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This sale is for ONE
advertising BILLHEAD
from
A.E. PHELPS, JR. CO.
MANUFACTURING
WIRES AND WHEELS
in
NEW YORK
during the year of 1880
It was difficult to find information on this company. I found one microfilm from an advertisement publication of 1880 that had the company listed under the category of wire and wheels...it seemed to pertain to automobiles.
I also found this
In 1844, metal dealer Anson Greene Phelps formed the Ansonia Brass Company in Connecticut, to supply the expanding clock business - nine companies were producing clocks in Connecticut. In 1850 the Ansonia Clock Company was formed as a subsidiary of the Ansonia Brass Company by Phelps and two Bristol, Connecticut, clockmakers, Theodore Terry and Franklin C. Andrews. Terry & Andrews were the largest clock manufacturers in Bristol, with more than 50 employees using 58 tons of brass in the production of about 25,000 clocks in 1849.
Phelps decided to get into the clockmaking business to expand the market for his brass, while Terry and Andrews got access to better quality brass at better prices. Then he had children that did open up business in New York which likely made metal parts also.
CONDITION: The billhead has normal letter folds and is in good condition with some toning.
Approximate size of billhead is
7" X 8 1/2".
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