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Hercules Manufacturing Correspondence

 File — Box: 0078.30, Folder: 04
Identifier: 0078.30.04

Scope and Contents

1941 April 2 International Technic, Inc. New York City, Quotation No. 5 INTEC Automatic Welding Electrode Extruding Machines (U.S.Patents) Hercules Electric & Mfg. Co., Inc. (five sheets) 1941 June 2 Das elektrische Schweissen (three pages mention Hercules Corp.) 1941 July 2 from Frank G. Opton (New York) to Erwin Loewy (New York) Re: Mr. Lowrie, Hercules Corp. freezing questions, F & L Cigar Store, Welding business 1941 August 6 from Rowland W. Lassen (New York) to Frank G. Opton (New York) Letter from accountant regarding Hercules Inc., mentions Isidore Cohen. Booth Iron Works in Brooklyn, Long Island Iron Works) 1941 August 6 Agreement between Alex Folowitz, Isidore Cohen, Frank G. Opton, Jacques Lourie, refers to Hercules Inc. stock 1941 September 20 from Hercules Electric & Mfg. Co. Inc. to Frank G. Opton (Refers to Mr. Loewy and exposition in Cleveland, 8 x 10 inch photograph) 1941 October Iron Masters Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 6 has advertisement from Hercules 1941 October 20 from Alex Folowitz (Hercules, Brooklyn) to Erwin Loewy (New York) mentions imperative to order sufficient quantities of copper and steel and requests a loan from Loewy 1941 November 12 from I. Kagan (Hercules) to R. Lustig (Montreal) mentions Mr. Lourie, Herco Arc Welders in Canada (three page letter) 1941 November 24 from I. Kagan (Hercules) to R. Lustig (Montreal) refers to discounts and commissions relating to sale of machines (five pages of calculations on yellow legal size paper) 1941 November 26 Typed list of accessories for machinery 1943 February 19 from Rowland Lassen & Co. Accountants (New York) to Hercules, Inc. Re: audit of books for calendar year 1942 1943 April 20 from Erwin Loewy to Alex Folowitz (Hercules) expresses disappointment about development of Hercules 1943 September 15 from Erwin Loewy (Hydropress, Inc.) to Alex Folowitz (Hercules) expresses astonishment at no receiving information.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1959

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 22 Linear Feet (34 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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