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[[File:Cpf.jpg|thumb|An interesting piece of historical swag, courtesy Eric Adams]] | [[File:Cpf.jpg|thumb|An interesting piece of historical swag, courtesy Eric Adams]] | ||
There is not much known about the Colossus Pipe Factory. | There is not much known about the [[Colossus Pipe Factory]]. | ||
By the mid 1890's it was owned by [[Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy]]. | |||
Bill Feuerbach has an old invoice from KB&B dated 1898 that has "C.P.F." in the upper corner, with Trademark underneath. | |||
So they owned the brand by then. | |||
It could have been a company that was acquired by KB&B or possibly even founded by them. | |||
Bill is a VP at | Bill is a VP at [[S. M. Frank & Co.]] ([[Kaywoodie]]) and has also provided the evidence to the name Colossus below. | ||
I have always been under the impression that the intials C.P.F. stood for Consolidated Pipe Factory. | I have always been under the impression that the intials C.P.F. stood for [[Consolidated Pipe Factory]]. | ||
Many pipe collectors that I know believe the same thing. | |||
However only this week I had that cleared up. | |||
A pipe collector friend in Seattle emailed a scan of a page from a trade magazine called "The Jeweler's Circular", dated August 23, 1899. | |||
A reader wrote in the following question, "Please inform us who manufactures briar pipes with trademark, C.P.F.?" | |||
The answer was, "These letters stand for Colossus Pipe Factory, the business being conducted by Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy, 129 Grand Street, New York." | |||
I have seen pipes with both the | I have seen pipes with both the C.P.F. logo and KB&B logo on them that date to pre-1900. | ||
This may have been a way to let the public now that the companies were affiliated. | |||
As far as I can tell, the C.P.F. brand was discontinued sometime in the 1910-1920 range. | |||
--- Don Gifford 16:50, 18 August 2009 (UTC) | --- Don Gifford 16:50, 18 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:CPFIrving01.jpg| | File:CPFIrving01.jpg|C.P.F. Irving | ||
File:CPFIrving08.jpg| | File:CPFIrving08.jpg|C.P.F. Irving Detail | ||
File:CPF FrenchBriar12.jpg| | File:CPF FrenchBriar12.jpg|C.P.F. French Brian | ||
File:CPF FrenchBriar07.jpg| | File:CPF FrenchBriar07.jpg|C.P.F. French Brian Detail | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="C.P.F. made Cornell | <gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="C.P.F. made Cornell [[College Class Pipes|University Class Pipes]] for 1905 and 1907. Courtesy Brian Robertson courtesy Brian Robertson"> | ||
File:CPF-Cornell1905.jpg | File:CPF-Cornell1905.jpg | ||
File:CPF-Cornell1905-2.jpg | File:CPF-Cornell1905-2.jpg | ||
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[[File:Colosuspipefactory.jpg|thumb|Mention of KB&B ownership of C.P.F in the Jeweler's circular]] | [[File:Colosuspipefactory.jpg|thumb|Mention of KB&B ownership of C.P.F in the Jeweler's circular]] | ||
Note By Michael A. Pfeiffer: On page 100 (http://books.google.com/books?id=6Nw0ThZ0m-EC&pg=PA100&dq=CPF+tobacco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pUmQUebBJ8m9iwLvmYDoCw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false) - In this book, the author says that CPF could be Colossal Pipe Factory or C.P. Fenner. I confirm that Fenner is in the tobacco bus. at: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hmy60b00;jsessionid=F72C32B976BE8568230CC77842917491.tobacco03 (for B.A. Fenner and C.P. Fenner) and further at: http://archive.org/details/unitedstatespriv00post (United States private tobacco proprietary stamps : printed on tin foil by the J.J. Crooke Co. and the Couley Foil Co. : printed on paper by the Continental Bank Note Co. and the Graphic Co. : including all known essays and a list of foils taken from the J.J. Crooke Co. records by Alfred A. Post (1909) ) - where Fenner is a cigarette maker. So, perhaps the scanned article is not as absolute as it could be and more research work is necessary. I would be glad for your input, at this page. M. Preston [[Special:Contributions/69.108.98.207|69.108.98.207]] 03:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC) | Note By Michael A. Pfeiffer: On page 100 (http://books.google.com/books?id=6Nw0ThZ0m-EC&pg=PA100&dq=CPF+tobacco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pUmQUebBJ8m9iwLvmYDoCw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false) - In this book, the author says that CPF could be Colossal Pipe Factory or C.P. Fenner. I confirm that Fenner is in the tobacco bus. at: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hmy60b00;jsessionid=F72C32B976BE8568230CC77842917491.tobacco03 (for B.A. Fenner and C.P. Fenner) and further at: http://archive.org/details/unitedstatespriv00post (United States private tobacco proprietary stamps : printed on tin foil by the J.J. Crooke Co. and the Couley Foil Co. : printed on paper by the Continental Bank Note Co. and the Graphic Co. : including all known essays and a list of foils taken from the J.J. Crooke Co. records by Alfred A. Post (1909) ) - where Fenner is a cigarette maker. So, perhaps the scanned article is not as absolute as it could be and more research work is necessary. I would be glad for your input, at this page. M. Preston [[Special:Contributions/69.108.98.207|69.108.98.207]] 03:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC) | ||
Paul Jung writes that he discovered in his research that the | Paul Jung writes that he discovered in his research that the C.P.F. trademark was registered by KB&B on Oct. 9, 1917, as can be seen in the following registration documents, and had been in use since 1883. | ||
<gallery widths=350 heights=500 caption="Patent Office Documents, courtesy Paul Jung> | <gallery widths=350 heights=500 caption="Patent Office Documents, courtesy Paul Jung> | ||
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[[Category:Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category:United States]] | [[Category: United States]] |