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The story of Bertram pipes begins with a German pipemaker named '''Bertram Goldmann''' who emigrated to the United States in 1874 and settled down in Washington D.C. | [[File:Bertram Pipes.jpg|thumb|300px|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:Bertrams2.jpg|thumb|300px|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:Bertrams4.jpg|thumb|300px|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]The story of Bertram pipes begins with a German pipemaker named '''Bertram Goldmann''' who emigrated to the United States in 1874 and settled down in Washington D.C. | ||
In 1927 '''Sydney Bertram Goldman''' opened a new factory, the Bertram Pipe Shop. The strategically favorable situation in the political center of the USA procured many illustrious customers from politics and fine arts to the well-respected brand: Joseph Stalin, General Douglas MacArthur, Edward G. Robinson or Red Skelton just to name a few. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered his cigarette tips there. Bertram acquired the surname "The Nation’s Pipemaker". | In 1927 '''Sydney Bertram Goldman''' opened a new factory, the Bertram Pipe Shop. The strategically favorable situation in the political center of the USA procured many illustrious customers from politics and fine arts to the well-respected brand: Joseph Stalin, General Douglas MacArthur, Edward G. Robinson or Red Skelton just to name a few. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered his cigarette tips there. Bertram acquired the surname "The Nation’s Pipemaker". | ||