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DUBUQUE MATTRESS COMPANY
DUBUQUE MATTRESS COMPANY. Established in 1876 and located in 1880 at 451-457 4th St., the Dubuque Mattress Company was incorporated in February 1884 by John KAPP and Henry Sauer. Kapp served as the company's president while Sauer held the offices of secretary and treasurer.
The 1884-1885 and 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory gave 801 White as the address.
The 1916-1917 White's Dubuque County Directory and 1922 Dubuque Telephone Directory listed 63-75 S. Main.
The 1945 through 1980 Dubuque City Directory listed 180 Main.
The company was originally a wholesaler. Edward Eisenschmidt brought the company through the Great Depression and then, about 1930, began selling directly to individual customers, institutions and retail customers.
The continued prosperity of the firm has been credited to William Riedel, a graduate of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE and former physical director of the YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.M.C.A.). Riedel married Eisenschmidt's daughter and then learned the business of mattress manufacturing.
In 2003 Doug Dolter purchased Dubuque Mattress.
In 2010 and 2012 the company's address was 3220 Dodge Street.
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Source:
"Families in Business," Telegraph Herald, July 30, 2010