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LARKIN BUILDING
 
1908
 
 
Close-up of Larkin Building
Larkin Product and Premium List 1909 Order Form
 
Larkin Product and Premium List 1909 Order Form Verso
 
1910
 
 
Close-up of Larkin Building
1910
 
1910
 
 
 
1914 Front #1
 
1914 Back
 
1914 Front #2
 
1914 Back #2
 
1916 Front
 
1916 Back
 
1918 Front
 
 
1918 Back
 
1997
 
 
 
YEAR DESCRIPTION ST#
1908 “The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. Over Fifty Acres of Floors. 1875 - 1908”  “The Larkin Co. are the World’s largest Manufacturers of Soaps and Toilet Preparations and important Food Specialists...”  Shows facility including the Wright Larkin Building.  This illustration is the same as the Larkin Co. Letterhead 1917, Negative and 1910 Post card but in color.  5.4 x 3.5. 0085.02.0801 0085.03.0207
1909 “Larkin Product and Premium List” Order Form for the Fall and Winter Edition (62nd).  Pre-paid advertising Reply Card, 1909.  Includes cover with illustration of the Larking Building.  PM 10/11/09. 5.5 x 6.5, folded to 5.5 x 3.25. 0086.02.0407
1910 The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space. Visitors Welcome.  This illustration is the same as the Larkin Co. Letterhead 1917, Negative and 1908 Post card but in color. Two Postmarks, Dec 30, 1910 Buffalo NY and Jan 14 1911 Trumansburg NY.  5.5 x 3.5. 0094.01.0305
1910 The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.  Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space.  Visitors Welcome.  This illustration is the same as the Larkin Co. Letterhead 1917 and Negative but in color.  Same Card as #94.01, with minor changes:  Smoke and back is printed in different color.  5.5 x 3.5. 0094.04.0307
1910 The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y.  Over Fifty Acres of Floor Space.  Visitors Welcome. 1910.  This illustration is the same as the Larkin Co. Letterhead 1917, Negative and 1908 Post card but in color.  Postmarked: Aug 31, 1910, Buffalo NY. 5.5 x 3.5. 0094.02.0506
1914 “The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. Fidelity to an idea and an ideal built the Larkin Factories of today from small beginnings.”  (Bottom) “Over 64 Acres of Floor Space.”  Back: “Over 150,000 Larkin clubs are in operation today.” The “Terminal Warehouse” on the left was constructed in 1912.  PM 8/24/14  10.7 x 3.6. 0124.01.0207
1914 “The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. Fidelity to an idea and an ideal built the Larkin Factories of today from small beginnings.”  (Bottom) “Over 64 Acres of Floor Space.”  Back: “Over 150,000 Larkin clubs are in operation today.” The “Terminal Warehouse” on the left was constructed in 1912.)  (Same as #124.01 but back is reversed.)  10.75 x 3.5. 0124.02.0407
1916 "The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. Fidelity to an idea and an ideal built the Larkin Factories of today from small beginnings.”  Bottom: “Over 64 Acres of Floor Space.”  #18377.  Published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee.  (In 1919 Larkin employed 2225 people.  The “Terminal Warehouse” on the left was constructed in 1912.)  PM 8/29/18. 11.3 x 3.8. 0132.01.0207
1918 "The Larkin Factories, Buffalo, N.Y. A National Institution, Co-operatively owned by 1,800 Employees."  "Over 75 Acres of Floor Space."  #18377.  (Published by The Larkin Company) (In 1919 Larkin employed 2,225 people. The "Terminal Warehouse" on the left was constructed in 1912.)  11.25 x 3.75. 0139.02.0107
1997 Larkin Administration Building Post Card.  Buffalo, NY  1903-06.  Detail of upper facade showing pier sculptures by Richard Bock.  The globes depicted here represent the Larkin Company's aspirations and its world-wide trade for the procurement of ingredients for soaps, perfumes and other toiletry products.  Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. 1997.18.0600

 

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