St. Louis MO

Marx Hardware & Paint Co., Inc. – Est. 1875 – St. Louis, MO

Apr 5th, 2016

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Paints – Window Glass – Varnishes – Wholesale © Frank H. Jump

Sporting Goods – Retail © Frank H. Jump

Steve Marx, along with his brother Andy, runs Marx Hardware & Paint Co. in the Old North neighborhood.
CREDIT MARIA ALTMAN | ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
Established: 1875 by Frederick Marx
Location: 2501 N. 14th St., Old North neighborhood
Current owners: Brothers Steve and Andy Marx, great-great-grandsons of founder
Clientele: Mostly residential customers
There’s no arguing this hardware store is the oldest in the city.

“I would say probably the oldest family-operated retail business in the city of St. Louis,” said Steve Marx.

Walking into Marx Hardware & Paint Co. feels a bit like taking a trip into the past with its hardwood floors, hand-painted signs and a wood-burning stove that keeps the place warm. The brothers have kept a lot of things from bygone days, including an old plaque for the St. Louis Hardware Retailers Association, a group that no longer exists.

“Hardware stores were like bakeries, barbershops — every few blocks there was one and a tavern in every corner and everybody made a living in this town,” Marx said. “It’s so difficult to see the change.” – St. Louis Public Radio

Piekutowski’s European Style Sausage – St. Louis, MO

Apr 4th, 2016

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BEST OF ST. LOUIS 2009
FOOD & DRINK

Best Sausage Shop
Piekutowski’s European Style Sausage
In 1999 Pope John Paul II paid a visit to little ol’ St. Louis. He saw the Arch. He saw the cathedrals. And then he made a special pilgrimage to north city’s Hyde Park neighborhood and grabbed some sausages at Piekutowski’s European Style Sausage. He bit into a slice of Krakow sausage and announced that his world had just been rocked. Recall: J.P. was a Pole. He knew what he was talking about. As a sign of their appreciation, the owners put up a white plaster bust of His Holiness in the back of the shop. Now, there’s no guarantee that you will fall as deeply in love with the Krakow sausage as did the Pope. You may favor the Polish sausage. Or the bratwurst. Or the kielbasa. All are handmade from the same recipe current owner Ted Piekutowski’s father used when the shop opened in the 1940s. There is also no guarantee that anyone will put up a plaster bust in your honor, no matter how ardently you declaim your love of Piekutowski’s sausages. But isn’t it worth making a visit to find out? – Riverfront Times
– www.riverfronttimes.com/bestof/2009/award/best-sausage-shop-854729/

Grocery Store – Table Queen (Cider & Products Co.) – St. Louis, MO

Apr 3rd, 2016

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M. Leichtweiss Stoves & Tinware – House Furnishing Goods – Buck’s Stoves Ranges – Labor Union Documentation – St. Louis, MO

Mar 31st, 2016

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American Federationist July 1908 – Google Books

Parlor Stove used by the Jesuits of the Missouri Provence Title: Buck’s Stove and Range Company Parlor Stove Description: Ornate cast iron parlor stove, model “Royal No. 45” produced by Buck’s Stove and Range Co. in St. Louis. The stove was used by the Jesuit of the Missouri Provence at the St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri. – Missouri History Museum – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE

Ayer’s Pills for the Liver – Overalls – Coats – St. Louis, MO

Mar 30th, 2016

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Here is a simply outstanding piece of advertising memorabilia in the form of an Ayer’s oval pillbox containing three original petrified cathartic pills. This box is made of a very thin (balsa?) wood with a paper label covering the box. The trademark date is July 1883, manufactured by J.C. Ayer & Co. Lowell Ma. – Ruby Lane

Boston Evening Transcript – May 20, 1890 – Google Books

Antique Victorian Advertising Trade Card Brand: J.C. Ayer’s Pills Vegetable Cure Cold Remedy – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – Ebay

Back of Trade Card – Ebay

Curlee Clothing Co. – St. Louis, MO

Jan 14th, 2016

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The Curlee Clothing Company, formerly the Corinth Woolen Mills, moved to St. Louis from Corinth, Mississippi, in 1905. In 1913, The Curlee Clothing Company absorbed the Schwab Clothing Company, the oldest corporation of its kind west of the Mississippi….The Curlee Clothing Company collection, 1938, contain materials on the treatment of organized labor by the company…. The collection consists of one letter and three fliers about Curlee Clothing Company’s unfair treatment of organized labor. – Georgia State University Library Digital Collection [digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/1070]