Information Regarding S. Kind & Sons of Philadelphia

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As reward for their efforts during an August drive when the firm’s repair business was more than doubled, 95 employees of S. Kind & Sons. Chestnut St. at Broad, were given a dinner at the Arcadia Restaurant, Oct. 11, two days after Philadelphia’s famous eating spot had reopened under new management. Harry Shimwell, secretary of the Chestnut Street Association, showed colored motion pictures of a trip through Glacier and Yellowstone Parks. Dancing and cards completed the evening. The August drive was held to stimulate business in the watch, clock, jewelry, diamond and diamond mounting repair departments.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - November 1939

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Oscar Kind, Jr., and Mrs. Kind, of S. Kind & Sons, Chestnut St. at Broad, spent Sept. 15-17 visiting the World’s Fair in New York City.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - October 1939

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An image of Herbert C. Wendler, silverware buyer for S. Kind & Sons of Philadelphia:



This image was published in 1934.

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The store front on the new S. Kind & Sons’ building at Chestnut and Broad Sts. has been installed and work on the interior is being pushed so that the firm can occupy the new quarters the latter part of April.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - April 1938

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A group of friends of the late Frank Kind are planning to hold a memorial gathering in his memory early in 1935. With the desire to omit no friend of the late Mr. Kind from this gathering, this public notice is made. Any person desiring to participate will please communicate with Jos. W. Halberstadt, chairman of the Frank Kind Memorial Committee stating for the benefit of the committee the basis of former association with Mr. Kind.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - January 1935

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One of the most beautiful displays on Chestnut St. on the first of a series of flower days, sponsored by the Chestnut St. Association, on June 1, was that of S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St., which displayed more than 500 peonies, including several rare species, in silver and glass vases throughout the store. Some of the flowers were from the garden of Mrs. Philip Kind, in Jenkintown, and from the gardens of employes. At the end of the day the flowers were sent to a local hospital. Frank S. Hamilton, for many years head of the repair and old gold departments of S. Kind & Sons, who resigned recently to become one of the proprietors of the Keystone Silver Co., 733 Sansom St., was tendered a farewell dinner by proprietors, fellow executives and several staff members of S. Kind & Sons, on June 3. Mr. Hamilton, who advanced from errand boy to manager of the repair department, which post he held for 15 years, was presented with a humidor as a token of esteem.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1936

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Stanley Warner, formerly with S. Kind & Sons, Inc., 1110 Chestnut St., has opened a retail jewelry and watch shop in the Lincoln Liberty Bldg.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - June 1936

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The three large retail jewelry stores in Philadelphia—Bailey Banks & Biddle Co., J. E. Caldwell & Co. and S. Kind & Sons— contributed the funds for an advertising campaign to inform readers that the ban on platinum had been removed by Government order. The campaign lasted through all of last week and was in the form of quarter-page newspaper advertisements.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th December 1918

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May D. Haas, a saleswoman for S. Kind and Sons, Philadelphia jewelers, for 50 years until her retirement in 1954, left a bequest of $1000 to the firm when she died July 28.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - October 1961

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Charles F. Crowley Associates - New York - 1961

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Samuel Kind, of S. Kind & Sons, 1110 Chestnut St., contemplates a pleasure trip of three weeks to Cuba and the West Indies.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th March 1908

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An image of Oscar Kind Jr., right, and his son, Stephen:



This image was published in 1961.

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An image of the branch premises of S. Kind & Sons, located at the Bala-Cynwyd Shopping Center just outside Philadelphia:



This image was published in 1957.

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Jeweler members of the Chestnut Street Merchants Association took a leading part in the Thanksgiving dinner and smoker tendered to the foot and mounted traffic police officers on duty on the street last Tuesday evening at the Rittenhouse Hotel. Heads of all the retail establishments on the street were present and complimented the smoker committee of which Philip Kind of S. Kind & Sons, is chairman, on the dinner and entertainment.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th November 1929

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The annual catalogue of S. Kind & Sons, just issued, is the largest one of the kind sent out by this firm and contains 136 pages, about everything possible for a retail jewelry store to carry. The book is well printed, with clear type and the thousands of illustrations are well done.

Eighteen pages are devoted to watches alone, the majority to wrist timepieces for both men and women, showing popularity of this type. To silver, sterling and plate, 48 pages are devoted, almost every pattern or article being illustrated. The catalogue is the most complete ever issued by the firm.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th December 1929

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A new organization has been formed for veteran employees of S. Kind & Sons, Inc. Known as the S. Kind & Sons Society, it is comprised of employees who have been associated with the firm for 25 years or more. At the first dinner-meeting of the newly organized group on Tuesday, October 19, 23 employees were made members. Their service with the company totals 839 years. The oldest in service is Ernest Cramer who is in his 40th year of employment at Kind’s.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - December 1954

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An accounting of the $262,000 estate left by Frank Kind, who was president of S. Kind & Sons, jewelers, 1110 Chestnut St., shows distribution of $50,000 among employees of the firm, as directed by his will. Under a schedule set forth by the executors, Oscar and Philip Kind, some of the 80 employees sharing in the bequest received several thousand dollars each, based on length of service. Mr. Kind, who died July 7, 1934, was connected with the jewelry firm 44 years. He was unmarried.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - May-1936

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Samuel Kind, head of S. Kind & Sons, sailed last week for Europe. He will return in the Fall.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th June 1906

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Phillip Kind of S. Kind & Sons, Inc., 1110 Chestnut St., returned to business last month after an eight-weeks’ illness with a heart ailment.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - July 1937

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Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kind, of S. Kind & Sons, Chestnut Street at Broad, left Feb. 5 for a five to six-week winter holiday in California and Hawaii.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular-Keystone - March 1939

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