This is the first autobiography that I scanned. It is This Was My Life (1960) by Louis A. Wehle. He brought Genesee Brewing Company back after prohibition to make it a major brewery in the US. He was the brewmaster for Genesee Brewing before prohibition. During prohibition he was in the bakery business. Then he …
Last week I scanned something really weird. It is a catalog from Ward’s Natural Science Establishment dated about 1930. This company was founded in 1862 by Henry Augustus Ward. He sold just about anything related to the sciences to museums and schools. I think that that many older museums still have something that they bought …
Last week I finished up The Hunting Company Catalog, No. 15 (1923). It actually took a few weeks to scan and cleaning up this catalog as it almost 525 pages. It is a catalog for a Rochester distributor of plumbing, heating, gas, steam and water, supplies. Most people probably won’t be interested in this but …