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Wednesday evening last the employes of the case and box departments of the Gorham Mfg. Co. gave a social and dance in Colonial Hall, music for the occasion being furnished by the Colonial orchestra. The arrangements were in charge of the following committee : George L. Pitt, chairman ; Joseph A. Prucker, secretary; Katherine E. Hart, treasurer, while the floor was in charge of George H. Lee, with Winfield S. Appelle, Marion Wyatt and John M. Donahue as assistants. A programme of 20 dances was completed, and the affair was a success in every way.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 24th April 1907

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The Gorham Company - Providence, R.I. - 1930

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GEORGE E. WELLS

George E. Wells

Prominent Gorham Official Passes on at His Home in Providence, R. I.


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In the sudden death of George Edmund Wells, on the morning of March 4, as briefly noted in The Jewelers' Circular on March 7, the Gorham Co. lost one of its most esteemed officials and the trade one of its most widely known and respected members.

Mr. Wells joined the staff of the Gorham Co. in March, 1888, in the New York retail store, then at Union Square. Step by step , he won recognition for his abilities, serving as manager of the branch store at Newport, R. I. , for several seasons and later in charge of the company's exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition in 1901.

Upon the acquisition by The Silversmiths Stocks Co. of the Whiting Mfg. Co. , he was appointed treasurer of the latter company at New York, and in 1917 was elected president, with headquarters at Bridgeport, Conn. , serving through the difficult war years and until the merger of the company with Gorham Mfg. Co. in 1924. While president of the Whiting Mfg. Co., Mr. Wells was also elected president of the William B. Kerr Co. on Jan. 1 , 1922, in which double capacity he served until the Kerr company was also merged with Gorham.

Subsequent to the merger, Mr. Wells moved to Providence to assume the important duties of merchandise manager of the consolidated lines of Gorham Mfg. Co. , Whiting Mfg. Co., William B. Durgin Co. ( Concord, N. H. ) and the William B. Kerr Co., which responsibilities he carried until his death.

Mr. Wells enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his associates and the respect of all who knew him. An upright gentleman , a business man of wide knowledge and experience, a sagacious friend, loyal to the highest ideals of conduct, his passing is a real loss.

Mr. Wells was a major in Company C of Hackensack , N. J. , New Jersey National Guard, and a veteran of the Spanish- American War. He is survived by his widow , Mrs. Katherine ( Renney ) Wells, and two brothers. Services were held in Providence on March 6 , followed by services and interment on March 7 at Hackensack, N. J.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th March 1929

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With the remodeling of the front Fifth Avenue show window, the retail store of The Gorham Co. at Fifth Ave. and 47th St., exhibits one of the most modern and artistic settings for practical window display work that has yet been developed. The revised and enlarged window has an impressive background of oaken wood-work in walnut veneer with six panels in the center and veneered panels across the top and bottom. It has a wooden flooring veneered to match the back-ground and so arranged that it may be removed completely or in sections to permit the building up of an especially elaborate exhibit. Provision is also made for the hanging of drapes to vary this setting from time to time and arrangements will allow the staging of three distinct displays in different sections of the window at the same time. In the opening display, which featured a huge sterling trophy cup flanked by two bronzes, cast in the Gorham factory, by Harriet Frismuth, “Play Days” and “The Crest of the Wave,” the contrasting elements of the dim green light play upon the bronze pieces with the silver glow upon the sterling cup in the center aroused much favorable attention and comment. For the latter part of the opening week’s display, the cup was replaced by the Carnegie Steel Safety Trophy, executed by The Gorham Co. for the Grogan Co. of Pittsburgh, to be awarded by the Carnegie Steel Co. to the plant making the largest percentage of reduction in lost time accidents. This trophy is of bronze and silver with the main features being a replica of a blast furnace and a figure of Vulcan with “Motherhood” and “Labor” as supporting figures. In addition to the remodel of the front window, two new windows along the 47th St. side of the store have been opened and elaborate improvements in the store interior decorating and lighting arrangements have been completed.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th October 1927

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Henry S. Sprague, a director of the Gorham Mfg. Co., died last week in his 82nd year. His only survivor is a sister, his wife having died in April, 1928. He was born in Killingly , Conn. , on Dec. 6, 1847, and after attending public and private schools in this city was engaged for many years in the wholesale grain business. He had been a Gorham director for a number of years.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th March 1929

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Durgin Plant of Gorham Mfg. Co. to Be Moved to Providence

PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 10.-The announcement was made a few days ago by officials of the Gorham Mfg. Co., that the Durgin plant of the concern, located at Concord, N. H., will be moved from that city to the main plant in this city some time in February. This plant was founded by W. B. Durgin in 1840 and later was taken over by the Gorham Co. In explanation of the move Edward C. Mayo, president of the Gorham Mfg. Co. states that the transfer of the division to this city is in line with the company's policy of concentration of its manufacturing activities here. The plant at Concord is
the last remaining subsidiary outside Providence.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - February 1931

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EXECUTIVE CLAIMED

BOSTON (AP) - Wilbur H. Norton, 59, president of Gorham Corp., silversmiths, died Tuesday.


Source: East Liverpool Review - 4th April 1963

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Asahel Albee

PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 30. - Asahel Albee, a master craftsman for 37 years with the Gorham Mfg. Co., died yester day morning at his home, 6 Welcome Ave., following an illness of two weeks. He had been a resident of this city for 42 years.

Mr. Albee was born in Worcester, Mass. , Jan. 26, 1867, the son of Asahel and Annie M. (Eldridge) Albee. After attending the public schools in his native city he came to Providence when about 20 years of age and learned the chasers' and engravers' trade, but after a few years he entered the employ of the Gorham Mfg. Co. During his years with that concern he was employed in the chasing department, doing some of the finest work done at the plant.

For the past year or more Mr. Albee has been in poor health and spent the past winter at Miami, Fla. , convalescing from an attack of heart trouble and had only been home a short time when there was a recurrence of the attack which resulted in his death.

He was a member of Redwood Lodge No. 35 of Masons and was a Past Noble Grand of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 50, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Deceased is survived by his widow, one brother and one sister.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th April 1929

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The Gorham M'f'g Co. - New York - 1903

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James B. Moore, Hodgson, Kennard & Co., passed away recently. He had been closely identified with the trade in this city for nearly 50 years. For years he was with the Gorham Co. and later with Bigelow, Kennard & Co. The last few years he had been with the Hodgson, Kennard & Co. as salesman. Mr. Moore was 76 years of age.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th December 1929

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Gorham Mfg. Co. - New York - 1902

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John T. Kelly, who for many years travelled for the Gorham Co., is now New York representative for the Theodore Foster & Bro. Co., Inc. , of Providence, R. I. , with a local office at 475 Fifth Ave.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 23rd January 1930

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PROVIDENCE

Alfred K. Potter of the Gorham Mfg. Co. was a business visitor in New York the past week.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th November 1923

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Suits by Gorham Mfg. Co. to Protect Its Patents on Moulds for Casting Metals

Suit was begun, recently, in the United States Circuit Court at New York, by the Gorham Mfg. Co., against the Mauser Mfg. Co., also Max Ams, president, and Gustaf Kolb, treasurer of the latter company, to restrain an alleged infringement of a patent owned by the Gorham Mfg. Co. on moulds for casting metals, the complainant alleging that there has been infringement by the defendant company and its officers. Herbert Knight, attorney for the plaintiff, obtained a subpoena, and as there has not yet been an appearance on the part of the defendants, the defense is not outlined, though will probably be a general denial.

A number of similar suits are now pending. Howland Murray & Prentice, last week, entered their appearance as attorneys for Dominick & Haff and H. Blanchard Dominick upon whom a subpoena was served some time ago. In the case against Joseph G. Weyer, Providence, R. I., the defendant filed an answer to the complaint, not denying the validity of the patents, but denying that there has been infringement. To this the plaintiff has just put in its replication, and it is expected that the case will go to trial. Testimony is now being taken in the suit brought against Graff, Washbourne & Dunn. Tiffany & Co. and the Whiting Mfg. Co. have taken out licenses under the terms of which they are permitted by the Gorham Mfg. Co. to use the patented processes.

The patents in question are based on the mixture of plaster of Paris and non-melting fibers, such as asbestos, in forming moulds, also on certain uses of rubber patterns from which are constructed intricate moulds.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st February 1905

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Walter V. Ghislim, western manager for the Gorham Mfg. Co., has returned from a visit to the factory of the company at Providence, R. I.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st February 1905

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South of the building which the Gorham Mfg. Co. is erecting at Fifth Ave. and 36th St., another eight-story and basement fire- proof structure will be put up on a plot 28 x 125 feet, which the company has leased for 21 years, with an option of 21 years more. The lot is owned by Mrs. Catherine L. Kernochan, and the Gorham Mfg. Co. obtained control in order to protect the new building which it will soon occupy. The structure on the Kernochan land has been leased, in advance of its construction, to a Sixth Ave. firm, at a rental that will aggregate in 21 years $750,000. The top floor and the “L” of the Gorham shop will have better light than would be obtained if the plans of the adjacent structure were not drawn to conserve this end.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th February 1905

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An 1889 interior view of Gorham's Broadway store:

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B. & W. B. Smith - New York - 1889

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Edward Sanford celebrated his silver wedding anniversary at his home, 55 Parker St., this town, last week. Mr. Sanford learned the trade of a silversmith and goldsmith in England, his native country, and came to the United States to take a responsible post with Gorham & Co., Providence. He then became a foreman at the Watson & Newell Co., silversmiths in this town, leaving them in turn to accept a still more attractive post with Paye & Baker, North Attleboro, still retaining his home in Attleboro. He is prominent and popular in the secret order life of the town.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 15th February 1905

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Frank C. Blard, for 53 years an employe of the Gorham Mfg. Co. and a member of the Gorham Quarter Century Club, died last week at Oakland Beach.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 9th January 1924

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