A topic for recording information regarding The Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co. and their sister company Weidlich Sterling Spoon Co., both of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co. - Bridgeport, Conn. - 1921
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The Weidlich Bros. Manufacturing Company was organized in 1902 by L. W. Weidlich and incorporated in 1905 by L. W., C. E., F. A. and E. C. Weidlich and D. H. Ferris. The first location was on Sterling and Noble avenues, and in 1910 the plant was removed to Connecticut and Florence avenues. The product consists of silver plated ware and novelties. An average of one hundred and fifty people are employed here.
Source: History of Bridgeport and Vicinity - George Curtis Waldo (Jr.) - 1917
The Weidlich Brothers Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, Conn., has placed on the market several designs of its perfuming device. This device offers an innovation for home beautifying and also serves as a night light. By selecting a favorite perfume, diluted, or a toilet water and turning on the electricity, a fragrance is produced that will permeate through the whole room. The devices are finished in old silver, statuary bronze and French gold. Each unit is furnished with 6 ft. of cord, an attachment plug, a sample bottle of perfume, an electric bulb and a container ready to use. Each is packed in a fancy covered and lined gift box.
The Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co. and the Weidlich Sterling Spoon Co. were held in the same room on the main exhibit floor and were in charge of William Weidlich, H. F. Hines, W. S. Lattimer and E. W. Ellison. This proved to be a very attractive place for the visitors at the convention. Congenial welcome was offered by those in charge and a beautiful display of attractive merchandise was shown. In the exhibit of Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co. was shown the new Dutch silver pieces made by this company and the new buffet sets in several designs. Also candlesticks, nickel silver plated pieces, lamps, books ends and gift novelties. The Weidlich Sterling Spoon Co. had a large line of beautiful designs in sterling bowls, pitchers, trays, etc.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th September 1922
The Warner Silver Co., has been incorporated in Bridgeport, Conn., by Louis Weidlich, Harold C. Weidlich and Arthur M Comley. Messrs. L. and H. C. Weidlich are of the Weidlich Bros. Co., and a short time ago bought out the Warner Silver Co., who were carrying on a job plating business. The factory is located on Cannon St., and is conducted separately from the Weidlich Bros. Co. The manufacture of electroplated novelties is carried on and a small amount of job plating.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - May 1910
H. F. Hines, western representative of the Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., has been in Mullanphy Hospital for a week recuperating from an operation for a diseased tooth. He has recovered sufficiently to leave for New York.
Second Victim of Railroad Crossing Crash Dies in Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 26.—Early last Thursday morning at the Bridgeport Hospital, Frederick Weidlich succumbed to terrible injuries received Wednesday night when his brother, Ernest, was instantly killed and the automobile in which they both had been riding was smashed by a fast moving train at the crossing of the Housatonic Railroad tracks on North Ave. This makes the third member of the Weidlich family whose death has been claimed in railroad accidents, another brother, Charles, having been killed when a trolley overturned at Ash Creek about 10 years ago. Both men were members of Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co. and resided with their mother at 628 William St.
They were in a closed car, and, according to witnesses before Coroner Phelin, were unable to hear the violent blast which the siren of the onrushing locomotive emitted while approaching the crossing. The stories before the coroner differ somewhat. Engineer Burns and Fireman Wohn say that the automobile passed east in front of the train, while Stephen Barrett and Arthur L. Hayden, who witnessed the accident, said that the machine came north on Lindley St. and turned into the train to proceed west.
Engineer Burns stated that he did not see the automobile until he was almost upon it and then applied the brakes with such force that the engine stopped in its own length, but too late to avoid the tragedy.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th January 1918
H. F. Hines of the Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., stopped in St. Louis from a trip through the northwest and tarried long enough to be initiated in Moolah Temple, Mystic Shriners, along with William Weidlich, president of the Weidlich Jewelry Co., before going on east to the factory. Mr. Hines says he is convinced from his observations on his northwestern trip and on a previous one to the Pacific Coast, that this is going to be one of the greatest years in the history of the jewelry business. He thinks that the sales of silverware this year will break all records. Apart from the weddings delayed by the war, the people, he says, have not been buying silver during the war and they will do so now, and besides there will be many families returning to housekeeping who have been compelled to live in other fashion during the war. Stocks everywhere are low, he says.
Connecticut Retail Jewelers' Association Convention - Hartford - 1922
The display of Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co., was shown on the ground floor of the Hotel Bond and included all of the latest patterns from the Bridgeport factory of that company and attended by representatives from that city.
The Weidlich Bros. Co. of Bridgeport, Conn., now located on Kossuth St., and who manufacture an extensive line of gold and silver plated novelties, such as clocks, jewel boxes, trays, desk sets etc., are now having plans drawn for a new factory to be situated in the East End. It will be of brick and about 140 feet in length.
Source: The Brass World and Platers' Guide - November 1909
An unusual number of wholesalers and their representatives have been here recently. Among them were.........
H. F. Hines, general sales manager of the Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co., and the Weidlich Sterling Spoon Co., Bridgeport, Conn., who was accompanied by his newly-appointed Coast representative, W. C. Belli, formerly with Landers, Frary & Clark.
