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=== Early KB&B (non Kaywoodie) ===
=== Early KB&B (non Kaywoodie) ===
[[File:KB&B 1925-6 ad.jpg|thumb|1925-26 Ad in Merchandise Catalog]][[File:KB&BMeer.jpeg|KB&B Stained Meerchaum & Amber, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacoonist]][[File:KB&B.jpg|thumb|Early Brochure Page w/coupon pricing]][[Kaywoodie was the name a pipe offered by Kaufman Brothers & Bondy Company (KB&B), first appearing in February of 1919. The Dinwoodie pipe, also by KBB, appeared in November of 1919.  Other KBB brandings included Ambassador, Heatherby, Kingston, Langley, Melrose, Hollywood, Paragon, Borlum, Sicilla, Cadillac, Capitol Extra, Times Square and Kamello. Sometime before 1924, the Dinwoodie had been discontinued and the Kaywoodie name was beginning to be used on an extensive line of pipes that ultimately would be the name of the company. The origin of the name Kaywoodie is a combination of the K from Kaufman and wood, as in briar. Not much is known of the original KBB company other than it was started in 1851 by the German born Kaufman brothers when they opened a small pipe shop in the Bowery section of New York City. In the back room of this shop, they made their first pipes. From this meager beginning, the Kaywoodie name and organization was to emerge.
[[File:KB&B 1925-6 ad.jpg|thumb|1925-26 Ad in Merchandise Catalog]][[File:KB&BMeer.jpeg|thumb|KB&B Stained Meerchaum & Amber, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacoonist]][[File:KB&B.jpg|thumb|Early Brochure Page w/coupon pricing]][[Kaywoodie was the name a pipe offered by Kaufman Brothers & Bondy Company (KB&B), first appearing in February of 1919. The Dinwoodie pipe, also by KBB, appeared in November of 1919.  Other KBB brandings included Ambassador, Heatherby, Kingston, Langley, Melrose, Hollywood, Paragon, Borlum, Sicilla, Cadillac, Capitol Extra, Times Square and Kamello. Sometime before 1924, the Dinwoodie had been discontinued and the Kaywoodie name was beginning to be used on an extensive line of pipes that ultimately would be the name of the company. The origin of the name Kaywoodie is a combination of the K from Kaufman and wood, as in briar. Not much is known of the original KBB company other than it was started in 1851 by the German born Kaufman brothers when they opened a small pipe shop in the Bowery section of New York City. In the back room of this shop, they made their first pipes. From this meager beginning, the Kaywoodie name and organization was to emerge.
When one of the men from the New York office got "gold fever" he carried a large supply of pipes with him to California that he sold along the way. This early "national distribution" did much to build the reputation of KBB. By the late 1800's, branches of KBB were opened in Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Louis with family and friends acting as agents. The trademarks, for the inlaid cloverleaf and the cloverleaf with the KBB initials inside, were issued in 1881. KBB's pipes became more popular and were in constant demand by the end of the century. Orders were streaming back east and KBB needed to move to larger manufacturing facilities. By 1915 the move was made to larger facilities in the old Union Hill section of Union City, New Jersey. The salesroom offices were located at 33 East 17th. Street, New York. When the Kaywoodie pipe was first introduced by KBB it came with a hand cut rubber mouthpiece fitted with an aluminum Inbore Tube.
When one of the men from the New York office got "gold fever" he carried a large supply of pipes with him to California that he sold along the way. This early "national distribution" did much to build the reputation of KBB. By the late 1800's, branches of KBB were opened in Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and St. Louis with family and friends acting as agents. The trademarks, for the inlaid cloverleaf and the cloverleaf with the KBB initials inside, were issued in 1881. KBB's pipes became more popular and were in constant demand by the end of the century. Orders were streaming back east and KBB needed to move to larger manufacturing facilities. By 1915 the move was made to larger facilities in the old Union Hill section of Union City, New Jersey. The salesroom offices were located at 33 East 17th. Street, New York. When the Kaywoodie pipe was first introduced by KBB it came with a hand cut rubber mouthpiece fitted with an aluminum Inbore Tube.


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