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Organisation: Theobald & Co., slide manufacturer and dealer

Organisation history  Slide manufacture  Slide sale/hire stock  Lantern hardware  Texts published  Advertisements  
Historical details of this organisation
Full name
J. Theobald & Co.
Short name
Theobald & Co.
Known activities
Known date(s)
Activity
1880s-1911
slide manufacturer
1880s-1911
slide wholesaler
Date of foundation
unknown
Date of winding-up
October 1911
Main period and nation of relevant activity
1880s-1911s, England
Notes

In spite of the '& Co.' name this business was the sole property of John Theobald.

Related organisations

used trademark Albemarle series

Known locations
Known date(s)
Connection
Location
1884-1899
business address
20 Church Street, Kensington, London W, England
1888-1891
business address
7a Bath Place, Kensington, London W, England
1892-1893
business address
43 Farringdon Road, London EC, England
1893-1897
business address
19 Farringdon Road, London EC, England
1895
business address
57 Farringdon Road, London, England
1899-1911
business address
Albemarle Works, 10 Staines Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, England
People linked to this organisation

THEOBALD, John  (1858-1926) – owner, 1880s-1910s

THEOBALD, Miss Margaret  (1852-1920) – employee, 1880-1901

References
John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 6
Mervyn Heard, ‘Court report: R. v. Theobald’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)
Hermann Hecht, ‘Decalcomania: some preliminary investigations into the history of transfer slides’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), pp. 4-5
‘Our visits: no. 3 -- Theobald & Co.’ in OMLJ 3.42 (November 1892)
Lucerna ID 1000768

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 21 January 2020

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