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[[File:CPF FrenchBriar14.jpg|thumb|Vintage display rack, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:CPF-Revolver.jpg|thumb|C.P.F. Revolver on original display board, courtesy Susan Tyler]] | |||
[[File:CPF-RevolverAdd.jpg|thumb|1925 Ad for the Revolver Pipe, courtesy Susan Tyler]] | |||
[[File:CPF FrenchBriar13.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:CPFIrving14.jpg|thumb|Old KB&B Ad featuring C.P.F, Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:Cpf.jpg|thumb|An interesting piece of historical swag, courtesy Eric Adams]] | |||
There is not much known about the Colossus Pipe Factory. By the mid 1890's it was owned by [[Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy]]. Bill Feuerbach has an old invoice from KB&B dated 1898 that has "CPF" in the upper corner, with Trademark underneath, So they owned the brand by then. It could have been a company that was acquired by KB&B or possibly even founded by them. | There is not much known about the Colossus Pipe Factory. By the mid 1890's it was owned by [[Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy]]. Bill Feuerbach has an old invoice from KB&B dated 1898 that has "CPF" in the upper corner, with Trademark underneath, So they owned the brand by then. It could have been a company that was acquired by KB&B or possibly even founded by them. | ||
Bill is a VP at SM Frank & Company (Kaywoodie) and has also provided the evidence to the name Colossus below. | |||
I have always been under the impression that the intials C.P.F. stood for Consolidated Pipe Factory. Many pipe collectors that I know believe the same thing. However only this week I had that cleared up. A pipe collector freind in Seattle emailed a scan of a page from a trade magazine called "The Jeweler's Circular", dated August 23, 1899. A reader wrote in the following question, "Please inform as who manufactures briar pipes with the trademark, CPF?" The answer was, "These letters stand for Colossus Pipe Factory, the business being conducted by Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy, 129 Grand Street, New York." | I have always been under the impression that the intials C.P.F. stood for Consolidated Pipe Factory. Many pipe collectors that I know believe the same thing. However only this week I had that cleared up. A pipe collector freind in Seattle emailed a scan of a page from a trade magazine called "The Jeweler's Circular", dated August 23, 1899. A reader wrote in the following question, "Please inform as who manufactures briar pipes with the trademark, CPF?" The answer was, "These letters stand for Colossus Pipe Factory, the business being conducted by Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy, 129 Grand Street, New York." | ||
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--- Don Gifford 16:50, 18 August 2009 (UTC) | --- Don Gifford 16:50, 18 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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File:CPF FrenchBriar07.jpg|CPF French Brian Detail | File:CPF FrenchBriar07.jpg|CPF French Brian Detail | ||
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<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="C.P.F. made Cornell University Class Pipes for 1905 and 1907. See '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for more photos and information. Courtesy Brian Robertson courtesy Brian Robertson"> | <gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="C.P.F. made Cornell University Class Pipes for 1905 and 1907. See '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for more photos and information. Courtesy Brian Robertson courtesy Brian Robertson"> | ||
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File:CPC-Cornell1907-3.jpg | File:CPC-Cornell1907-3.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
---Don - Could I please direct your attention to a book titled: Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern | ---Don - Could I please direct your attention to a book titled: Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern | ||