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[[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: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: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 ===
=== Notes from Geyer's Stationer ===
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File:LHS PurexPreferred3.jpeg|Purex Preferred #99
File:LHS PurexPreferred3.jpeg|Purex Preferred #99
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=== Sources ===
=== Sources ===
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*Thanks to '''Mike Starke''' for this copy of the [https://pipedia.org/images/b/b8/LHS_Catalog_1946.pdf '''1946 LHS Catalog''']
*Thanks to '''Mike Starke''' for this copy of the [https://pipedia.org/images/b/b8/LHS_Catalog_1946.pdf '''1946 LHS Catalog''']
   
   
=== Budget Pipes Apparently Made by LHS ===
*Leader
*New Art
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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
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: United States]]
[[Category: United States]]

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