Biography

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Santa Fe Special” Part 21

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Raymond Otis Wales, The Topeka State Journal, July 31, 1917. The Man Behind the Advertising The Santa Fe Watch Company relied heavily on successful advertising campaigns to sell their products on installment plans. The “Santa Fe Special” advertisements were initially constrained to the local...

Biographies , Photographs

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Santa Fe Special” Part 20

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Alonzo S. Thomas and Wife Annie, c.1907. “Old Bill - Our First Car. Year 1907. Built by Terry Stafford.” Image Courtesy of Kansas Memory. The Man Behind the Watch.

Biographies , History , Lancaster Watch Co.

Abraham Bitner: Inventor and Entrepreneur of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Abraham Bitner, Published in History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by Ellis and Evans, 1883 From an early age, Abraham Bitner was involved in many business ventures around Lancaster, Pennsylvania,.