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[[Image:richardsrose.png|left|thumb|250px|Dubuque Sunday Herald, Feb. 18, 1885, p. 4]]RICHARDS AND ROSE. The successor to [[F. JENKEL]], this company was formed February 1884. | [[Image:richardsrose.png|left|thumb|250px|Dubuque Sunday Herald, Feb. 18, 1885, p. 4]]RICHARDS AND ROSE. The successor to [[F. JENKEL]], this company was formed February 1884. | ||
The company carried a large stock of fine watches, diamonds, jewelry, solid silver and silver plated ware, and clocks. They made a specialty of fine watch work and enjoyed an increasing trade in railway time keepers | The company carried a large stock of fine watches, diamonds, jewelry, solid silver and silver plated ware, and clocks. They made a specialty of fine watch work and enjoyed an increasing trade in railway time keepers made especially for railroad men. They did a great deal of work demagnetizing watches and changing key-wind to stem-wind. | ||
In 1885 the company was located at 551 Main. | In 1885 the company was located at 551 Main. | ||
Revision as of 23:18, 26 September 2014
RICHARDS AND ROSE. The successor to F. JENKEL, this company was formed February 1884.
The company carried a large stock of fine watches, diamonds, jewelry, solid silver and silver plated ware, and clocks. They made a specialty of fine watch work and enjoyed an increasing trade in railway time keepers made especially for railroad men. They did a great deal of work demagnetizing watches and changing key-wind to stem-wind.
In 1885 the company was located at 551 Main.
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Source:
The Industries of Dubuque: Her Relations as a Trade Center, Dubuque: J. M. Elster and Company, Publishers, 1887, p. 73-74