Warshaw Subject Category: Ivory
Ivory is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Category: Ivory, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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This subject category- Ivory consists of materials involving the manufacturing and sale of ivory or ivory goods. The bulk of the materials is from companies in the northeast United States and are dated from the mid to late nineteenth century. Researchers interested in the manufacture or sale of ivory during the last half of the 1800s will find this information useful.
Arranged in two subseries. Subseries 1 is arranged alphabetically by company name. Subseries 2 is arranged by subject.
This subseries contains the papers of companies dealing in the manufacturing and/or sale of ivory or ivory goods. Items include receipts for materials sold, ad sheets, business cards, price lists, informational booklets, an ad sheet for "Ivory that grows on trees" from William Kingsley, and an article on "Eburnea, the Synthetic Ivory" from George Wright. The bulk of the companies are located in New York. Others are in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. There is also a company in Hamburg, Germany and one in London. The W. Kirsch company material shows Portland as a location but it is unknown what state. Materials are arranged alphabetically by company.
Manufacturers of ivory, bone, horn, wire, and sheet metal goods
Manufacturers and importers of walking sticks
Grote, F. & Company, New York
Turners and dealers in ivory
Ivory Goods – Ivory Cut to Order; Billiard and Bagatelle Balls
Kaldenberg, F.J., New York
Manufacturer of Ivory Toilet Articles, Stationary and Fancy Goods
Manufacturer of Walking Canes, Billiard Balls, Meruschaum & Briar Root Pipes
Dealer in Ivory and Manufacturer of Ivory Goods
Dealer in horns
Dealers in Ivory and Whalebone Raw Stock
Wright, George, London
Billiard Table Manufacturers, Merchants and Shippers
This subseries contains images and miscellaneous materials. There is a card with an elephant and an ad sheet showing various items made of Ivory Pyralin. There is also an invoice (1883?) and import/export documents from Hamburg, Germany to Pennsylvania (1874). Materials are arranged by subject.