Jwiss and sons tools

Where did your Wiss Store ad come from? My side of the family was the manufacturing side, so I have less interest in the store. My newest site is jwissandsons. That ad just arrived today, and I just put a PDF of it up.

If you want a higher quality image of the ad I can provide one. Very pleased to meet you. Went to your site and it is voluminously entertaining. Funny how similar interests and the Internet can make people cross paths. How did you stumble upon my blog? Do keep in touch and glad to have converged! I follow what is being sold under Wiss at eBay. I buy some scissors. Cummings by The Newark Public Library, Page 31 has an article on the Wiss Company.

The publisher's page. Page at Amazon. Book in WorldCat Libraries. Early tools of New Jersey and the men who made them , by Alexander Farnham has a few pages on the Wiss company in the Cutlers chapter. A few inaccuracies. The book is in many WorldCat Libraries and at Amazon. The Wiss Store always had a full line of cutlery, and added over the years: silver, optical, jewelry and a gift shop. In , when the factory moved, the retail stayed downtown. In the store was one of the first tenants in the office building.

The Factory was opened on Littleton Avenue in There are pictures from the beginning through its being torn down in This was Newark's first skyscraper north of the Morris Canal.

The building was sold in There are pictures of the building through the years and pictures of it being torn down in After the purchase, the factory remained in Newark for a few years, then was moved south, and finally manufacturing was done overseas. According to a message from Don Wiss April 22, , Cooper bought the product line and the Wiss name to add to the other names they use in their Hand Tool Group e. Immediate Source of Acquisition.

Collection donated by J. Processing Information. Preferred Citation. Conditions Governing Access. Conditions Governing Use. J Wiss and Sons Manufacturer. Company Info Manufacturer: J. The company, headed by Wiss and his descendants in Newark, N. Government in the Civil War and the two World Wars. In , Wiss acquired the manufacturing facilities of a competitor and became the largest producer of fine scissors and shears in the world.

Following World War I, Wiss weathered a severe depression in scissors markets, partly caused by dumping of European products. Increased U. Cooper Industries purchased the company in After the purchase, the factory remained in Newark for a few years, then was moved south, and finally manufacturing was done overseas. According to a message from Don Wiss April 22, , Cooper bought the product line and the Wiss name to add to the other names they use in their Hand Tool Group e.