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The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The Bunn family surname was used in their most famous railroad ...
Website. springfield-armory.com. Springfield Armory, Inc., is an American commercial firearms manufacturer and importer based in Geneseo, Illinois. Founded in 1974 by Bob Reese and family, the company produces rifles such as the M1A and imports handguns such as the XD series and Hellcat. The company is unrelated to the like-named former ...
M1905-42 Bayonet and Scabbard by the Wilde Drop Forge & Tool Co. The M1905 bayonet was produced from 1906 to 1922 by Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. The blade and handle frame were forged as a single piece with a wide, square-shaped fuller, and the crossguard was pinned to this assembly through two holes with cone-shaped steel pins.
On September 24, 1909, the shareholders of the companies voted in favor of the merger, meeting the court's objections and completing the merger. [6] [7] In 1927, another reorganization merged the Central Leather Company into its subsidiary, and the reorganized company again took the name "United States Leather Company." [8]
Tendam started out in 1880 as a family-run haberdashery store on Calle Romanones in Madrid. The business moved into textile production and distribution, and in 1933 the company built the La Palma shirt factory. It was followed in 1945 by the tailoring factory, which in 1946 produced the first men's suits under the Cortefiel label.
Wilsons Leather. Wilsons Leather is a U.S. leather brand, selling products such as leather jackets, belts, shoes, handbags, and gloves. At its peak in 2002, the Minneapolis -based retailer had 763 stores in 46 states and Canada. The company stores used to sell product assortments from brands such as DKNY, Michael Kors, Guess, and Cole Haan.
The L.H. Hamel Leather Company Historic District encompasses the largest tract of intact historical industrial buildings in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts.The monumental factory complex of the L.H. Hamel Leather Company is located just west of Haverhill's central business district, and is roughly bordered on the west by the right-of-way for the former Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street ...
The Groton Leatherboard Company is a historic former factory complex at 6 W. Main Street in West Groton, Massachusetts. It manufactured leatherboard, a bonded leather made by pulping and compressing scrap leather, waste paper and wood pulp, but went out of business. The structure has since been renovated and adapted into senior housing called ...