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[[Image:MEHLOPGROCER.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]JOHN MEHLHOP, SON, AND COMPANY. | [[Image:MEHLOPGROCER.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]JOHN MEHLHOP, SON, AND COMPANY. The business was established in 1853 by Mr. John Mehlhop who operated it alone until 1867, when the firm became Mehlhop & Murdock, changing in 1887 to John Mehlhop, Son, and Company to reflect the principals-- John and H. H. Mehlhop and W. L. Orrick. | ||
The premises occupied by the firm included a ten-floor 43X113 foot building 43x113 in which was carried a large and diversified stock staple and fancy groceries, grocers' supplies, teas, and coffees. A specialty was M. S. &. C. Coffee, of which the firm was the sole proprietors. They | |||
were also agents for the Perfection Scale. | |||
The company employed eighteen clerks and assistants and a staff of traveling salesmen representing the firm in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, and the territory of Dakota. | |||
[[Image:mehlhop.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] | [[Image:mehlhop.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] | ||
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See: [[JOHN MEHLHOP]] | See: [[JOHN MEHLHOP]] | ||
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'''The Industries of Dubuque: Her Relations as a Trade Center,''' Dubuque: J. M. Elster and Company, Publishers, 1887, p. 60 | |||
[[Category: Druggist]] | [[Category: Druggist]] | ||
[[Category: Grocery]] | [[Category: Grocery]] | ||
[[Category: Coffee, Tea and Spice Dealers]] | [[Category: Coffee, Tea and Spice Dealers]] | ||
Revision as of 03:09, 26 September 2014
JOHN MEHLHOP, SON, AND COMPANY. The business was established in 1853 by Mr. John Mehlhop who operated it alone until 1867, when the firm became Mehlhop & Murdock, changing in 1887 to John Mehlhop, Son, and Company to reflect the principals-- John and H. H. Mehlhop and W. L. Orrick.
The premises occupied by the firm included a ten-floor 43X113 foot building 43x113 in which was carried a large and diversified stock staple and fancy groceries, grocers' supplies, teas, and coffees. A specialty was M. S. &. C. Coffee, of which the firm was the sole proprietors. They were also agents for the Perfection Scale.
The company employed eighteen clerks and assistants and a staff of traveling salesmen representing the firm in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, and the territory of Dakota.
See: John MEHLHOP, Sr.
See: JOHN MEHLHOP
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Source:
The Industries of Dubuque: Her Relations as a Trade Center, Dubuque: J. M. Elster and Company, Publishers, 1887, p. 60