| Title |
Pfeil, Herman |
| Alternate title |
Pfeil & Golz |
| Date |
b. August 1841 |
| Description |
Herman C. Pfeil, born August 1841 in Poland, immigrated to the United States in 1851, and worked intermittently as a lithographer
in Philadelphia from ca. 1860 to 1881. Primarily a lithographer of decalcomania, i.e., decals, and showcards, he began his
career with Thomas Sinclair at 311 Chestnut Street. By 1866 he had partnered with Jacob Weiss in Pfeil & Weiss, manufacturers
of decals and labels, but Weiss's untimely death ended their business within the year. Pfeil subsequently partnered with August
L. Weise and Louis Haugg to operate A. L. Weise & Co. at 29 South Fourth Street until 1872.
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Originally residing with his mother and siblings at 623 North Fourth Street in 1860, Pfeil then married a Pennsylvania-born
dry goods dealer Mary (b. ca. 1845) and by 1866 shared a residence with fellow lithographer and future business partner Julius
Golz at 614 Callowhill Street (Ward 13). Pfeil relocated to Camden, New Jersey in 1873, where Camden directories list him
as a lithographer. In 1877 and 1878 he patented items related to lithography and printing, including an improvement in the
manufacture of tablets, signs, etc., and an improvement to the printer's blanket from the use of manila paper and a sheet
of oil cloth instead of rubber, respectively.
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Employed by Wells & Hope Co., another decalcomania and showcard firm, at 918 Vine Street in Philadelphia in 1881, a year later
he established Pfeil & Golz, a New York City firm that specialized in showcards. By the end of the 1880s, Pfeil & Golz moved
their operations to Camden, New Jersey and altered the name to The Pfeil & Golz Company. The Pfeil family, including five
children, resided next to the Golz family on Elm Street in Camden until at least 1910.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Haugg, Louis; Golz, Julius; Sinclair, Thomas; Weise, August L.; and Wells & Hope. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Camden, New Jersey City Directories, 1873-1888 |
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Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 |
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New York City Directories, 1882-1884 |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1861-1881 (intermittently) |
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909 |
