Organisation: Merkelbach, toy manufacturer

Organisation history Slide manufacture Slide sale/hire stock Texts published Advertisements

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Merkelbach en Co.

Short name

Merkelbach

Main area of activity

toy manufacturer

Secondary area(s) of activity

lantern and slide dealer

Date of foundation

12 December 1870

Date of winding-up

1885

Main period and nation of relevant activity

1883s-1945s, Netherlands

Relevance

distributor (retail or hire) of lantern slides

Notes

After WWII, Merkelbach en Co later sold radio and televisions, from 1899 on Merkelbach en Co. supplied schools with all kinds of educative material, among them lantern slides

Known locations

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

10 July 1890-in or after November 1909

business address

89 Damrak, Amsterdam, Netherlands

c.1876-in or after 1909

business address

57 and 59 Nieuwendijk bd Raamskooi, Amsterdam, Netherlands

c.1910-in or after 1974

business address

30 Kalverstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Lucerna ID 1001418

Record created by Sarah Dellmann and Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 March 2017

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Organisation: Merkelbach, toy manufacturer