Wire Rope Corporation, 609 North Second Street, 1949

Jersey Cereal Company, later Wire Rope, 1948

Jersey Cereal Company, later Wire Rope, 1948

Name/Title

Wire Rope Corporation, 609 North Second Street, 1949

Entry/Object ID

2007.33.819AD

Description

Wire Rope Corporation, 609 North Second Street, 1949. Originally designed in 1892 by Edmond Eckel, Architects. One of the buildings was originally the Wyeth Hardware Building. It later became part of the Jersey Cereal Company and that was later renovated in 1948-1949 by Otto Brunner into a building for Wire Rope Corporation of America. 07.33.819A Exterior View, "Jersey Cereal Company" on top of building. #965. This is a duplicate of photo in Wyeth Hardware file, 5 x 7" 07.33.819B Exterior View, Front & Side of renovated building, Front now faces 2nd Street, view looking north on 2nd Street from corner of Isadore, #1074, 8 x 10" c. 1949. 07.33.819C Exterior View, Front & Side during renovation, Western Waterproofing sign & scaffolding, Covering brick to give it a white facade, Glaze Construction Co. sign. #985 8 x 10", c. 1949. 07.33.819D Exterior View of back & side," white" exterior completed, looking west down Isadore Street. This is the completed building using the same view as "A" above before renovation., #1015., 8 x 10" 10 Photos not numbered, 8 x 10" 4-Photos, "red" brick exterior, mainly focusing on window renovation, #967,#984, #986, #989, c. 1949 6-Photos "white" exterior completed,#960, #1012, #1013 ,#1014, #1016, #1076--this one shows the front entrance with Wire Rope logo over door.

Collection

Eckel-Brunner

Made/Created

Studio

Anderson Photo Company

Date made

1892 - 1949

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Notes

Date: 1949 Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Buildings, Merchants, Manufacturers

Search Terms

Second Street, 609 North, Glaze Construction Company, Wyeth Hardware Company, Wire Rope Corporation of America, Jersey Cereal Company, Eckel Architects, Otto Brunner, Architect, Second Street, Business, Large

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Dimension Notes

Glossy

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 19, 2011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edmond Jacques Eckel

Person or Organization

Otto Brunner