Publication Type
TradecardPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Buffalo, New YorkDate Published
circa 1879 - circa 1886Notes
"The company’s history can be traced back to Hugh M. Clay who had worked in lithography firms for ten years before going into partnership with Herman Cosack in 1864 to form Clay, Cosack & Company. The company printed a variety of lithographic products to include; chromolithographs, trade cards, art prints, seed packets, medicine labels, tourist cards etc.
In 1879, Clay left the firm to start a new partnership with Henry A. Richmond to form Clay & Richmond. Their firm concentrated on printing chromolithographic trade cards and labels, and when Clay retired in 1886, the company became the Richmond Lithographing Company . In 1896, the firm changed its name yet again to the Niagara Lithograph Company after it was purchased by Hugo R. Monro, John J. McWillams (who served as president), and his son-in-law Horace Reed. After McWilliams death in 1912, Reed took over the company." https://buffaloah.com/a/niag/1050/1050.html