Description: This AMERICAN FAMILY SCALE was patented in 1898. The size is 10 inches x 6 inches x 7 inches. The scale has been "personalized" with a metal notation on its face reading "HOUSE FURNISHING DEPT., HEYN's BAZAAR Detroit". Apparently sold by Heyn's about 1930 +/-. See photo. The business that would eventually become AMERICAN FAMILY SCALE in 1928 was first organized in Chicago just after the Civil War ended in 1865 by German immigrants Meyer Hirsch and Moses Rubel. It would take another several decades for 'American Cutlery' to start manufacturing spring scales, but they did so with some gusto from the get-go, translating the refined aesthetic of their hand-forged steel knives for the purposes of weights and measures. The woman's clothing business known as Heyn's Bazaar was established in Detroit in 1873. In 1909 Heyn's Bazaar was located in the Freud Building on the block north of Campus Martius, and just 10 years later, Heyn's moved a block north to this brand new building, replacing the R. H. Fyfe & Co.'s Up Town Shoe Store (1886), a five story building, and changing its name to Heyn's Department Store. - See Photos.
Price: 99.95 USD
Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-12-06T20:29:36.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Patent Year: 1898
Company Founding Year: 1928
Sold by: HEYN's BAZAAR of Detroit, Michigan
Maker: American Family Scale
