| Title |
James F. Hey & Co. |
| Date |
fl. 1880s |
| Description |
James F. Hey & Co., owned by James F. Hey (1859-1917) and his English father, John Hey (1831-1902), published lithographic
sheet music in Philadelphia in the 1880s.
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John Hey, born about 1831 in England, worked as a wholesale rag dealer in 1870, but by the early 1880s, partly owned both
the lithography firm of James F. Hey & Co., 308 Master Street, and three branches of the paper stock business, John Hey &
Co. located at 233 North Front Street, 1401 Germantown Avenue, and 321 Master Street. By the late 1880s, John and James had
returned to the rag business with a shop at 315 Master Street.
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While in Philadelphia, the Hey family resided in Ward 17 in 1870 and Ward 29 until about 1895, when they relocated to Kansas
City, Missouri, and operated the Hey Rag and Metal Company. John passed away on April 14, 1898, and James remained in Kansas
City until his death on June 2, 1917. Both were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1870, 1880, 1900 |
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Kansas City Star, June 3, 1917 |
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Last, 195 |
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Philadelphia City Directories, 1895 (intermittently) |
