Farley & Loetscher Mfg. Co. records, 1881-1962.

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Farley & Loetscher Mfg. Co. records, 1881-1962.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61514184

Records in this collection include appraisals of company assets, inventory records, financial and tax records, patent and trademark records, design books, price books, company product catalogs, court case documents, secretary's and treasurer's reports, mortgage certificates, insurance policies, auction inventories, customer catalog cards, sales ledgers and orders. The collection also includes catalogs from numerous other companies including Iowa companies Carr & Baal (Des Moines), Williams & Hunting (Cedar Rapids) and Curtis Companies, Inc. (Clinton).

159 vols.

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7806805

Iowa State Historical Society

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Carr & Baal Company

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Williams & Hunting Co.

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Farley & Loetscher Mfg. Co. (Dubuque, Iowa)

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In 1875 Christian Loetscher opened a millworking business in Dubuque. In 1876 he formed a partnership with A.B. Carlin and J. Rickard and Loetscher's company became Clark, Rickard and Company. J. Farley became the principal partner in 1879 and in 1881 the company was incorporated as the Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company. In 1900 the company branched out to markets around St. Louis, Chicago, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Des Moines and was at one time the largest millwork plant in the world. A l...

Curtis Companies

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Founded in 1866 by George Martin Curtis (later U.S. Representative from Iowa), the Curtis Companies were a conglomerate of associated sash, door, and millwork companies that eventually consolidated into a single corporation based in Clinton, Iowa. From the description of Papers of the Curtis Companies, Inc., 1869-1948. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 232999385 ...