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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 38631, member: 44"]Did find reference to Eagle White Lead. According to the following, it seems it was a brand name first used by the E. & S. J. Conkling Company (manufacturer of pigments for commercial paints) in 1842. The name was used until 1916:</p><p><br /></p><p>"In 1916, the Picher Lead Company of Missouri merged with the Eagle White Lead to form Eagle-Picher Lead."</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the less then spectacular website Wikipi... It seems controversial to first refer to it as a brand name then word in as a company name. Anyways I suspect the year of 1916 for the latest date may be accurate.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-Picher#History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-Picher#History" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-Picher#History</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The following webpage on the history of the Eagle-Picher Industries in the section "Company Antecedents" says:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The earliest predecessor of Eagle-Picher was established as a partnership in Cincinnati in 1842. Two brothers, Edgar and Stephen Conkling, set up a small operation to produce white lead, a by-product of corrosion that was especially useful as a durable paint when mixed with linseed oil. In 1847, the Conkling brothers went into partnership with William Wood, ... Wood moved the company to a new location in 1858 and changed the name of the firm to the Eagle White Lead Works....</p><p><br /></p><p>"Late in 1913 a Picher drill rig became stuck in five feet of mud while being shipped during a thunderstorm. Picher suggested drilling in place before ordering the rig dismantled. To everyone's surprise, the chance drilling yielded an extremely rich lead-zinc ore concentrate that led to 20 more strikes by 1915 and the establishment of a huge zinc smelter at Henryetta, Oklahoma. The following year, Eagle and Picher formally merged into a single company...."</p><p><br /></p><p>This seems to insinuate that Eagle White Lead Works was the name change in 1858 and lasted until 1916 when Eagle and Picher merged.</p><p><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/eagle-picher-industries-inc-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/eagle-picher-industries-inc-history/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/eagle-picher-industries-inc-history/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Seems the F.M. Noble company of Chicago was making pins, etc... in the 1920s. I can's find info on when the company was founded.</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-F-M-Noble-Chicago-1929-Camp-Clerks-Medallion-medal-pendant-ornate-metal-/121507028204?nma=true&si=XWIorDG1HuWd797iI2KuwOVwTKk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-F-M-Noble-Chicago-1929-Camp-Clerks-Medallion-medal-pendant-ornate-metal-/121507028204?nma=true&si=XWIorDG1HuWd797iI2KuwOVwTKk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-F-M-Noble-Chicago-1929-Camp-Clerks-Medallion-medal-pendant-ornate-metal-/121507028204?nma=true&si=XWIorDG1HuWd797iI2KuwOVwTKk%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/de-molay-masonic-pin-lapel-pearl-10k-150353742" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/de-molay-masonic-pin-lapel-pearl-10k-150353742" rel="nofollow">http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/de-molay-masonic-pin-lapel-pearl-10k-150353742</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd Lord Kitchener watch fob. Note the first/top one doesn't mention FM Noble, but speculates early 1900s.</p><p><a href="http://www.marway-militaria.com/shop.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.marway-militaria.com/shop.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.marway-militaria.com/shop.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 38631, member: 44"]Did find reference to Eagle White Lead. According to the following, it seems it was a brand name first used by the E. & S. J. Conkling Company (manufacturer of pigments for commercial paints) in 1842. The name was used until 1916: "In 1916, the Picher Lead Company of Missouri merged with the Eagle White Lead to form Eagle-Picher Lead." This is from the less then spectacular website Wikipi... It seems controversial to first refer to it as a brand name then word in as a company name. Anyways I suspect the year of 1916 for the latest date may be accurate. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle-Picher#History[/url] The following webpage on the history of the Eagle-Picher Industries in the section "Company Antecedents" says: "The earliest predecessor of Eagle-Picher was established as a partnership in Cincinnati in 1842. Two brothers, Edgar and Stephen Conkling, set up a small operation to produce white lead, a by-product of corrosion that was especially useful as a durable paint when mixed with linseed oil. In 1847, the Conkling brothers went into partnership with William Wood, ... Wood moved the company to a new location in 1858 and changed the name of the firm to the Eagle White Lead Works.... "Late in 1913 a Picher drill rig became stuck in five feet of mud while being shipped during a thunderstorm. Picher suggested drilling in place before ordering the rig dismantled. To everyone's surprise, the chance drilling yielded an extremely rich lead-zinc ore concentrate that led to 20 more strikes by 1915 and the establishment of a huge zinc smelter at Henryetta, Oklahoma. The following year, Eagle and Picher formally merged into a single company...." This seems to insinuate that Eagle White Lead Works was the name change in 1858 and lasted until 1916 when Eagle and Picher merged. [url]http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/eagle-picher-industries-inc-history/[/url] Seems the F.M. Noble company of Chicago was making pins, etc... in the 1920s. I can's find info on when the company was founded. [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-F-M-Noble-Chicago-1929-Camp-Clerks-Medallion-medal-pendant-ornate-metal-/121507028204?nma=true&si=XWIorDG1HuWd797iI2KuwOVwTKk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557']http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-F-M-Noble-Chicago-1929-Camp-Clerks-Medallion-medal-pendant-ornate-metal-/121507028204?nma=true&si=XWIorDG1HuWd797iI2KuwOVwTKk%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/URL] [url]http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/de-molay-masonic-pin-lapel-pearl-10k-150353742[/url] The 2nd Lord Kitchener watch fob. Note the first/top one doesn't mention FM Noble, but speculates early 1900s. [url]http://www.marway-militaria.com/shop.php[/url] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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