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Index to companies listed in Industries of Buffalo, 1887 Elstner Publishing Co. (F 129 .B8 H3)
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Industries of Buffalo was originally published in 1887 and is now online in full text, courtesy of Archive.org. Below is an index we did before the book was digitized. Business Academy of Music Altman & Co. Robert Ambrose American Palace Steam Laundry Amidon & White Arlington Hotel Associated Elevators H.M. Backus Oil Co. Howard H. Baker & Co. Ball Brothers Glass Mfg. Co. J.C. Balsam Bank of Attica Barnes, Hengerer & Co. Barr & Curtiss Bartholomew & Chambers Bauer, Straub & Co. Charles Bayer Beals & Brown David Bell John A. Bell Bell & McNish R.W. Bell Mfg. Co. Ensign Bennett Bennett and Union Elevators Best Buffalo Crackers Bickford & Francis Clinton Bidwell Bingham & Taylor Bitter & Kasson Bliss Brothers Booth and Riester Joseph Bork William H. Bork Mrs. Dr. L. Broad A.H. Brown Brown & McCutcheon Brunswich- Balke- Collender Co. Brush Electric Light Co. of Buffalo 2
Page 159 123 222 129 112 229 249 204 78 116 204 101 72 210 200 214 178 195 175 118 175 239 105 223 151 169 102 146 196 124 111 217 227 205 191 184 163 187
Business Buffalo Academy of Design and Art School Buffalo Artificial Limb Co. Buffalo Board of Trade Buffalo Cement Co., Ltd. Buffalo Chemical Works Buffalo City Flour Mills Buffalo Cloak Mfg. Co. Buffalo Coal Co. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Buffalo Cooperative Stove Company Buffalo Courier Buffalo Creek Railroad Buffalo Electric Co. Buffalo Electric Light Company Buffalo Express Buffalo Felt Goods Co. Buffalo Fertilizer Works Buffalo German Insurance Company Buffalo Glove and Whip Manufactory Buffalo Hat Mfg. Co. Buffalo Merchant’s Exchange Buffalo Mutual Accident Association Buffalo Natural Gas Fuel Buffalo, New York & Erie Railroad Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad Buffalo Novelty Wood - Turning Co. Buffalo Pressed Brick Co. Buffalo Printing Ink Works Buffalo Quick Lime Buffalo Refrigerator Manufactory Buffalo Register Works Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Buffalo Rubber Company Buffalo Saturday Mercury Buffalo Stained Glass Buffalo Stamping Works Buffalo Steam Confectionery Works Buffalo Steam Engine Works Buffalo Steam Forge Buffalo Storage & Carting Company Buffalo Tricycle Co. 3
Page 83 149 31 97 155 99 118 105 27-28 115 25 38 248 187 26 224 140 71 107 172 31 225 215 38 35 237 246 174 113 208 142 35 210 208 111 211 160 175-76 258 147 145
Business Buffalo Wood Vulcanizing Co. William S. Bull Dr. E.S. Burnham, Optician Bush & Howard R. Callahan F.V. Caulkins Central Bridge Company of Buffalo Central Coal Company (Limited) Inc. Frank C. Chambers N.P. Chancy & Company C.P. Churchill’s Sons City Elevators City Flour Hills City Laundry and Custom Shirt Factory Dr. John T. Claris Clark & Allen Clark’s Business College Clinton Bidwell Clinton iron Works Coatsworth Elevator H.W. Collender Company Co-Operative Stove Co. Cornell Lead Co. Cosack & Company Courier Company James Coyle Crandall House L.B. Crocker Crocker’s Buffalo Fertilizer and Chemical Works Cutler’s Patent Pocket Inhaler Daily Times Marsden Davey Davis & Brown De Laney Forge and Iron Co. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Dempster Engine Works Denton & Cottier T. & E. Dickinson Donaldson & Company C.J. Drescher & Son John C. Dunham 4
Page 219 243 167 112 171 100 241 139 200 193 168 162 99 182 185 82 137 102 146 227 163 115 91 95 2 195 93 143 140 132 27 125 257 133 36 161 81 209 178 214 168
Business Du Pont Gunpowder Works East Side Horse Infirmary Eddy and Bingham G. Elias & Bro. George Elsheimer Empire State Mantel Works Empire State Mfg. Co. A.A. Engle Ensign Bennett John Ernewein Ernewein & Ritter Richard Evans & Son Evening and Sunday News Exchange Elevator Exstein & Company Fairmont Coal and Iron Co. Fisher Bros. & Co. Flint & Kent Fogelsonger and Son D.R. & H. Fogelsonger Forbush & Brown Fox & Holloway Francis Axe Co. of Buffalo Fromm & Blandford Fromm & Company Frontier Canada Malt House Frontier Elevator Co. E. Gallagher N.H. Gardner & Co. Genesee Street Planing Mill Gentner, Valentine Jr. B.F. Gentsch & Sons Frank L. Georger German-American Bank of Buffalo Geselgen & Vogt W.H. Glenny, Sons & Co. Louis Goldstein Goodyear Rubber Co. Gould & Stimson A.J. Grad Grand Trunk Railway 5
Page 102 185 146 166 127 212 142 119 105 134 134 245 27 117 74 105 181 245 136 246 141 217 170 194 194 75 108 167 210 228 183 123 120 256 208 87 243 150 258 184 37
Business J.C. Haffa’s Sons Hall & Sons B.B. Hamilton & Co. Harvey Brothers Harvey and Dake Harvey arid Henry Hatch & Jenks Adam Hauck C.P. Hazard Hazard & Arend Charles J. Heinold Heinz & Munschauer Hengerer and Co. Hibbard Brothers, Agents Hintermister Organ and Piano Co. Holland & Vilas Holmes & Adams Howard Iron Works Howard Stock Farms R. Humphrey International Box and Heading Co. International Elevating Co. Irlbacker & Davis Jacob Jaeckle Edward H. Jennings Wallace Johnson John Kam Kast and Co. Kehr & Duffy Keller and Boller Henry D. Keller F.A. Kennedy Co. A.T. Kerr & Co. Frank H. Kinnius John Kneis Charles Kuhn & Co. Jacob F. Kuhn Gus E. Kurtz George H Kyle Laird & Co. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad 6
Page 134 125-26 242 105 105 105 86 103 230 240 148 120 72 181 188 104 222 207 201 78 256 249 107 228 177 180 191 196 193 196 196 90 213 255 183 148 213 160 159 124 37
Business Lake Shore Elevating Co. Lake Shore transfer Co. Lake View Brewing Co. Lake View Malt House J. Langdon & Co. Inc. John G. Langner &Co. Gerhard Lang’s Park Brewery Lee, Holland & Co. Lehigh Valley Railroad Louis A. Lenhard & Co. Lightner & Goettel H.H. Little John M. Luippold J. Lyth & Sons W.J. McCahill & Co. McClure, Bloeser & Eggert Samuel McCutcheon McDonnell & Sons McNeil & Kurtz George Macnoe T.J. Mahoney John B. Manning Mansion House Manufacturers and Traders Bank Marsden Davey Matthews Bros. & Bryant Matthews, Northrup & Co. Meadow Farm Mercantile Association of the United States Merchants Bank of Buffalo Merchants Exchange Metropolitan Theater Metz, Bark & Meyer F.H.C. Mey J.O. Meyer, Maltster Michigan Central Railroad Co. Miller, Greiner & Co. Model Hardware and Stove Store Edward Moeller N. Moershfelder George Montague 7
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Business James Mooney D.E. Morgan & Son George Mugridge & Sons Mullen & Roy National and Globe Flour Mills Nauer, Engel & Co. A. Neupert & Co. New International Elevator New Lake Shore Elevator New York Central and Hudson River Railroad New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Niagara Baking Company Niagara Elevating Company Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel, Power & Sewer Niagara Stamping and Tool Company Niagara Stock Farm Nickel-Plate Railroad North Buffalo Box and Heading Works William P. Northrup & Co. Northwestern Coal and Iron Company O’Brian & Sons Oriental Bath Rooms Ozark Plateau Land Co. Park Brewery F.S. Pease Charles C. Penfold People’s Press George N. Pierce & Co. Pitts Agricultural Works W.E. Plummer & Sons Cyrus K. Porter & Son Post & Co. John C. Post John R. Potter Pratt & Co. Queen City Hat Mfg. Co. Queen City Planing Mill Queen City Shirt Co. Queen City Steam Laundry Rebstock Stove Co. Ltd 8
Page 114 171 76 229 119 227 156 250 252 33 38 34 105-151 89 66 120 197 38 170 173 105 143 216 223 88 192 206 173 198 126 256 172 199 144 99 195 180 240 165 235 153
Business Charles Richardson Richmond Elevator Jewett H. Richmond Ripont and Keller Rood & Brown Root & Keating Rosedale Floral Hall J.H. Ross Rumrill & Rupp Charles P. Ruppersberg Saturday Mercury Schaefer & Bro. G. & J. Schaefer F.J. Schafer Schlee & Stephen Schneider and Betz Schoellkopf Aniline and Chaemical Co. Schreck Elevator and Feed Mill Fred Schulz Schwartz & Co. Scott Sign Co. William Scott Seneca St. and Franklin Way Stage Co. Shanley Bros. M.B. Shantz & Co. Sidney Shepard and Co. Shifferens & Sons Sibley & Holmwood Sidney Shepard & Co. William H. Slocum Slocum’s Stenographic School Smith, Falke & Co. Henry E. Smith W.H. Smith & Co. Spencer House Stafford House Star Machine Co. Stewart Heater Co. Henry Straub & Co. Peter G. Straub Swan-Street Cafe 9
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Business O.A. Taft Third National Bank of Buffalo W.C. Tiffany Tifft Elevator Tifft Furniture Co. George W. Tifft, Sons & Co. Troy Laundry David Tucker & Co. J.H. Ullenbruch & Co. Union Brewery Union Bridge Co. Urban & Co. Valentine Gentner, Jr. J.M. Van Norman J.W. Vickers Jacob Viergiver Vosburgh, Whitney & Co. W.H. Walker Wallbridge & Co. Welter, Brown & Mesmer John Wendell & Son Wendell’s Star Laundry West Shore Railroad Western Beef Co. Western Elevating Co. H.G. White George D. Wightman E.B. Wilber & Co. Williamsville Quick Lime Company E.V. Willsey & Co. E.L. Winship Youngs’ and Fogelsonger’s Quarries C.D. Zimmerman & Co. Zink & Hatch
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