Postcard sent by Paul Werner, 94 Jefferson St.(old number), Hoboken, N.J. to Stuttgart, Germany, April 26, 1891.
Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0151
Scope and Content
Postcard sent by Paul Werner, 94 Jefferson St.(old number), Hoboken, N.J. to Stuttgart, Germany, April 26, 1891.
International postal card, 3" x 5-1/8" wide; 2 cents; postmarked Hoboken, April 27. Text is in German, untranslated.
On the back along with Werner's script is a 1-3/8" x 2" wide oval purple inkstamp:
Paul Werner's
Theater Beih Bibivthek [sic]
Hoboken, N.J.
94 Jefferson St.
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Nothing has come to light concerning this person (but see notes for 1903 obituaries about a Paul Werner of Hoboken who may or may not be this person) or this business or activity. He is not listed in 1893-94 Boyd's Directory.
Acquisition
Accession
2013.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1891 - 1891
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1891
Date(s): 1891
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Obituary notices about a Paul Werner of Hoboken - it is unknown if this is the same Paul Werner as on the card.
American Electrician, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 1903, page 386
Mr. Paul Werner, a well-known inventor, died at his home in Hoboken, N.J. on June 14 from brain fever, which was said to have resulted from over work on a speical type of electric motor which he had been trying to perfect.
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The Electrical World and Engineer, Vol. 41, No. 25, June 20, 1903, page 1081:
Mr. Paul Werner, an inventor, died at this home, Hoboken, on Sunday last. He devised the noiseless cable wheel which was used when the North Hudson County Railway operated its elevated road between Hoboken and Jersey City Heights, by cable. He also patented a number of machines used in the making of lead pencils. His death was caused by brain fever, said to be due to overwork on an electric motor which he had been trying ot perfect for more than a year.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-06-21
