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Creator of the Alco brand.  The name is often said to stand for Mary Linkman & Company.  Mary Linkman was the mother of Louis B. Linkman, originator of the [[Dr. Grabow]] pipe.  This Chicago company produced meerschaums and briars both.
Creator of the Alco brand.  The name is often said to stand for Mary Linkman & Company.  Mary Linkman was the mother of Louis B. Linkman, originator of the [[Dr. Grabow]] pipe.  This Chicago company produced meerschaums and briars both.
[[File:Linkmans Chicago 1937.jpg|thumb|The Louis B. Linkman pipe factory, built 1922, from circa 1937 catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:Linkmans Chicago 1937.jpg|thumb|The Louis B. Linkman pipe factory, built 1922, from circa 1937 catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: United States]]
[[Category: United States]]

Revision as of 13:25, 2 April 2016

Creator of the Alco brand. The name is often said to stand for Mary Linkman & Company. Mary Linkman was the mother of Louis B. Linkman, originator of the Dr. Grabow pipe. This Chicago company produced meerschaums and briars both.

The Louis B. Linkman pipe factory, built 1922, from circa 1937 catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka