Records, 1887-1980.

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Records, 1887-1980.

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Historical file of press releases, clippings, and wallpaper history; leases, patents (including Charles Burchfield wallpaper designs), copyrights and trademarks, letters of incorporation, travelling salesman employment contracts, foreign powers of attorney, and other legal papers, 1904-1940; tax and payroll records, 1921-1944, insurance appraisal and engineering report, and other financial papers, 1900-1944; many oversize bound volumes, including cashbooks, ledgers, journals, and inventories, 1900-1944; scrapbooks, 1922-1935; wallpaper sample (tag) books and pattern illustration books, 1887-1920, and undated; and photographs, mostly of Birge paper hangings. Also a color poster illustrating the process of machine printing, ca. 1930.

(17.5 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364781

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Birge Company.

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Martin H. Birge established a dry goods store at 234 Main Street, Buffalo in 1834, stocking general merchandise and wallpaper. By 1866 the business concentrated solely on wholesale and retail sales of wallpaper. In 1875 Birge was joined in the business by his two sons, George K. and Henry M. Birge, and by 1878 they were manufacturing their own wallpapers. The firm was incorporated in 1900 with branch operations throughout the country; Humphrey Birge also opened a European office. Birge & Son...

M.H. Birge & Sons Company.

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Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967

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Birge, George K. (George Kingsley), 1850-1918

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Birge, Martin H., 1806-1900.

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