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Leslie G. Ehmann attended Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon, joined Esco Corp. in 1936, served as an engineer and designer, and retired in 1971. He also designed lift truck components for Hyster Company. Collection includes catalogs, specifications and price lists for Esco and Hyster products, 1941-1984, including lift trucks, logging equipment, rigging equipment and swage presses; patents; and plans for an adjustable rubber coupling.

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Partially processed collection of records of the George Lawrence Company, a saddlery, harness, and leather goods firm established in 1857 and incorporated in 1893. Records include correspondence, contracts, invoices, vouchers, cash books, journals, ledgers, catalogs, publications, and ephemera, and the collection features the company's work during World War I.

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Papers relating to Raymond W. Gill and the Gill Bros. Seed Company. Raymond W. Gill (1882-1963) was a co-founder of Gill Bros. Seed Company, a member of the Oregon State Grange, and a Multnomah County representative.

Abstract Records of the Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company of Portland, Oregon, including materials from its predecessor firm, Willamette Tent & Awning. Hirsch-Weis Manufacturing Company was an apparel company named for brothers Max S. Hirsch (1871-1959) and Leopold Hirsch (1868-1961) and their business partner Henry Weis (1874-1940). It became famous for its White Stag line of skiwear, created by Max S. Hirsch's son Harold S. Hirsch (1907-1990). The firm was renamed White Stag Manufacturing...

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Collection consists of Honeyman Hardware Company catalogs, 21 volumes, 1893-1942.

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Catalogs, souvenir book, and newsletter materials from Jantzen, Inc. (also known as Jantzen Knitting Mills), as well as photographs relating to company picnics and reunions. Jantzen was founded as the Portland Knitting Company in 1910 in Portland, Oregon, and changed its name to Jantzen Knitting Mills in 1918. The firm became a nationally known swimwear manufacturer in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1954, it changed its name to Jantzen, Inc.

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Kadderly Hardware was located at 130 1st St. and 131 Front Ave., Portland, Oregon, 1892-1956. Collection includes account books and ledgers, catalogs, and inventories.

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Records include catalogs, receipt book, and advertising posters.