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[[Image:imp220.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Frank M. Rhomberg founded the Dubuque Tanning and Robe Company, the predecessor of the Modern Rhomberg Furriers. Photo courtesy: Center for Dubuque History, Loras College]]RHOMBERG, Frank M. (Dornbirn, Austria, Jan. 25, 1869-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1919) | [[Image:imp220.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Frank M. Rhomberg founded the Dubuque Tanning and Robe Company, the predecessor of the Modern Rhomberg Furriers. Photo courtesy: Center for Dubuque History, Loras College]]RHOMBERG, Frank M. (Dornbirn, Austria, Jan. 25, 1869-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1919). Rhomberg settled in Dubuque in 1889 at the age of eighteen. Shortly afterwards he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and for two years worked as a shipping clerk in the furniture establishment of his uncle. He then returned to Dubuque and for nine years traveled for the company of [[L. A. RHOMBERG & SON]], a wholesale liquor firm operated by an uncle. | ||
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Frank Rhomberg, vice-president and director of the Union Transfer Company, was also the founder, president, and manager of the [[DUBUQUE TANNING AND ROBE COMPANY]]. This company, later renamed the Rhomberg Fur Company, became [[RHOMBERG FURRIERS]]. Politically, he served many years as the chairperson of the Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee. | Frank Rhomberg, vice-president and director of the Union Transfer Company, was also the founder, president, and manager of the [[DUBUQUE TANNING AND ROBE COMPANY]]. This company, later renamed the Rhomberg Fur Company, became [[RHOMBERG FURRIERS]]. Politically, he served many years as the chairperson of the Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee. | ||
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[[Category: Liquor Merchant]] | [[Category: Liquor Merchant]] | ||
Revision as of 16:20, 21 December 2015
RHOMBERG, Frank M. (Dornbirn, Austria, Jan. 25, 1869-Dubuque, IA, May 4, 1919). Rhomberg settled in Dubuque in 1889 at the age of eighteen. Shortly afterwards he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and for two years worked as a shipping clerk in the furniture establishment of his uncle. He then returned to Dubuque and for nine years traveled for the company of L. A. RHOMBERG & SON, a wholesale liquor firm operated by an uncle.
Around 1900, he formed a partnership with his brother Alphonse J. RHOMBERG to form RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY, liquor wholesalers, in which he served as the company president.
Frank Rhomberg, vice-president and director of the Union Transfer Company, was also the founder, president, and manager of the DUBUQUE TANNING AND ROBE COMPANY. This company, later renamed the Rhomberg Fur Company, became RHOMBERG FURRIERS. Politically, he served many years as the chairperson of the Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee.