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Title: Interesting Artifact Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on August 23, 2005, 09:41:35 AM Sorry no photos, yet, I was just over at Mum's place and noticed the "family heirloom" ruler sitting in a cupboard. Feeling a little nostalgic I had a closer look.
On closer inspection there was the faded script that I hadn't paid much attention too before - "Holden and Frost Saddliers and Trimmers". Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: gp on August 23, 2005, 08:08:33 PM Pleeeaaseee can we have a picture?
:o Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: cer444 on August 24, 2005, 09:26:34 AM Hi all
I belive James Holden & Henry Frost had a business of Holden & Frost Ltd. They made, repaired and sold saddlers etc. Then it snow- balled into coach building and then of coarse over time into GMH. Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: Martin on August 24, 2005, 11:36:07 AM From "The Holden Heritage" 11th Edition
1879 - (James) Holden takes his 20 year old son, Henry James, into the business and the name is changed ... to J A Holden & Son 1885 - German born Henry Frederick Adolf Frost becomes a junior partner in J A Holden & Son and the company name changes to Holden & Frost. It continues in leatherwork and small scale ironmongery, then graduates to repairing (and eventually building) horse drawn carriages and coaches. 1887 - James Alexander Holden dies, aged 52. Henry becomes the senior partner in Holden & Frost 1909 - Henry Frost dies Holden & Frost operated in premises in King William Street, Adelaide, andVicoria Square, Adelaide Jim, pictured at left, is named after James Holden Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on September 02, 2005, 10:15:58 PM Pics! on closer inspection there is a tiny "Made in USA" printed on it, too tiny to come out in the pics though.
(http://tinyurl.com/ch2yq) (http://tinyurl.com/d29s6) Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: gp on September 03, 2005, 02:55:51 AM Coooooool !!
Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: Martin on September 04, 2005, 12:51:04 PM Good one, Glenn. What a find!!
Title: Re: Interesting Artifact Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on September 04, 2005, 07:43:53 PM Not really a find, but it's lucky to have survived this long!
As I recall my great grandma originally had it and it was used for usual measuring duties and other things such as a disciplinary tool and if my brother and I got away with it, the occasional sword fight. |