069 for product sheet showing this flashlight.] Sent for General Sales Manager William M. Riordan by H. Cowan.
Main Office and Factory, 15th St. and Riverhead, Hoboken, N.J. (see notes for more information.)
Product lines listed at top left:
Flashlights; Flashlight Batteries; Radio Batteries; Dry Cells; Vitasparks.
Footer:
Twenty-one Years Building the Quality Line. [The company was founded in New York in 1909 so this dates the printing of this stationery to 1930.]
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Accession
2015.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1932 - 1932Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1932
Date(s): 1932General Notes
Note
Notes: The Bright Star Battery Company, Inc. was on the third floor of the Hoboken Terminal building (15th and Washington Streets, also known as the Hoboken Manufacturers Terminal Building or commonly referred to as the Lipton Tea building.) The company was established in 1909 in New York.
It is believed that the company moved out of Hoboken to Clifton, NJ in the 1930s. As of 2010, the company was still in business in the United States.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-03-10