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BACK IN 1898, two ambitious young men reached the momentous decision to go into business for themselves. They were Louis B. Linkman and August Fisher. From the time they were in knee pants they had worked for a pipe jobber in the mid-west. | BACK IN 1898, two ambitious young men reached the momentous decision to go into business for themselves. They were Louis B. Linkman and August Fisher. From the time they were in knee pants they had worked for a pipe jobber in the mid-west. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=300px caption="August Fisher, co-founder of M. Linkman & Company, courtesy of his Granddaughter"> | |||
File:Fisher,August ~1900.jpg|August Fisher, Circa 1900 | |||
File:August-Elsa 4-14-1904.jpg|August and Elsa Fisher on their wedding day, 4-14-1904 | |||
File:Aug&Elsa '30crop.jpg|August and Elsa, Circa 1930s | |||
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Diligently saving a portion of their earnings, they accumulated a few hundred dollars, and in 1898 formed a partnership under the name of M. Linkman & Company. They opened a small shop on Lake Street, Chicago, employed two additonal people, and started to manufacture pipes. {The article never mentions what the "M" stood for, or the reason for the name chosen.} | Diligently saving a portion of their earnings, they accumulated a few hundred dollars, and in 1898 formed a partnership under the name of M. Linkman & Company. They opened a small shop on Lake Street, Chicago, employed two additonal people, and started to manufacture pipes. {The article never mentions what the "M" stood for, or the reason for the name chosen.} | ||