F. Weber & Co.

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Successors to Janentzky & Weber Manufacturers & Importers, F. Weber & Company, Inc. was established in 1853 and incorporated in 1920. The company manufactured artists supplies, including painting and drawing supplies, mathematical instruments, materials for gilders, sign and coach-painters, china decorators, engineers, lithographers, etchers and engravers, as well as materials for pyrography or wood burning, and wax and paper flowers. Their main office was located at 1125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and branch houses existed at 709 Locust St., St.Louis, Missouri, and 5 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

Frederick Weber was a chemist, author, lecturer and painter.

From the guide to the F. Weber & Company, Inc. records, 1865-1973, (Getty Research Institute)

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creatorOf A. & C. Walter (Firm). Trade catalogs of drafting supplies, 1881-1942. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf F. Weber & Company, Inc. records, 1865-1973 Getty Research Institute
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associatedWith Janentzky and Weber, Manufacturers and Importers corporateBody
associatedWith Weber, Frederick, d. 1944 person
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Artists' materials
Artists' materials
Artists' materials industry
Paint
Paint
Paint industry and trade, United States
Painting
Paint materials
Pigments
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Active 1942

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