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L & H Stern | === Introduction === | ||
''Many thanks to Dave Gossett for his assistance with this article. Dave has an extensive collection of L&H Stern pipes and related tobacciana, and has done extensive research on the firm.'' | |||
[[File:LHS Sign Dave1.jpg|thumb|Early L&H Sterm Sign, courtesy Dave Gossett]][[File:LHS Building Dave2.jpg|thumb|Building on Pearl and Waters street in Brooklyn, courtesy Dave Gossett]]Ludwig Stern, a successful pipe manufacturer since 1893 and closing around 1960, reorganized his company along with his brother Hugo Stern, opening a factory in 1911. They named the company '''L&H Stern Smoking Pipes & Holders'''. The newly formed company was moved into a six story building on the corner of Pearl and Waters street Brooklyn, NY. | |||
[[File:LH Stern 1928 1587048.jpg|thumb|1928 Patent, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:LHS1933Patent.jpg|thumb|1933 Patent, courtesy Doug Valithka]][[File:LHS-1930-R&L.jpg|thumb|LHS Italian Briar, bone screw, and Remanol bit, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]] | |||
[[ | === Notes from Geyer's Stationer === | ||
[[ | Thoroughly organized in all departments, and housed in a well-lighted and ventilated modern office and manufacturing building, the firm of L&H Stern Inc. is located near the first arch of the Manhattan bridge, near the river and convenient to the Brooklyn bridge, which makes it accessible from all the hotels in the metropolis for visiting buyers. The structure is six stories with a seventeen-foot basement, with light on three sides through prismatic glass windows, the first floor being seven feet above the sidewalk. Light enters the upper floors from all four sides. | ||
L&H Stern is known to every important wholesaler and jobber in the country. LHS manufactures a complete line of briar pipes. Ginmetto wood pipes are also made, as well as Redmanol goods, the man-made amber. The first substitute for amber. Everything, even down to the sterling silver and other metal trimmings are made under one roof. | |||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption="Examples of pipes entirely made under roof"> | |||
File:LHS RedmanolStem Dave3.jpg|Example with Redmanol Stem (man-made amber) | |||
File:LHS BakeliteStem Dave4.jpg|LHS Bakelite | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[File:LHSSterncrest10.jpg|thumb|LHS Sterncrest add, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:LHS 1947 Ad.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:LHS Ad 1947.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:LHS Purex11.jpg|thumb|LHS Purex Superfine Board and pipes]] | |||
L&H Stern advertised pipes at prices starting from $1 and topping out at $25. One Advertisement said: ''"Remember, any LHS is the best pipe in its class".'' | |||
<center><gallery widths=300px heights=500px caption="''LHS is the best pipe in its class''"> | |||
File:LHS FilterKingBoard Dave5.jpg|A display board of Entry level Filter Kings selling for $1 | |||
File:LHSSpecMake13.jpg|Ad for the Highest grade "Special Make", at $25 | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
[[File:LHS 14k Sterncraft SevenDaySet Dave7.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Beautiful Sterncrest seven day cased set, with 14K Gold Bands]] | |||
[[File:LHS CertifiedPurex.jpeg|thumb|LHS Certified Purex #96, courtesy Dave Gossett collection]][[File:LHS CertifiedPurex2.jpeg|thumb|LHS Certified Purex #96, courtesy Dave Gossett collection]][[File:LHS CertifiedPurex3.jpeg|thumb|LHS Certified Purex #96, courtesy Dave Gossett collection]] | |||
The brand had 8 pipe grades listed in the 1944 issue of Outdoor Magazine. | |||
*Sterncrest Ultrafine $ 10 | |||
*Sterncrest 14K $ 7.50 | |||
*Sterncrest Sterling $ 5 | |||
*Certified Purex $3.50 | |||
*Select Grain $2.50 | |||
*Sivercrest $ 2 | |||
*Superfine Purex $1.50 | |||
*Sculpted Purex $1.50 | |||
In addition to the above grades, a 1944 catalog also listed the following lines and models: | |||
*Barrister | |||
*Marwyn | |||
*Park Lane | |||
*Radmanol | |||
*Warwick | |||
=== Additional notes === | |||
Some models were made before, during, and after WWII. LHS was one of the main pipe supplier for US soldiers during WWII. | |||
Pre-war pipes were stamped Real Briar Root, or Briar Root. Some war time pipes were made from domestic briar, or "American" briar and were void of any briar stampings. Many American pipe makers lost their over seas supply of Mediterranean briar shortly before and during the war. Post war pipes were stamped Imported Briar to assure customers that they were buying premium briar once again. | |||
<Gallery widths=300px heights=300px caption="Example of Pre war nomenclature, courtesy Dave Gossett"> | |||
File:LHS PreWarNomenclature Dave8.jpg | |||
File:LHS PreWarNomenclature Dave9.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption="War time Superfine, made from domestic briar (likely [[Mission Briar]], made from Manzanita burl). Simply stamped LHS Superfine, and void of any briar stamp or metal fittings, courtesy Dave Gossett"> | |||
File:LHS WartimeSuperfine Dave10.jpg | |||
File:LHS WartimeSuperfine Dave11.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption="Post war Superfine and nomenclature, courtesy Dave Gossett"> | |||
File:LHS PostwarSuperfine Dave12.jpg | |||
File:LHS PostwarSuperfineNomenclature Dave13.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Purex Diamonds Imported Briar, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LHSPurexBulldog1.jpg | |||
File:LHSPurexBulldog1.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well. | |||
<gallery widths=300px heights=185 caption="LHS Purex Seasoned Briar example, courtesy Gerald Young"> | |||
File:LHS PUREX Seasoned Briar Bulldog.JPG | |||
File:LHS Purex Seasoned Briar.JPG | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=175px caption="LHS Sterncrest examples with details and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LHSSterncrest01.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest02.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest03.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest04.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest05.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest06.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest07.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest08.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest13.jpg | |||
File:LHSSterncrest09.jpg | |||
File:Sterncrest01.jpg | |||
File:Sterncrest09.jpg | |||
File:SterncrestPOW11.jpg | |||
File:SterncrestPOW12.jpg | |||
File:Sterncrest14K01.jpg | |||
File:Sterncrest14K07.jpg | |||
File:Sterncrest14K10.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=175px caption="LHS Superfine example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LHS Purex05.jpg | |||
File:LHS Purex07.jpg | |||
File:LHS Purex08.jpg | |||
File:LHS Purex09.jpg | |||
File:LHS Purex10.jpg | |||
File:LHSCertPurex07.jpg | |||
File:LHSCertPurex08.jpg | |||
File:LHSPurex10.jpg | |||
File:LHSPurex12.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=175px caption="LHS Park Lane example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LHSParkLane01.jpg | |||
File:LHSParkLane09b.jpg | |||
File:LHSParkLane07.jpg | |||
File:LHSParkLane07b.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=175px caption="Various LHS examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LHSBlueDot03.jpg|Puxex Blue Dot | |||
File:LHSBlueDot11.jpg|Puxex Blue Dot Nomenclature | |||
File:LHSSirRobert09.jpg|LHS Sir Robert | |||
File:LHSSirRobert07.jpg|LHS Sir Robert Nomenclature | |||
File:LHSSirRobert11.jpg|LHS Sir Robert Detail | |||
File:LHSRareRustic05.jpg|Rare Rustic | |||
File:LHSRareRustic07.jpg|Rare Rustic Nomenclature | |||
File:LHSSpecMake07.jpg|Special Make Detail | |||
File:LHSCaboose01.jpg|Caboose | |||
File:LHSCaboose10.jpg|Caboose Nomenclaute | |||
File:LHSPurexAllBriar01.jpg|Purex All Briar | |||
File:LHSPurexAllBriar07.jpg|Purex All Briar Details | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=260px caption="Promo photos from a vintage stereo-scopic slide reel that appear to be from the L&H Stern factory lobby, courtesy Dave Gossett"> | |||
File:LHS Lobby1.jpeg | |||
File:LHS Lobby2.jpeg | |||
File:LHS Lobby3.jpeg | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=260px caption="Promo photos of various displays, including the Special Make, the highest grade LHS. Extremely large sized and costing as much as $25 in the 1940's. Courtesy Dave Gossett"> | |||
File:LHS SpecialMake1.jpeg|Special Make | |||
File:LHS SpecialMake2.jpeg|Counter Display with assortment | |||
File:LHS SpecialMake3.jpeg|Sterncraft Counter Display with assortment | |||
File:LHS SpecialMake4.jpeg|Purex Preferred Display | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery widths=200px caption="Pipes examples and details, courtesy Dave Gossett collection"> | |||
File:LHS ParkLane Cumberland.jpeg|Park Lane Deluxe w/Cumberland | |||
File:LHS ParkLane Cumberland2.jpeg|Park Lane Deluxe w/Cumberland | |||
File:LHS ParkLane Cumberland3.jpeg|Park Lane Deluxe nomenclature | |||
File:LHS PurexPreferred.jpeg|LHS Purex Preferred Imported Briar #99/w original box and sock | |||
File:LHS PurexPreferred2.jpeg|Purex Preferred #99 (Preferred Purex had hand made Bakelite stems) | |||
File:LHS PurexPreferred3.jpeg|Purex Preferred #99 | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Sources === | |||
*Tobacco: An illustrated weekly journal | |||
*Geyer's Stations | |||
*The Rotarian | |||
=== Catalog === | |||
*Thanks to '''Mike Starke''' for this copy of the [https://pipedia.org/images/b/b8/LHS_Catalog_1946.pdf '''1946 LHS Catalog'''] | |||
LHS | === Budget Pipes Apparently Made by LHS === | ||
*Leader | |||
*New Art | |||
<gallery widths=450 heights=600 caption="Catalog Pages of various display boards of budget pipes, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:1933 Ad 02.jpg|From a 1933 N. Shure Co. Chicago Catalog showing New Art Pipes with LHS Logo | |||
File:1940 Ad.jpg|From a 1940 Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co. Catalog showing Leader Pipes with LHS Logo | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | |||
[[Category: United States]] |
Revision as of 20:45, 10 February 2019
Introduction
Many thanks to Dave Gossett for his assistance with this article. Dave has an extensive collection of L&H Stern pipes and related tobacciana, and has done extensive research on the firm.
Ludwig Stern, a successful pipe manufacturer since 1893 and closing around 1960, reorganized his company along with his brother Hugo Stern, opening a factory in 1911. They named the company L&H Stern Smoking Pipes & Holders. The newly formed company was moved into a six story building on the corner of Pearl and Waters street Brooklyn, NY.
Notes from Geyer's Stationer
Thoroughly organized in all departments, and housed in a well-lighted and ventilated modern office and manufacturing building, the firm of L&H Stern Inc. is located near the first arch of the Manhattan bridge, near the river and convenient to the Brooklyn bridge, which makes it accessible from all the hotels in the metropolis for visiting buyers. The structure is six stories with a seventeen-foot basement, with light on three sides through prismatic glass windows, the first floor being seven feet above the sidewalk. Light enters the upper floors from all four sides.
L&H Stern is known to every important wholesaler and jobber in the country. LHS manufactures a complete line of briar pipes. Ginmetto wood pipes are also made, as well as Redmanol goods, the man-made amber. The first substitute for amber. Everything, even down to the sterling silver and other metal trimmings are made under one roof.
L&H Stern advertised pipes at prices starting from $1 and topping out at $25. One Advertisement said: "Remember, any LHS is the best pipe in its class".
The brand had 8 pipe grades listed in the 1944 issue of Outdoor Magazine.
- Sterncrest Ultrafine $ 10
- Sterncrest 14K $ 7.50
- Sterncrest Sterling $ 5
- Certified Purex $3.50
- Select Grain $2.50
- Sivercrest $ 2
- Superfine Purex $1.50
- Sculpted Purex $1.50
In addition to the above grades, a 1944 catalog also listed the following lines and models:
- Barrister
- Marwyn
- Park Lane
- Radmanol
- Warwick
Additional notes
Some models were made before, during, and after WWII. LHS was one of the main pipe supplier for US soldiers during WWII.
Pre-war pipes were stamped Real Briar Root, or Briar Root. Some war time pipes were made from domestic briar, or "American" briar and were void of any briar stampings. Many American pipe makers lost their over seas supply of Mediterranean briar shortly before and during the war. Post war pipes were stamped Imported Briar to assure customers that they were buying premium briar once again.
Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well.
Sources
- Tobacco: An illustrated weekly journal
- Geyer's Stations
- The Rotarian
Catalog
- Thanks to Mike Starke for this copy of the 1946 LHS Catalog
Budget Pipes Apparently Made by LHS
- Leader
- New Art