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Doing some research on the Kendall Bros & Co Hardtack box (image attached
) with the aim of cutting a stencil to add to the hardtack box I am making.
I find "Kendall's Sons & Co" is listed in the 1863 Chicago street directory with the address of 114 Dearborn, and 453 State. http://georgekrejci.com/1863-RESIDEN...hicago-236.pdf
In 1866 the company name has changed to "Kendall Brothers" and they are listed at Dearborn, sw cor Washington. http://chicagoancestors.org/downloads/1866k.pdf
However, the Kendall hardtack box is dated June 1863 and states the company name as "Kendall Bros & Co" with an address at "Cor Powers (illegible)" but I can find no Powers street/Ave/Road in Chicago.
I do find a Powers Street in Brooklyn and wonder if Kendall Bros had a subsiduary in this location which might explain how the box managed to make its way to Gettysburg so rapidly.
I also located the following information:-
"August HERSEMAN formally a foreman in John H. SCHULTS' bakery, built the cracker
bakery at #'s 292-296 at the northeast corner of Powers Street. Much of the hard tack
and bread for the soldiers in the Civil War was baked here." http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Town/Eastern/G.html
Was this a subsiduary of "Kendall Brothers"? If so the Kendall box should read "Cor Powers and Olive" or maybe "Cor Powers St and Olive St".
Interestingly Orrin Kendall the founder of the company stated that he stamped all his hardtack with the letters OK, has anyone seen hardtack so stamped?
Any thoughts or further information would be most helpful.
I find "Kendall's Sons & Co" is listed in the 1863 Chicago street directory with the address of 114 Dearborn, and 453 State. http://georgekrejci.com/1863-RESIDEN...hicago-236.pdf
In 1866 the company name has changed to "Kendall Brothers" and they are listed at Dearborn, sw cor Washington. http://chicagoancestors.org/downloads/1866k.pdf
However, the Kendall hardtack box is dated June 1863 and states the company name as "Kendall Bros & Co" with an address at "Cor Powers (illegible)" but I can find no Powers street/Ave/Road in Chicago.
I do find a Powers Street in Brooklyn and wonder if Kendall Bros had a subsiduary in this location which might explain how the box managed to make its way to Gettysburg so rapidly.
I also located the following information:-
"August HERSEMAN formally a foreman in John H. SCHULTS' bakery, built the cracker
bakery at #'s 292-296 at the northeast corner of Powers Street. Much of the hard tack
and bread for the soldiers in the Civil War was baked here." http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Town/Eastern/G.html
Was this a subsiduary of "Kendall Brothers"? If so the Kendall box should read "Cor Powers and Olive" or maybe "Cor Powers St and Olive St".
Interestingly Orrin Kendall the founder of the company stated that he stamped all his hardtack with the letters OK, has anyone seen hardtack so stamped?
Any thoughts or further information would be most helpful.