the Munson, Stock Exchange, and Bankers'
Trust Company's buildings, with Trinity Church marking the Broadway
gateway]
Other familiar old-time names were: George W. Pritchard, of George W.
Pritchard & Sons; Dayton & Co.; Dimond & Lally, later Dimond & Gardes;
Arthur W. Brown; Robert Russell, of Russell & Co.; J. F. Pupke and
Thomas Reid, of Pupke & Reid, later Eppens, Smith & Wiemann, afterward
Eppens, Smith & Co., with William H. and Frederick P. Eppens; Joseph A.
O'Brien, with Pupke & Reid, and later in business for himself; R.P.
McBride, of the Union Pacific Tea Co.; Ripley Ropes; Saportas Bros.;
Mayer Bros. & Co. of Hamburg, with Moses G. Hanauer, manager, and D.K.
Young and Herman Hanauer, salesmen; H.M. Humphreys, with J.W. Doane &
Co., later with Arbuckle Bros.; Henry Nordlinger, of Henry Nordlinger &
Co.; Charles Campbell, of W.R. Grace & Co.; D.A. DeLima, of D.A. & J.
DeLima, later D.A. DeLima & Co.; Henry Kunhardt and George F. Kuhlke, of
Kunhardt & Co.; Boulton, Bliss & Dallett, later Bliss, Dallett & Co.,
general managers of the Red D line of steamships; Prendergast Bros.;
W.H. and George W. Crossman, of W.H. Crossman & Bros., later Crossman &
Sielcken, with Hermann Sielcken, afterward Sorenson & Nielson; F. Probst
& Co.; H. H. Swift & Co.; J.L. Phipps & Co.; James Bennett and Joseph
Becker, of Bennett & Becker; and Arnold, Hines & Co. (Diamond A Mocha),
later Arnold, Cheney & Company.
Honorable mention should be accorded: Samuel Wilde (Old Dutch Mills);
John Phoenix, with Husted, Ferguson & Titus, later of J.W. Phoenix &
Co.; H.K. Thurber, of H.K. & F.B. Thurber & Co.; Michael Barnicle, with
Walter Storm, later Storm, Smith & Co., then Abbey, Freeman & Co., then
with Husted, Wetmore & Titus, and finally alone; August Stumpp, of
August Stumpp & Co.; J.K. and E.B. Place; Beards & Cummings, later
Beards & Cottrell, then S.S. Beard & Co.; Philip and Henry Dater, of
Philip Dater & Co.; Hugh Edwards, of Edwards & Raworth; William Bennett,
of Wm. Hosmer Bennett & Son; Kalman Haas, of Haas Bros.; J.C. Runkle &
Co.; Thomas T. Barr and Fred T. Sherman, of Barr, Lally & Co., later
T.T. Barr & Co.; Henry Hentz & Co.; Elmenhorst & Co.; A.S. Lascelles &
Co.; D. Henderson (Harry) and John Wells, of Wells Bros.; G. Weyl & Co.,
later Norton, Weyl & Beven, and then Weyl & Norton; Warren & Co.; J.H.
Labaree & Co.; Schultz & Ruckgaber; Henry Eyre; Rowland, Terry &
Humphreys, later Rowland & Humphreys; Bentley, Benton & Co.;
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