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[[File:Linkmans Chicago 1937.jpg|thumb|The Louis B. Linkman pipe factory, built 1922, from circa 1937 catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Linkman's Hollycourt 1945.jpg|thumb|1945 Ad for Linkman's Hollycourt, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | [[File:Linkmans Chicago 1937.jpg|thumb|The Louis B. Linkman pipe factory, built 1922, from circa 1937 catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Linkman's Hollycourt 1945.jpg|thumb|1945 Ad for Linkman's Hollycourt, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="An early | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="An early Cased Meerschaum marked M. Linkman Company (as opposed to M. Linkman & Co.), courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist"> | ||
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<gallery widths=200px caption="Another early MLC Virginian example, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
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<gallery widths=200 caption="Linkman's Hollycourt, relating to patent 1933, November 18th. Albert L. Vogel files for “Hollycourt” patent, Patent 2073663 (Stinger Type H1), registered March 16th, 1937. Courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=200 caption="Linkman's Hollycourt, relating to patent 1933, November 18th. Albert L. Vogel files for “Hollycourt” patent, Patent 2073663 (Stinger Type H1), registered March 16th, 1937. Courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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Early in the 1930's he experimented with an automatic machine which would smoke the pipes mechanically, and in 1933 he made pipe history by introducing the first pre-smoked Dr. Grabow pipe. {Interestingly, no mention is made in the article as to why the pipes had this name!.} | Early in the 1930's he experimented with an automatic machine which would smoke the pipes mechanically, and in 1933 he made pipe history by introducing the first pre-smoked Dr. Grabow pipe. {Interestingly, no mention is made in the article as to why the pipes had this name!.} | ||
[[File:Linkman1933Patent.jpg|thumb|1933 Patent or stem detail found in the Shape 4320 Special model, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
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Pipe smokers, both beginners and veterans, found in the new pipe something they had long wanted -- a new pipe that had been pre-smoked for them, thus eliminating to a large degree the unpleasantness of smoking those first few pipefuls. | Pipe smokers, both beginners and veterans, found in the new pipe something they had long wanted -- a new pipe that had been pre-smoked for them, thus eliminating to a large degree the unpleasantness of smoking those first few pipefuls. | ||