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Christian G. Gunther's Sons
| Name | Christian G. Gunther's Sons |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Fifth Avenue 184 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Kürschner |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse (um 1884): No. 184 Fifth Avenue, Broadway und 23rd Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 308] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1818 |
Gründung durch Christian G. Gunther |
| 1876 |
Verlegung in die Fifth Avenue 184 |
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1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | Among the oldest business houses of the city, which may well be called the corner-stones upon which its mercantile greatness has been reared, and to whose honorable record and enterprising management its extensive trade is largely due, the leading position must be accorded, as fur dealers and furriers, to Messrs. C. G. Gunther's Sons, No. 184 Fifth Avenue, Broadway and 23rd Street. The foundation of this extensive and prosperous business was laid as far back as 1818 by Christian G. Gunther, father and grandfather of the present proprietors, and who was a contemporary of John Jacob Astor, Ramsey Crook, and other old pioneers. For many years it was a notable landmark at No. 46 Maiden Lane, and old New Yorkers well remember the sign of the white marble polar bear over its entrance, chiselled by Launitz, the famous American sculptor, and now on exhibition at the establishment. Ever since its foundation this house has steadily increased the circle of its influence, and from supplying only a home demand, is now enabled to count its customers all over this vast country from Canada to Texas, and from Maine to California. With the rapid increase in business in later years the firm occupied Nos. 502 and 504 Broadway, and in 1876 the second removal was made to their present handsome, commodious and spacious building, occupying likewise the upper portions of the adjacent structure. They are manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of ladies' and gentlemen's fine furs. The individual members of this co-partnership are William H., F. Frederic, William H. Jr., Frank L. Gunther, and Louis and F. Georger, all natives of New York, and who are held in the highest estimation in commercial and social life for their great executive ability and inflexible integrity. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 308] |
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