THE W & H CO + USA + NEWARK NJ = Whitehead & Hoag.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very recently, my trip to the post office produced this advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, all metal, advertising, pocket knife. Both the main blade and the secondary blade tang stamps are the curved or arched style, WITHOUT the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The secondary blade front tang stamp also says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The main handle side says, "FREDERICK D. GARDNER - GAVE ME THIS KNIFE" The other handle side says, "ANYTHING WORTH DOING AT ALL - IS WORTH DOING WELL" Overall, this is my second FREDERICK D. GARDNER pocket knife. However, this my first "W & H" tang stamped, FREDERICK D. GARDNER pocket knife. My other, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT pattern or style, FREDERICK D. GARDNER pocket knife is tang stamped, "ROBESON ShurEdge", and was previously posted, by me, under this topic or thread. The main blade has NO half stop. The main blade has a GOOD opening snap. The main blade has a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade has a SOFT half stop. The secondary blade has an OK opening snap. The secondary blade has an OK closing snap. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning at all.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
With just a basic Google search, a lot of information and many items pertaining to FREDERICK D. GARDNER was produced.
I am repeating the previously posted FREDERICK D. GARDNER trivia, because he had two, different, occupations. He was in the funeral industry AND he was Governor of Missouri. My previous FREDERICK D. GARDNER post on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, was mainly focused on his funeral industry job. The main focus of this post is on his being Governor of Missouri.
Per Wikipedia.....
"Frederick Dozier Gardner (November 6, 1869 – December 18, 1933), an American businessman and politician from St. Louis, Missouri, served as the 34th Governor of Missouri from 1917 to 1921. Gardner was born in Hickman, Kentucky; his father was William H. Gardner. He rose to prominence in St. Louis. The only political office he ever sought was a single term as governor, and he narrowly won the election of 1916. However, he did later attend national conventions of the Democratic Party. As Governor of Missouri he oversaw the elimination of the state's debt; it was $2,250,000 when he took office, but the state had over $3,500,000 in the treasury at the end of his term. In addition to his political career, Gardner spent 47 years in the funeral industry both as a funeral director and supplier, starting his career as an office boy. He worked for the Ellis Undertaking Co., M. Hermann & Son Livery & Undertaking, and the Southern Undertaking Co., all located in St. Louis. He eventually owned the St. Louis Coffin Co., and served as its president. He was also vice president of Gardner Motor Co. which operated in St. Louis from 1920 to 1932 and manufactured hearses and ambulances. He also operated casket manufacturing plants in Memphis, Tennessee; Texarkana, Arkansas; and Dallas, Texas. He married Jeannette Vosburgh in 1894 and they had four children: William King, Dozier, Lee, and Janet Gardner. He was also a Freemason belonging to the historic Tuscan Lodge #360 Masonic Temple. He died December 18, 1933, in St. Louis, from an infection of the jaw. He was buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery there with full Masonic rites."

[Miller Bro's]

Outstanding Skip!!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Outstanding.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Recently, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK, NJ" The main handle side says, "ESSMUELLER - MILL FURNISHING CO. - ST. LOUIS, MO." The other handle side says, "PEERLESS - GROUND CUT ROLL FINISH - PATENTED" This is my first, W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. The blade does have a WEAK half stop. The blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need cleaning.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Doing just a simple, basic, Google search produced some information and a few items
pertaining to the ESSMUELLER MILL FURNISHING COMPANY. It appears that this company,
now with a slightly different name, is still in business. The following information AND
picture #6 below, were obtained on the company's website. https://essmueller.com/
"The Essmueller Company’s roots go back to Saint Louis, Mis­souri in 1878. One of it’s co-founders, Fred Essmueller, immigrated from Ger­many in 1865, thir­teen years prior to his first partnership. During this period, he gained fame as a millwright with I. Q. Hal­te­man & Com­pany. His spec­ial­ties included ground-up building and renovation of flour mills along the Mis­sissippi River. Fred Essmueller had native talent and a strong will to succeed. Between 1878 and 1899, he formed and dissolved sev­eral part­ner­ships. His last partner retired in 1899, and with the help of his son, Will (W.C.), he renamed the firm Essmueller Mill Furn­ish­ings Comp­any. It retain­ed this name until 1941 when it was incorporated as The Essmuel­ler Company. The com­pany performed machining and fabri­cation “job shop” work and one-of-a-kind equip­ment for mills in grain belt states. Diverse on-site work locations were centered in Saint Louis and Kansas City, Missouri. The company remained under the guidence of the Essmueller family until 1965 when the last member, Arthur F. Essmueller, retired. Robert H. McLean, then president, and three current officers purchased the company from Arthur Essmueller. Under the leadership of Robert H. McLean, the company initiated a standard line of material handling equipment. Focus on “job shop” production was reduced, but not abandoned. That retained capability allows the current incarnation of the company to make products especially tailored to customer needs, not rigid “off-the-shelf” warehousing and “one-size-fits” all selections. Elimination of on-site fabrication allowed operations to be consolidated in Saint Louis, closing the Kansas City facility. The product line consisted of turnhead distributors, bucket elevators, and the round bottom drag-flight conveyor. Business growth allowed expansion into new plants in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and Laurel, Mississippi. In the early 1980’s, the company manufactured 86% of all round bottom drag-flight conveyors used in the United States feed industry. Lower horsepower requirements and ease of maintenance were a welcomed alternative to the prevalent use of screw conveyors in the industry at that time. The round bottom drag-flight conveyor was pro­duced in Laurel, making it the most profitable facility. In 1986, William L. and Patricia E. McLean purchased the company, closed the by then out-dated operations in Saint Louis, and moved the home office to Laurel, Mississippi. By 1988, investments in computers, computer aided drafting (CAD), and numerical controlled equipment (CNC) allowed the company to close operations in Arkansas and move the entire organization to Laurel. Currently, all manufacturing is under one roof in a 150,000 square foot plant in Laurel. The product line has been expanded to those you see in this website. The Essmueller Company, in its more than one hundred and twenty-five year existence, has concentrated on two things: customer satisfaction and uncompromising quality. This dedication to satisfying our customers and building the best possible product have allowed The Ess­muel­ler Com­pany to remain a leader in the material handling industry. The company has shipped product to every state and to more than twenty foreign countries. Essmueller thanks you for visiting our website and we hope that you will look through our quality lines of material handling equipment."

[Waukonda]

Good history, Skip, nice account to go with a nice knife.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Good.....

Thank you, Ike.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A few days ago, my trip to the post office produced this advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, two blades (one is broken), two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, all metal, advertising, pocket knife. Both the main blade and the secondary blade tang stamps are the curved or arched style, WITHOUT the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The secondary blade (broken) front tang stamp also says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The main handle side says, "SCOTTISH UNION & NATIONAL - INSURANCE COMPANY - HARTFORD, CONN." and also has a "coat of arms" or "crest" type of logo or emblem. The other handle side says, "1824-ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY-1924" This is my tenth, W & H pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, organization, event, etc. My other nine, "SCOTTISH UNION" pocket knives, have ALL been previously posted, under and throughout, this topic or thread. The main blade has chips in it. The secondary blade is a stub. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. The secondary blade stub does NOT have a half stop. The secondary blade stub does NOT have an opening snap. The secondary blade stub does NOT have a closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in POOR condition. This pocket knife did need a little bit of cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
See My Post From Friday, October 21, 2022.

[Miller Bro's]

Another one that has the date on it!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Another.....

Dimitri, I don't yet have enough facts, figures, or evidence, to post all of my findings regarding
The Whitehead & Hoag Company advertising POCKET KNIVES. But, I can say that I am 99.999%
sure that POCKET KNIVES were NOT offered as an advertising item, by "W & H", AFTER 1930.

[Miller Bro's]

That's excellent information Skip

Keep up the hunt

[New_Windsor_NY]

That's.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

[Ripster]

Skip, appreciate your info and pics of your collection. You are very thorough and your posts are informative.
You take care out there .

[New_Windsor_NY]

Skip.....

Thank you, JP.
You take care, over and up there.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Yesterday morning, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK, NJ" The main handle side says, "POUGHKEEPSIE - TRUST COMPANY" It also says, "PAT. PEND." under the pivot pin. The other handle side says, "100 YEARS - 1830 6578 1930" Overall, this is my third (my first with "TRIVIA"), W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. My other two W & H, POUGHKEEPSIE TRUST COMPANY pocket knives, were both previously posted, by me, under this topic or thread (see page #1). They have the registration #'s 5332 & 5373. The blade does have a WEAK half stop. The blade does have an OK opening snap. The blade does have an OK closing snap. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife needed little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Doing just a simple Google search produced VERY little information on the
history of, and VERY few items pertaining to, the POUGHKEEPSIE TRUST COMPANY.
The following information focuses mainly on the POUGHKEEPSIE TRUST COMPANY building itself.
Per Wikipedia.....
"The Poughkeepsie Trust Company building is located on Main Street in that city in the U.S. state of New York. It is immediately to the east of, and joined to, the Dutchess County Court House. Local architect Percival Lloyd designed the building, the bank's second on that site, as the Hudson Valley's first modern skyscraper at six stories in height. It cost $100,000 to build and included an ornately-carved stone facade. Brick, steel and stone were used in the interior framing. Inside, the ground floor was the site of a Mycenaean marble banking room, with intact mahogany furniture, brass fittings and bronze lighting. A special "ladies' corridor" was built near the women's restroom so that women could go to and back from it without having to use the main corridor. The upper floors were reached by means of an elevator, then another pioneering piece of technology. The three-bay Beaux Arts facade begins at the top with masks on the cornice and molded egg-and-dart rear modillion blocks. It gives way to a leafy swag motif above the molded frieze. Similar patterns continue down the stories, joined by quoined pilasters. The ground level is totally quoined and projects, with an intricate wrought-iron gate on the main door and decorative Doric columns. On the sides, a red-and-yellow brick diamond pattern runs from front to rear at the fifth story. It opened in 1906. The New York City Water Supply Commission, then looking in the region for future supplies for the growing city, was an early tenant. It rented the entire fifth floor and half the fourth, ultimately planning and supervising the land acquisition and construction for what became the Catskill Aqueduct from the bank building. The bank would eventually leave the building and become part of the Bank of New York. The county took it over, joining it to the adjacent courthouse, built a few years earlier. In 1982 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places, one of three downtown bank buildings in the city eventually listed. Today it is headquarters to the district attorney's office."

[New_Windsor_NY]

Recently, my trip to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, 2 1/2" closed (not including the loop or ring), one tang stamp, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. The tang stamp is the curved or arched style, with the "USA" in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "Anheuser~Busch, Inc. - CABINETS & REFRIGERATOR BODIES" and has the company logo. The other handle side says, "RETURN FOR REWARD - ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. - ST. LOUIS 2214" This is my fourth W & H pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, organization, event, etc. My other three W & H, "ANHEUSER-BUSCH INC." pocket knives, were ALL previously posted under this topic or thread. They have the registration #'s, 192, 935, and 1435. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does have an OK closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need much of a cleaning.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Captions, if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Please see my posts from Friday, August 16, 2024 and Sunday, August 18, 2024.

[Waukonda]

Another impressive one, Skip.......2 more and you will have a 6 pack. "Pick a pair 6 packs......buy Bud" Are you old enough to remember that advertising jingle?

[New_Windsor_NY]

Another.....

Thank you, Ike.
As far as the Budweiser advertising jingle is concerned, I am probably
old enough to have heard it. But, I have no memory of it.

[Miller Bro's]

Couple more good ones Skip

[New_Windsor_NY]

Couple.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

[New_Windsor_NY]

I stumbled upon this "W & H" by accident and just a little too late.
I am posting this advertising pocket knife for future reference.
It does appear that this pocket knife may be outgassing.
Both handle sides have the same advertising.
25TH ANNIVERSARY
Quincy Oil Co.
OCEAN TERMINALS, CHELSEA
OFFICES QUINCY
(LOGO ON THE LEFT)
FROM COAST TO COAST
INDEPENDENT
OIL
This advertising pocket knife is NOT mine. The picture(s) are NOT mine.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** If The New Owner Wishes To Part With It, PLEASE PM ME! I Am Definitely NOT A CHEAPSKATE. *****

[New_Windsor_NY]

Recently, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the most recent example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK, NJ" The main handle side says, "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. - NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A." The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. This is my thirteenth W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. My other twelve W & H, fob or key ring pocket knives (nine in this style, two in another style, and one in yet another, different style), have ALL been previously posted, under and throughout, this topic or thread. The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is. The VERY LAST picture shows ALL three different W & H pocket knife styles, that are advertising "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG COMPANY."
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
There is PLENTY of information, and there are PLENTY of images to be found on the internet,
regarding The Whitehead & Hoag Company itself and the variety of advertising items that were available.
However, as far as the W & H advertising pocket knives are concerned, per GOINS 1998 edition..... "c 1870-1959
Whitehead & Hoag was founded in 1870. They went out of business about 1959. This was an advertising specialties firm;
the knives were made for them by a variety of cutlery manufacturers." I have been thinking, for some time now,
that GOINS may NOT be entirely, 100% accurate in their description. Again, I do have a theory about this,
but I still have no hard evidence to support it. NOT YET anyway. Hopefully there will be more clues to follow.....

[Miller Bro's]

[New_Windsor_NY]

.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A few days ago, my trip to the post office produced this advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the most recent example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 1/2" closed (NOT including the loop or ring), all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. The tang stamp is the curved or arched style, WITH the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK, NJ" The main handle side says, "San Marto - COFFEE" The other handle side only says "PAT. PEND.", just above the blade pivot pin. This is my fifth, W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular product, business, company, event, etc. My other four, San Marto Coffee pocket knives, have ALL been previously posted, under this topic or thread. The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife needed very little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** Trivia *****
Please see my post back on Friday, August 5, 2022.