Herkert & Meisel Trunk Co., Inc

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The Herkert & Meisel Trunk Company was founded in 1888 in the city of St. Louis, Missouri to service the needs of a population that was starting to travel throughout the country by rail and internationally by steamship. The first factory was at 608 Washington Avenue. H&M experienced a tremendous growth spurt during the next 20 years growing from 13,750 square feet in 1888 to 150,000 square feet in 1907. The second factory was located at 6th and O'Fallon and a third factory was at 1113-17 North Street. Shortly thereafter the fourth and, to our knowledge, the last and largest factory was opened at 910 Washington Avenue. The company now occupied over 180,000 square feet of space and at it's height had over 800 employees engaged in the manufacture of steamer trunks, luggage and small leather goods. It advertised itself as:

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