Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Wightman & Neafus

W. & N.

1901

George Neafus was CBOT member 6233

Charles J. Wightman was CBOT member 6259

from Who's Who in Chicago, 1926

Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Clearman & Stenson

C. & S.

FEB

25

1899

CHICAGO

Samuel Stenson Jr. was CBOT member 6854

from Modern Miller, July 20 1901

Chicago Board of Trade Companies: Wagar & Stewart

WAGAR & STEWART

Mortimer H. Wagar was CBOT member 6806

Wagar & Stewart was based in New York.  Mortimer H. Wagar was also member #29 of the New York Produce Exchange

from The Williamston Enterprise (Michigan), April 28, 1897

New York Stock Brokers: Jesse Wasserman, Edward Wasserman, and Charles W. Gates of Wasserman Brothers

Jesse Wasserman

Edward Wasserman

Charles W. Gates

New York Stock Brokers: Henry W. Warner of Warner & Company

Warner acquired his seat at the NYSE in 1898 or 99; he then traded stocks through his own firm for the remainder of the tax period.

New York Stock Brokers: Edward DeWitt Walsh of Walsh, Tailor & Company and Tailer, Robinson & Company

Edward DeWitt Walsh as depicted in 1904.  Walsh traded with Walsh, Tailor & Co 1899-1901 or so, and then changed firms to Tailor, Robinson by 1902.

New York Stock Brokers: Ferdinand M. Theriot of L. von Hoffman & Company

Ferdinand Theriot held his seat at the NYSE and his partnership at L. von Hoffman from 1898 to 1902 and perhaps beyond.  He's also the gentleman in the upper left photo below.

New York Stock Brokers: G. Trowbridge Hollister of Vermilye & Company

Hollister was a full partner at Vermilye and held a seat at the NYSE for the full span of the 1898 tax period.  

The stock sale memo prompts a question.  When were the dark green dollar values first issued and/or used?  Above we have an example of February 18, 1902; Elliot Perry reported that the stamps went on sale in January 1902.  I'm interested in examples of January uses of the stamps if they can be found.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Talbot Taylor of Talbot J. Taylor & Company

Talbot J. Taylor in The Stock Market in Caricature.

New York Stock Brokers: Charles B. MacDonald of Edward Sweet & Company

Charles B. MacDonald acquired his seat at the NYSE during the 1898 tax period, and was based at Edward Sweet through 1902 once he became a member.  

 

New York Stock Brokers: Louis A. & William H. Sussdorf of Sussdorf Brothers

Louis A. Sussdorf, drawn to show his associations with the telegraph business and the Pennsylvania Railroad.  Both Sussdorf brothers were members of the NYSE through the 1898 tax period; they maintained their partnership for all four years as well.

William H. Sussdorf was on the executive committee of the Long Island Philatelic Society of Brooklyn and has a record of lecturing on philately.

New York Stock Brokers: Millard F. Polhemus of Strong, Sturgis & Company

 

Millard F. Polhemus, above, held a seat at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the 1898 tax period as well as conducting business at the exchange as an affiliate of  Strong, Sturgis & Company. 

New York Stock Brokers: George H. Schinzel of Francis S. Smithers & Company

I suppose Mr. Schinzel must a have been fan of classical music and classic literature, and in business, railroad bonds.  Schinzel held a seat at the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period and kept his business address at F. S. Smithers & Co. the entire time.

New York Stock Brokers: John Henry McCullough of Sheffield & McCullough

John McCullough acquired his seat at the New York Stock Exchange in 1900 or early 01, and traded through a partnership with his own name.  He must have specialized in copper investments.  Again, why did stock tickers often have glass bells over them as the caricaturist drew?

New York Stock Brokers: Charles MacQuoid of John M. Shaw & Company

Mr. MacQuoid, above, acquired his membership at the NYSE during the first year or so of the 1898 tax period, and traded with John M. Shaw 1900-02.  

 

New York Stock Brokers: James A. Taylor of Rolston & Bass and Rolston & Hooley

James A. Taylor held a seat at the NYSE through the tax period and moved from R&B to R&H along with William Rolton.  I have no clue what the caricaturist was up to here, except that he's holding stock ticker tape.  

Rolston & Hooley continued to use the same R&B punch cancel of the Rolston & Bass firm, though they had a new CDS made.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Walter Bass of Rolston & Bass and George W. Dougherty & Company

Mr. Bass must have liked shooting sports as well as his dog, who rather bizarrely pops out of this "caricature".  Rolston & Bass shuttered operations when Walter left the partnership in January 1901.  He moved to the firm G. W. Dougherty for the last year and half of the tax period.  

Looks like I might have been a bit tipsy when I attached the mounts to this page.

New York Stock Brokers: William Laimbeer of E. C. Randolph & Company and James A. Oliphant & Company

No, he's not the former Milwaukee Bucs Center with the rogue approach to basketball.  (I never mentioned the whole Chuck Knoblauch thing when I posted his caricature on October 23, two weeks ago).  This Bill Laimbeer spent the first three years of the 1898 tax period at E. C. Randolph before moving on to James A. Oliphant & Company.  He received a rather gentle approach from the caricaturist.

New York Stock Brokers: Cornelius W. Provost of Provost Brothers

Cornelius Provost is the gentleman above juggling streetcars and in the black and white photo on the left below.  Cornelius was a fully seated member of the NYSE through the entire four year tax period from mid 1898 to mid 1902.  He must have made a bundle on street railroad investments.

New York Stock Brokers: Henry Wertheim of Probst, Wetzlar & Company

 

Henry Wertheim acquired his seat at the NYSE sometime between late 1898 and 1900.  He traded from the firm Probst, Wetzlar during the entire 1898 tax period.  With an American Eagle on his arm and a British Lion under his palm, it is inferred he cares more about money.  What a guy.

New York Stock Brokers: Clarence DeWitt of Post & Flagg

Clarence DeWitt was a half back at Yale as late as 1895.   The uniform made for convenient caricature device, though I'm not sure who the cartoonish figures are on the right.  He gained his seat on the exchange sometime in 1898 or 99, and was part of a Post & Flagg firm that was one of the largest on Wall Street.