THE W & H CO + USA + NEWARK NJ = Whitehead & Hoag.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very recently, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, 2 1/2" closed (not including the loop or ring), one tang stamp, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. The tang stamp is the curved or arched style, with the "USA" in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "Anheuser Busch, Inc. - CABINETS & REFRIGERATOR BODIES" and has the company logo. The other handle side says, "RETURN FOR REWARD - ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. - ST. LOUIS 1435" This is my third W & H pocket knife that advertises this particular company, business, product, organization, event, etc. My other two W & H, "ANHEUSER-BUSCH INC." pocket knives, were both previously posted under this topic or thread. The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. It needed VERY little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Captions, if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Just doing a simple, basic, Google search, produced PLENTY of information and PLENTY of items
related to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INC. The following information is just a VERY small sample of what is available.
Per Wikipedia.....
"In 1852, German American brewer and saloon operator George Schneider opened the Bavarian Brewery on Carondelet Avenue (later known as South Broadway) between Dorcas and Lynch streets in South St. Louis. Schneider's Brewery expanded in 1856 to a new brewhouse near Eighth and Crittenden streets; however, the following year, financial problems forced the sale of the brewery to various owners during the late 1850s. In 1860, the brewery was purchased on the brink of bankruptcy by William D'Oench, a local pharmacist, and Eberhard Anheuser, a prosperous German-born soap manufacturer. D'Oench was the silent partner in the business until 1869 when he sold his half-interest in the company. From 1860 to 1875, the brewery was known as E. Anheuser & Co., and from 1875 to 1879 as the E. Anheuser Company's Brewing Association. Adolphus Busch, a wholesaler who had immigrated to St. Louis from Germany in 1857, married Eberhard Anheuser's daughter, Lilly, in 1861. Following his service in the American Civil War, Busch began working as a salesman for the Anheuser Brewery. Busch purchased D'Oench's share of the company in 1869, and he assumed the role of company secretary from that time until the death of his father-in-law. Adolphus Busch was the first American brewer to use pasteurization to keep beer fresh; the first to use mechanical refrigeration and refrigerated railroad cars, which he introduced in 1876; and the first to bottle beer extensively. By 1877, the company owned a fleet of 40 refrigerated railroad cars to transport beer. Expanding the company's distribution range led to increased demand for Anheuser products, and the company substantially expanded its facilities in St. Louis during the 1870s. The expansions led production to increase from 31,500 barrels in 1875 to more than 200,000 in 1881. To streamline the company's refrigerator car operations and achieve vertical integration, Busch established the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company in 1878, which was charged with building, selling, and leasing refrigerator cars; by 1883, the company owned 200 cars, and by 1888 it owned 850. To serve these cars and switch them in and out of their St. Louis brewery, Anheuser-Busch founded the Manufacturers Railway Company in 1887. The shortline operated until 2011, when Anheuser-Busch sought to shut down operations. During the 1870s, Adolphus Busch toured Europe and studied the changes in brewing methods which were taking place at the time, particularly the success of pilsner beer, which included a popular Budweiser beer brewed in Budweis. In 1876, Busch took the already well-known name Budweiser and used it for his new beer, even though his product had no connections to the city of Budweis. His company's ability to transport bottled beer made US Budweiser the first national beer brand in the United States, and it was marketed as a "premium" beer. The company was renamed Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association in 1879; in 1880, Adolphus Busch became company president upon Anheuser's death. The Busch family fully controlled the company through the generations until Anheuser-Busch's sale to InBev in 2008.
During the 1880s and 1890s, Busch introduced a series of advertisements and marketing giveaways for the company, including bottle openers, calendars, corkscrews, pocketknives, postcards, and prints. Among the most well-known of these giveaways was Custer's Last Fight, a lithograph print of a painting by St. Louis artist Cassilly Adams. As a marketing tactic, Busch distributed thousands of copies of the print to bars in 1896, the same year Anheuser-Busch introduced its new "super-premium" brand, Michelob. Eventually, more than one million copies of the print were produced, and it became "one of the most popular pieces of artwork in American history." At the turn of the 20th century, Anheuser-Busch continued to expand its production facilities to keep up with demand. In 1905, the company built a new stockhouse in St. Louis, and by 1907 it produced nearly 1.6 million barrels of beer. As demands for the prohibition of alcohol in the United States grew, Anheuser-Busch began producing non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic beverages (known as near beer); the most successful of these was Bevo, a malt beverage introduced in 1908. After the death of Adolphus Busch in 1913, control of the company passed to his son, August Anheuser Busch Sr., who continued to combat the rise of prohibitionists. As part of an effort to improve the respectability of drinking, August Busch built three upscale restaurants in St. Louis during the 1910s: the Stork Inn, the Gretchen Inn (now known as the Feasting Fox), and the Bevo Mill. As with all breweries in the country, the Temperance movement and eventual Prohibition in the United States dealt a major blow to the company in the 1910s through the 1930s. Some of the products sold by Anheuser-Busch to survive during Prohibition included brewer's yeast, malt extract, ice cream, and Bevo, a nonalcoholic malt beverage, or "near beer."
***** Prohibition, the Volstead Act, went into effect on January 17, 1920. It ended on December 5, 1933. *****

[New_Windsor_NY]

I found this "W & H"(?) just a little too late.
I am posting this advertising pocket knife for future reference.
Baldwin Pianos - EST. 1862
I am NOT 100% positive that this is a "W & H" tang stamped pocket knife.
I can NOT tell from the seller's picture(s). The ONLY two provided.
The advertising pocket knife in the FIRST TWO pictures is NOT mine.
The advertising pocket knife in the LAST TWO pictures IS mine.
It was previously posted under this topic or thread, back on Friday, May 5, 2023.
I am posting mine again, here and now, for comparison.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** If The New Owner Wishes To Part With It, PLEASE PM ME! I Am Definitely NOT A CHEAPSKATE!! *****

[Waukonda]

Very recently

GREAT post, Skip, nice knife and interesting pictures. I am very familiar with A-B history, and footprint in St Louis, but I still read every word. I will be at the St Louis knife show this coming weekend. Items like this are seldom seen, and if they are they go for a premium because there is high demand for such. Thanks for posting, nice pickup!

[New_Windsor_NY]

GREAT.....

Thank you VERY much, Ike.

***** EDIT *****
I added the pictures below on Monday, August 19, 2024.
ALL three of my W & H, Anheuser-Busch Inc. pocket knives.
They are in "numerical" order.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding pictures.
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[1967redrider]

Interesting Anheuser-Busch history, Skip, thanks! My great-great grandfather immigrated from Germany/Switzerland in the late 1850's, I need to research what was going on then to make people want to leave. Or maybe it was just the prospects of making a new start here in the US, a country of opportunities and abundant land.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Interesting.....

Thank you, John.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A couple of days ago, my trip to the post office produced this advertising pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 7/16" closed, one spring, all metal, pocket knife. Both the main blade and the secondary blade tang stamps are the curved or arched style, WITHOUT the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "THE W. & H. CO. (over) NEWARK, N.J." The main handle side says, " * GEORGE * W * MURFIN * " The other handle side says, " * GRAIN * COMMISSION * " This is my first W & H pocket knife that advertises this particular organization, company, business, product, event, etc. I believe that this particular W & H pocket knife, because of the style of the handles, along with some other MINOR evidence that I have gathered, makes ME 99.999% positive that the VALLEY FORGE CUTLERY COMPANY either directly made or had a hand in the making of this particular pocket knife for the Whitehead & Hoag Company. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have an OK closing snap. The secondary blade does NOT have a half stop. The secondary blade does NOT have an opening snap. The secondary blade does NOT have a closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is still in GOOD condition. I did give it a VERY minor cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding pictures.
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Just a simple, basic, Google search, provided NO information or items pertaining to GEORGE W. MURFIN as related to GRAIN COMMISSION. Also, NO information or items pertaining to GRAIN COMMISSION as related to GEORGE W. MURFIN.

***** A VERY, Special THANK YOU Goes Out To J.O'. (a.k.a. Ridgegrass)
For Providing Me With The Opportunity To Obtain This Pocket Knife!! *****
THANK YOU, J.O'.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very recently, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 1/16" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. The tang stamp is the curved or arched style, WITH the USA in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "THE PATRIOT AND - THE EVENING NEWS - HARRISBURG, PA." It also says "PATENTED" above the loop or ring. The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. This is my first W & H pocket knife that advertises this particular product, organization, company, business, event, etc. The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does have an OK opening snap. The blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife needed NO cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Captions, if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
With just a basic Google search, there is information and items
to be found, regarding The Patriot and The Evening News.
The last five pictures are from pennlive.com
Per Wikipedia.....
"The Patriot-News is the largest newspaper serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area. In 2005, the newspaper was ranked in the top 100 in daily and Sunday circulation in the United States. It has been owned by Advance Publications since 1947. On August 28, 2012, the newspaper's publisher announced that it would shift to a three-day print publication schedule beginning January 1, 2013, and expand its digital focus on its website, PennLive.com, and social media platforms. This followed similar moves at other Advance Publications-owned publications. It is published Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, as of May 4, 2015, LNP, a seven-day newspaper based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is printed in the same facility as The Patriot-News. The Patriot-News officially traces its history to March 4, 1854, with the founding of The Daily Patriot. Its heritage dates, however, to December 1820, involving a weekly newspaper named The Pennsylvania Intelligencer. In 1855, The Patriot bought the Democratic Union, successor of the Intelligencer, and merged them into The Patriot & Union. It was a weekly paper, but published three days a week when the legislature was in session. It became a daily publication again in 1868 as The Morning Patriot, changing its name to the Harrisburg Daily Patriot in 1875 and dropping Harrisburg from its masthead in 1890. The other half of the paper began in 1917 as The Evening News. In 1947, both papers were bought by Edwin Russell, with financial backing from the Newhouse chain, forerunner of Advance Publications. Later that year, the Newhouse chain assumed majority ownership, though Russell remained as the papers' driving force until his death in 2001. In 1996, The Patriot and Evening News merged into a single morning paper, The Patriot-News. For many years, The Patriot-News was infamous for an editorial printed by its predecessor, The Patriot & Union, on November 24, 1863, in which it dismissed the Gettysburg Address as "silly remarks" that should disappear into "a veil of oblivion." On November 14, 2013, The Patriot-News issued a retraction, saying the Patriot & Union editorial board failed to recognize the "momentous importance, timeless eloquence, and lasting significance" of the Gettysburg Address, and claimed that this failure was so egregious "that it cannot remain unaddressed in our archives." The retraction received considerable national coverage; NPR and Fox News Channel interviewed several of the paper's editors. Deputy opinion page editor Matthew Zencey said the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address was the perfect time to ask, "Gee, can you believe what rock heads ran this outfit 150 years ago?" From 1953 to 1980, The Patriot and The Evening News were operated alongside south-central Pennsylvania's ABC affiliate, WTPA. That station was sold to Times Mirror with the rest of the Newhouse television division in 1980 and is now WHTM-TV, owned by Nexstar Media Group. In 2019, The Patriot-News was a founding member of Spotlight PA, an investigative reporting partnership focused on Pennsylvania."
Also.....
In picture #7, I was able to make out a couple of the names in the lineups of the baseball game. The 1940 World Series matched the Detroit Tigers (lineup on the left) against the the Cincinnati Reds (lineup on the right), with the Reds winning a closely contested seven game series. I do NOT know which game was being "broadcast."

[Waukonda]

That is some great stuff, Skip, you've done it again! That bit about the Gettysburg address is funny. I just checked, and the two cities are a mere 37 miles apart, one of this country's most famous speeches took place that close, and the paper trashes it!
The one picture would appear to be people gathered out front of the busines to hear the World Series broadcast over the loudspeakers. I can't make out any names, if it was 1940 as indicated, it would have been between Cin/Det.

[New_Windsor_NY]

That.....

Thank you, Ike.
I updated my post to include the World Series information.

[Ridgegrass]

Glad you got it Skip. It's where it belongs. J.O'.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Glad.....

I'm also glad I got it.
Thank you again, J.O'.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Very recently, my trip to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "GEO. W. ZIEGLER - MACHINERY CO. - PITTSBURGH, PA." The other handle side says, "CONTRACTORS - EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES" This is my first W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. The blade does have a WEAK half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The blade does have a couple of chips in it. This does NOT bother me. Overall, this pocket knife is still in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did need some cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
Just Doing A Basic, Simple, Google Search, I Did NOT Find Much Information
And Almost No Items Pertaining To The George W. Ziegler Machinery Company.
The Following Information Tidbit Is From The Trowel and Masonry Tool Collector Resource Website.
http://trowelcollector.blogspot.com/
"History of George W. Ziegler Machinery Co."
"George W. Ziegler Machinery Co., Pittsburgh, PA, was a concrete machinery dealer and a manufacturer of concrete edgers and groovers. The company typically abbreviated their name to Geo. W. Ziegler Machinery Co., and known operating dates are 1917-1929. The company was named for George W. Ziegler (1877-1938)."

[Waukonda]

Another good one, Skip!

[New_Windsor_NY]

Another.....

Thank you, Ike.

[New_Windsor_NY]

A couple of days ago, my visit to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the middle. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "GEO. W. ZIEGLER - MACHINERY CO. - PITTSBURGH, PA." The other handle side says, "CONTRACTORS - EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES" This is definitely NOT the choicest specimen that I have ever posted. Both handle sides are VERY WORN. The main handle side has a previous owner provided "dent" to access the blade pull. The blade itself has a tip issue. This is my second W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. My other "GEO. W. ZIEGLER" pocket knife, by no means perfect but in MUCH better condition, was previously posted by me, under this topic or thread. This blade does have a WEAK half stop. This blade does NOT have an opening snap. This blade does NOT have a closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in POOR condition. This pocket knife did need a little bit of cleaning.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
See My Post From Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

[Miller Bro's]

Don't think I posted this one yet....

[New_Windsor_NY]

Don't.....

Nice one, Dimitri.
If you ever decide to part with it.....$$$

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Skip!

[Waukonda]

Don't think I posted this one yet....

Good one, actually, better than good, Skip gave it 3 $ signs.

[Miller Bro's]

Good one, actually, better than good, Skip gave it 3 $ signs.

thanks Ike!

[New_Windsor_NY]

This afternoon, my trip to the post office produced this advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my collection. It is a W & H, one blade, one tang stamp, 2 7/32" closed, all metal, advertising, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife. It has the curved or arched style of tang stamp, WITH the USA in the center. The main blade front tang stamp says, "THE W & H CO (over) USA (over) NEWARK NJ" The main handle side says, "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. - NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A." The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. This is my tenth, W & H, fob or key ring, pattern or style of pocket knife, that advertises this particular company, business, product, event, etc. My other nine, "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO." pocket knives, seven with the same body type or style as this pocket knife and two with a different body type or style than this pocket knife, have ALL been previously posted under and throughout this topic or thread. The blade does have a WEAK half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does have a GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. I gave it a MINOR cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** TRIVIA *****
There is PLENTY of information and there are PLENTY of images to be found on the internet,
regarding The Whitehead & Hoag Company itself and the variety of advertising items that were available.
However, as far as the W & H advertising pocket knives are concerned, per GOINS 1998 edition..... "c 1870-1959
Whitehead & Hoag was founded in 1870. They went out of business about 1959. This was an advertising specialties firm;
the knives were made for them by a variety of cutlery manufacturers." I have been thinking, for some time now,
that GOINS may NOT be entirely, 100% accurate in their description. Again, I do have a theory about this,
but I still have no hard evidence to support it. NOT YET anyway. Hopefully there will be more clues to follow.....

[New_Windsor_NY]

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.....
This morning, my visit to the post office produced this, what I am guessing is a pharmacist "blade", spatula, or tool. It is definitely NOT a Whitehead & Hoag advertising pocket knife. I am posting it here because it is a Whitehead & Hoag "knife" related item. This is my FIRST, and probably my last example, to be posted under this topic or thread. It is also the FIRST example that I have obtained. I do NOT collect pharmaceutical items. It is a W & H, one fixed "blade", one stamp, 3 3/8" closed (in the sheath), 2 1/4" "blade" length, 5 5/8" overall length ("blade" & sheath combined), pharmacist "blade", spatula, or tool. It has a block style "blade" stamp. The "blade" stamp says, "W & H, Cᴏ̲ (over) NEWARK, N.J." The "blade" itself is VERY thin and VERY flexible. Overall, this item is in VERY GOOD condition. It did NOT require any cleaning at all.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[Waukonda]

Interesting, Skip, maybe not the usual, but it has a good look to it.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Interesting.....

Thank you, Ike.