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==History== | |||
[[File:WallyFrank Bulldog.jpg|thumb|400px|Wally Frank Bulldog, courtesy [http://http://www.smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]] | |||
[[ | Wally Frank, Ltd. was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos, beginning in the earlt 1930’s. Wally Frank operated a chain of tobacco stores in New York City (the flagship store was in Lexington Avenue) and had a vast catalog business for pipes and pipe tobaccos. Their numerous private-label pipes were made by many makers, including Charatan, Sasieni, Weber, and many others. Wally Frank, Ltd. also owned the [[Pioneer]] brand of meerschaum pipes, made from both Turkish and African meerschaum. In addition to importing pipes, he had many pipes made in his own name and also employed pipemakers like [[Stokkebye|Peter Stokkebye]], [[S. Bang|Svend Bang]], and [[Ed Burak]] (who later became the owner of [[Connoisseur]]). As a result, each Wally Frank pipe must be individually evaluated on its own merit. | ||
[[File:HilsonElan1964.jpg|thumb|400px|1964 Wally Frank catalog listing for Hilson Elan, Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | [[File:HilsonElan1964.jpg|thumb|400px|1964 Wally Frank catalog listing for Hilson Elan, Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
Members of Wally Frank's "The Pipe of the Month Club" received a new pipe in the mail once a month. | |||
Wally Frank (the person) wrote the forward to Georges Herment's 1954 book "The Pipe." | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/12266052_gZ5Z5#874601362_dyDJZ Scanned copy of the August-September 1939 catalog] | |||
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWally+Frank%2C+Ltd.&qt=hot_author#x0%253Abook-format Link to Wally Frank Catalogs, Publications and Documents] | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: United States]] | |||