Your browser does not support JavaScript.To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. POSTCARD EPHEMERA COLLECTIBLEHM QUACKENBUSH POSTCARD FROMMOHAWK CEMETERY.LOT TAXESJULY 31 1925Overall good condition,no rips or tears,minimal edge & corner wear ,slight soiling. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaHenry QuackenbushBorn Henry MarcusQuackenbushApril 27, 1847 (age 166)Herkimer, New YorkDied September 8,1933 Industrialist / InventorFounder of H.M. Quackenbush Co., Herkimer, NYEmily E Wood Quackenbush (b.1854 - d.1895)Flora Franks Quackenbush (b.1867 - d.1958)Children Paul Henry Quackenbush (1879 - 1946)Amy Quackenbush (1886 - 1966)Franks Quackenbush (1899 - 1988)Henry Marcus Quackenbush, Jr. (1904 - 1910)Henry Marcus "H.M." Quackenbush (April 27, 1847 –September 8, 1933) was an American inventor and industrialist, who founded theH.M. Quackenbush Company in Herkimer, New York. His company was widely knownfor its air rifles and for the invention of the metal, spring-jointednutcracker. H.M. Quackenbush was born in Herkimer, New York, in 1847. Atage fourteen, he began an apprenticeship at the gun manufacturer, RemingtonArms Co.[2][3] in Ilion, NY, where he acquired skills as a metalworker andgunmaker. At the age of 16, he invented the extension ladder, which he patentedon Oct. 22, 1867,[4] and then began manufacturing them himself, until he soldthe patent for $500, a considerable sum at the time.[3] Several years later, heleft his job at the Remington Arms Co. to start his own metal working and gunshop in his hometown of Herkimer.The H.M. Quackenbush Co.In 1871, he founded the H.M. Quackenbush Company inHerkimer, New York, and obtained his first air gun patent (issued June 6, 1871)for his "Eureka" air pistol, which is to this day sought after bycollectors.Air Rifles (BB Guns)The company began producing air rifles in 1876. Theirspring/air design for air rifles, as well as the steam-powered manufacturingplant itself, were both considered to be considerably revolutionary innovationsat the time.[5]In the 1880's, they began mass production of so-called"gallery guns", and the Quackenbush name appeared in carnival andamusement arcade shooting galleries throughout the United States.[3]The company went on to play a key role in the standardizationof shot sizes for shotguns and air-guns, and to produce many models of theirvery popular Quackenbush air rifles.In 1913, Quackenbush invented the spring-jointed nutcrackerand a nutpick, designs still in wide use today. [1] Over the years, his companyproduced over 200 million, and metal nutcrackers seen today stamped with thehallmark "HMQ" or "QBC" were those made by the H.M.Quackenbush Co. The company stopped making air guns in the 1930's, butcontinued making nutpicks and nutcrackers.The company also developed and manufactured many otherproducts over the years -- ranging from rifles and sport firearms, to kitchengadgets and seafood tools. Based on U.S. Patent Office records, H.M.Quackenbush and his company were responsible for inventing, or significantlycontributing to the development of, numerous early 20th-century inventions,including: bicycles; a foot-powered wood lathe; the scroll saw; darts; stairrails; the extension ladder; a bathroom shelf; the nut cracker and picks; the .22caliber rim-fire rifle (3 models, including a bicycle rifle); various airrifles and pistols; ammunition for airguns, including lead air rifle shot(commonly known as "BB's"), felted slugs, and darts; theKaleidoscope; and garment hangers, commonly known as "coat hangers.In addition to the items he invented and manufactured,Quackenbush also had to invent the machinery needed to produce the items, whichincluded many innovative manufacturing techniques and methods.Death of Founder / Company Story Since ThenH.M. Quackenbush died in 1933, at age 86. He is interred inOak Hill Cemetery in Herkimer, NY.The following year his privately owned business wasincorporated in New York by surviving family members as H. M. Quackenbush, Inc.Operations continued in the following decades under the direction of variousQuackenbush family members. During World War II, the company contributedsignificantly to wartime production, and manufactured a number of militarysupplies -- including bullet cores, shell casings and other screw machineproducts used in the war effort.Since then, most of the company's once prospering, largefactories and facilities in Upstate New York's Mohawk Valley have been closed.But in 1979, H. M. Quackenbush Inc. acquired the assets of Utica Plating Co.Marketing, and transferred distribution of nutcrackers and related products tothe M. E. Heuck Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, leaving metal finishing as theirprimary remaining line of business. The downsized operation was reconstitutedas the HMQ Metal Finishing Group, LLC in 1998, with Frederick H. Hager, thegreat-great grandson of founder H. M. Quackenbush, as chairman and CEO. The HMQGroup had three operating units, in addition to their corporate offices inHerkimer. These included the H.M. Quackenbushn plant in Herkimer, HMQ ChemtechLLC in Oriskany, NY, and HMQ National Plating LLC in Syracuse, NY.In 2005, the company ceased operations and closed its doors,and its assets were purchased by another plating industry company, WhycoFinishing Technologies, based in Thomaston, CT. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE SEE PICTURES FOR DETAILSAll items in my products or buy it now Store items are used & do show normal wear. I will list any defects as I see them and will describe the items the best I can. If there is damage I will list it in the listing. 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