THE KETTER BUGGY COMPANY, IRONTON, OHIO - INVOICE TO PHILLIPS BUGGY

Description: NOTE: We love acquiring these highly-collectible century-old invoices as they allow us to peek into America's past. TYPE OF SCRIPOPHILY, EXONUMIA, NOTAPHILY: Business-to-business invoice / bill of sale. SELLER'S NAME: The Ketter Buggy Company. ADDRESS: Third Street and Ellison Avenue. CITY, COUNTY & STATE: Ironton (Lawrence County) Ohio. DATE ON INVOICE & YEARS OLD: March 1, 1927. 95-years old. BUYER'S NAME: Phillips Buggy Works. CITY, COUNTY & STATE: Ironton (Lawrence County) Ohio. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Business-to-business invoice / bill of sale. GENERAL COLOR(S): Off-white. Black inks. Purple carbon (text). MEASUREMENTS: 8¼" wide by 7⅛" tall. EMBOSSING: None. TAXATION/REVENUE/OTHER STAMPS: None. WATERMARKS ON PAPER: Yes. Basic Bond. FOLDS: Appears to be two vertical (up and down) and two horizontal (left to right). CORNERS: Fair condition, bottom right a small piece is missing. HOLES, TEARS, DAMAGE: In very-good condition. Some browning from age / exposure to light. No noticeable tears, rips or stains (beyond a tiny piece of the bottom right corner missing). Two holes punched at the top of the invoice where it was bound in a register. Soiling or water damage along the lower right edge NOTE: We have included a digital photograph of the original building (and it's current state) in with the listing's photographs. This photograph is not included with your purchase. ABOUT THE KETTER BUGGY CO.: The Ketter Buggy Company was so big that they had their own block in Ironton, Ohio: January 15, 1880, Ketter’s Building. Mr. Ketter’s building to be erected, corner 3rd and Adams, will be a two story brick, 44 × 54; cellar under all. It is to be a fine building and will cost between $4,000 and $5,000. In 1906, Ironton, Ohio was home to at least five buggy companies: The Ketter Buggy Company, J. W. Tulga, Ironton Wagon Works, Hugh Russell & Sons and the Phillips Buggy Works (the Phillips Buggy Works was established in 1873 by Col. John Phillips on South Second Street, Ironton, Ohio). The Ketter Buggy Company was both a supplier to and competitor of the Phillips Buggy Works. The 1906 edition of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company's Official Industrial Guide and Shippers's Directory lists the company as "Manufacturers of Fine Vehicles, Buggies, Spring Wagons, Delivery Wagons, Contractor's Buckboards or Slat Wagons, Etc. Third Street and Ellison Ave., Ironton, Ohio. From an article in the Ironton Register, 1906: “Any one passing the intersection of Third Street and Eillison Avenue will notice the erection of a monster brick building and a host of men at work thereon. This will be the Ketter Buggy Company, to take the place of the one destroyed by fire some time ago. The frontage is 154 feet on Third Street and 133 on Ellison avenue. It is of brick, two stories high. There will be a one story brick structure 131 by 44 feet to be used for engine and boiler house and for other needs pertaining to a factory of this description. The business of the company is manufacturing buggies and spring wagons, and they will employ 40 hands or more, all skilled and high priced merchandise. The machinery will be of the latest patterns...” “The Ketter Buggy Company was lately incorporated, with the following incorporators: President, Dr. A. C. Lowery; Secretary and Treasurer, J. W. Ketter. The directors are: J. F. Ketter, H. A. Marting, Fred Ketter, H. Ketter, H. A. Marting, Dr. Clark Lowrey, and John Flehr. J. F. Ketter, the senior member of the firm, has been in the business of buggy manufacturing for thirty years, and knows it thoroughly. His son, J. W. Ketter, is also a practical man, having been brought up in the business under the tutelage of his father. He has other sons, all of whom are more or less interested in the business all are industrious and practical young men. The company has a reputation inferior to no other similar industry in Southern Ohio. They have several men on the road. They will add to their plant as the necessities of their increasing business may demand. The Ketter spring wagon is the special feature of their business. This fine vehicle is a familiar object on the roads not only of Ohio but of many other states. It is remarkable for beauty of construction, for lightness and strength. It is well known in its class as is the famous “Studebaker” among the heavier road wagons. The Messrs. Ketter have had all the fire they want, and will see to it that the future configurations at their establishment will be reduced to a minimum as to numbers. To that end the new building will be fire proof throughout. There will be fire walls and no wood whatever will be used in construction. There is necessarily much inflammable material about a plant of this character, but the architect has fully provided for ways and means whereby the combustible elements can be handled with very little danger of conflaguration. While the road wagon is the specialty of the company, the buggies they turn out rank among the best and are in great demand. The vehicles they turn out are fully equal to that of the famous buggies made by firms in some of the larger cities. While Ironton is essentially a center for the manufacture of iron and steel, she is taking rank as a wood working center, and the Ketter people have done, and are still doing, their share in making the city an important center in woodcraft.” SHIPPING: Your shipping cost is calculated when checking out. For Buyer's residing in the United States or its territories, to keep your shipping cost as low as possible, the shipping cost is flat: $3.95... 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Price: 12.75 USD

Location: Dayton, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-12T15:28:16.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD