COLLECTION NAME:
Streetcar Advertising Cards
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ImageWorld~3~3
Streetcar Advertising Cards
Collection
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Filename:
E477.jpg
filename
E477.jpg
Filename
false
Category:
Candy/Gum
category
Candy/Gum
Category
false
Company:
Stollwerck Chocolate Co. - Stamford, CT
company
Stollwerck Chocolate Co. - Stamford, CT
Company
false
Coverage:
National
coverage
National
Coverage
false
Headline:
Stollwerck Gold Brand Chocolate New Process of Manufacture
headline
Stollwerck Gold Brand Chocolate New Process of Manufacture
Headline
false
Card Text:
Stollwerck Gold Brand Chocolate New Process of Manufacture Samples Sold Through Slot Machines On Elevated R.R. 6 Factories, over 4500 Employees 5,10,15 and 25 cents
card_text
Stollwerck Gold Brand Chocolate New Process of Manufacture Samples Sold Through Slot Machines On Elevated R.R. 6 Factories, over 4500 Employees 5,10,15 and 25 cents
Card Text
false
Date:
ca 1918
date
ca 1918
Date
false
Size:
11" x 21"
size
11" x 21"
Size
false
Remarks:
The Stollwerck chocolate works is historically significant as a German-owned asset seized by the federal government during World War I under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA 1917). The building is also significant for its important association with the Petroleum Heat and Power Company, aka Petro, a company that was instrumental in replacing coal with oil to provide central heating in American buildings in the twentieth century. The factory was originally built in 1906 for the Stollwerck Co., then Europe�s largest chocolate manufacturer, founded in 1839 in Cologne by Franz Stollwerck, whose five sons expanded the business into a multinational corporation with production facilities in Europe and with this plant, in America. The sons innovated the use of vending machines to sell candy, and by the 1890s exported Stollwerck chocolate bars were sold in thousands of coin-operated 'slot machines' in the New York City elevated rail and later subway systems. The Stamford plant was the only one established in America, set up by Albert Stollwerck (1869-1929) who left the family business soon after.
remarks
The Stollwerck chocolate works is historically significant as a German-owned asset seized by the federal government during World War I under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA 1917). The building is also significant for its important association with the Petroleum Heat and Power Company, aka Petro, a company that was instrumental in replacing coal with oil to provide central heating in American buildings in the twentieth century. The factory was originally built in 1906 for the Stollwerck Co., then Europe�s largest chocolate manufacturer, founded in 1839 in Cologne by Franz Stollwerck, whose five sons expanded the business into a multinational corporation with production facilities in Europe and with this plant, in America. The sons innovated the use of vending machines to sell candy, and by the 1890s exported Stollwerck chocolate bars were sold in thousands of coin-operated 'slot machines' in the New York City elevated rail and later subway systems. The Stamford plant was the only one established in America, set up by Albert Stollwerck (1869-1929) who left the family business soon after.
Remarks
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Source:
eBay - Internet
source
eBay - Internet
Source
false