Ketterer, C. P. Co. (later Ketterer & Kobler), wagon manufacturers
Business papers, 1901-1915, inclusive
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Miscellaneous business papers of C. P. Ketterer Co. (later Ketterer & Kobler), including a letter of resignation from Philip H. Ketterer (1902); canceled checks signed by S. Percival Kobler, treasurer (1904, 1908); agreement (1906) and deeds (1915) for property on West 19th Street, Manhattan; and a certified copy of the New Jersey certificate of incorporation for C. P. Ketterer Company (1913).
Railroad stock certificates, 1885-1886, 1944, inclusive
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Stock certificates for The Staten Island Rapid Transit Co. (1885-1886) and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. (1944).
Photographs, fire wagon and fire automobile, circa 1900s-1920s, inclusive
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Two black-and-white photographs of a C. P. Ketterer Fire Wagon (circa 1900s) and one black-and-white photograph of a C. P. Ketterer Co. Fire Vehicle (circa 1915).
[See also Box 3 (oversize), Folder 2, for two mechanical drawings which may be of a fire wagon.]
[Note: The building seen behind the vehicles in many of the photographs is either the C. P. Ketterer Co. factory located at 214-216 West 17th Street, Manhattan, or 211-215 West 19th Street, Manhattan. The lot for the West 19th Street building was purchased in 1905.]
Photographs, horse-drawn delivery wagons, circa 1900s-1910s, inclusive
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Black-and-white photographs of C. P. Ketterer horse-drawn delivery wagons, most bearing names of commercial clients on the side, including
• Eickelberg (951 Fifth Avenue)
• C. Shayne & Co., Furriers (126 West 42nd Street)
• Champion Laundry (106-108-110 Seventh Avenue & 346 Columbus Avenue)
• Dunlap's Hats
• Express Company General
• Fleischman, Florist (Hoffman House)
• Fleischman, Roses (25th Street & Broadway)
• Follmer, Clogg & Co., Umbrellas & Parasols (114-116 Fifth Avenue)
• Franklin Simon & Co. (5th Avenue, 37th & 38th Streets)
• Friedlanders (43-45-47 West 33rd Street)
• Hecht Bros. (259-261 Sixth Avenue)
• James McCreery & Co.
• Merchants Express Company
• M. T. Keenan, Florist, Decorator (410 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn)
• Passavant & Co. (80, 82, 83 & 85 Greene Street)
• Phenix Cheese Co. (345 Greenwich Street)
• P. L. Bogart, Florist (970 Sixth Avenue)
• Revillon Furriers (34th Street near Fifth Avenue)
• Styles & Cash, Printers & Stationers (135 West 14th Street)
[Note: The building seen behind the vehicles in many of the photographs is either the C. P. Ketterer Co. factory located at 214-216 West 17th Street, Manhattan, or 211-215 West 19th Street, Manhattan. The lot for the West 19th Street building was purchased in 1905.]
Photographs, horse-drawn freight wagons, circa 1900s-1910s, inclusive
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Black-and-white photographs of C. P. Ketterer horse-drawn freight wagons, most bearing names of commercial clients on the side, including
• The 14th Street Store
• Adams Express Company / Southern Express Company
• Columbia Warehouses (Columbus Avenue & 67th Street)
• E. J. Denning & Co., Furniture (Broadway)
• Empire Paper Tube and Box Co. (445–453 West Street)
• Fred Macey Co. Ltd., Office Furniture (343 Broadway)
• Hilton, Hughes & Co. (Broadway, Fourth Avenue, 9th & 10th Streets)
• J. Wieman, Transfer Agent (4 East 18th Street)
• J. Weiman, Truckman (4 East 18th Street)
• Rothenberg & Co., Furniture and Carpets (West 14th Street)
• Scallon (1244 Broadway)
• Siegel Cooper Co. (Sixth Avenue, 18th & 19th Streets)
• United States Express Company
[Note: The building seen behind the vehicles in many of the photographs is either the C. P. Ketterer Co. factory located at 214-216 West 17th Street, Manhattan, or 211-215 West 19th Street, Manhattan. The lot for the West 19th Street building was purchased in 1905.]
Photographs, passenger automobile bodies, circa 1910s-1920s, inclusive
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Black-and-white photographs of C. P. Ketterer Co. passenger automobile bodies of various styles (roadster, sedan, etc.).
[Note: The building seen behind the vehicles in many of the photographs is either the C. P. Ketterer Co. factory located at 214-216 West 17th Street, Manhattan, or 211-215 West 19th Street, Manhattan. The lot for the West 19th Street building was purchased in 1905.]
Photographs, delivery and freight automobile bodies, circa 1910s-1920s, inclusive
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Black-and-white photographs of C. P. Ketterer Co. delivery and freight automobile bodies, most bearing names of commercial clients on the side, including
• A. Vantine & Co. (Broadway)
• Brewster & Co. (670 Fifth Avenue)
• Bush Terminal Co.
• Cammeyer Shoes (381 Fifth Avenue & Sixth Avenue at 20th Street)
• Charles Gachot, Meats (429 West 14th Street)
• Columbia Theatrical Transfer Company, Inc. (631–33–35 West 130th Street)
• David Clarke's Sons, Floral Decorators (Broadway corner 75th Street)
• Fleischman Roses (Fifth Avenue corner 42nd Street)
• G. D. P.
• The "G" Big Furniture Works (203–205 East 76th Street)
• Henry W. Boettger Silk Finishing Co. (125 Prince Street)
• Howard S. Martin, Moving Van (Newburgh, N.Y.)
• M. Knoedler & Co. (556–558 Fifth Avenue)
• M. S. Mishler (Little River, Florida)
• Schulman & Koldehofe, Wholesale Grocers (Harlem Market)
• Siegel Cooper Co. (Sixth Avenue, 18th & 19th Streets)
• Siegel Cooper Co. / Greenhut & Co. (Sixth Avenue, 18th & 19th Streets)
• Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.
• Stern Brothers
• U.S. Q. M. D. No. 1
• W. & J. Sloane, Special Delivery
• W. & J. Sloane (Broadway & 19th Street)
[Note: The building seen behind the vehicles in many of the photographs is either the C. P. Ketterer Co. factory located at 214-216 West 17th Street, Manhattan, or 211-215 West 19th Street, Manhattan. The lot for the West 19th Street building was purchased in 1905.]
Commercial Automobile Bodies brochure, circa 1910s-1920s, inclusive
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Printed brochure for "C. P. Ketterer Co. Manufacturers of Commercial Automobile Bodies." Loose sheets and covers and bound with cord. Contains photographic reproductions from some loose photos.
Reproductions include commercial vehicles for Bush Terminal Co., Stern Brothers, R. H. Macy & Co.; W. J. Sloane; Fulton Creamery Co. Ice Cream, and one vehicle with no customer identification.
Mechanical drawings, fire wagon (possibly), circa 1895, inclusive
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Mechanical drawing for (possibly) a fire wagon design, circa 1900. Reverse inscribed (faint) "P.[C.?] Ketterer, West [6?]2nd Street." Approximately 19 x 13 inches.
Mechanical drawing showing frame design for a wagon, possibly for a fire wagon, circa 1900. No signature or date. Approximately 17 x 10 inches.
Mechanical drawings, horse-drawn delivery wagons, circa 1915, inclusive
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Mechanical drawings on drafting paper for horse-drawn carriages, circa 1915. Signed "Percival C. Ketterer." Approximately 12 x 11 inches.
Mechanical drawings, passenger automobiles, circa 1915, inclusive
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Mechanical drawings on drafting paper for passenger automobile bodies (10), circa 1915. Bulk signed "P. C. Ketterer, Design and Builder." Approximately 18 x 9 inches.
Mechanical drawings, delivery and freight automobiles, circa 1915, inclusive
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Mechanical drawings (4) for freight automobiles, circa 1915. Signed "P. C. Ketterer" for C. P. Ketterer Co. Approximately 26 x 13 inches (3 drawings) and 18 x 9 inches (1 drawing).