Thread: History or info on razor?

Did an 'advanced search' for Melchior and came up with a quite a few threads. Not much to go on though. There was a 'Max Melchior', and a Carl Melchior. May or may not be related, but probably the brothers. Here is one post by one of our resident historians, manah .......... http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post792213

Melchior Bros B . S. was formed by Hugo, Ernest, Edward and Frederick Melchior in 1880. The B. S. stands for barber supply, and in their time they rivaled other major players in the market like Koken.





The company traded to at least 1980. An 1894 Omaha directory shows the breakdown:



Hugo went to Nebraska in 1897 but kept his affiliation with the parent company until he ceased trading, for whatever reason, in the 1930s. Note that this has prompted less diligent researchers to report that the whole company stopped trading for good at that time, but it did not.

I feel that they all came from Omaha, as a census for 1900 reveals that Peter Melchior was the father, and Frederick (whose name was originally Ferdinand) was his son, both hailed from Germany. Therefore I guess that Frederick/Ferdinand was the senior figure in the Chicago company, and the others were his sons or relations. Could very well be mistaken though.

Regards,
Neil