Hi and welcome to our Show and Tell. We are showing off some of our fun items that we collected throughout the years. If you see something of interest and are in the USA please contact us. Then we can possibly list and reserve the item you’re interested in at our Etsy store for purchase. For pickup only items we can list and reserve the item at our Ebay store. We are not selling items through this website, it is for Show and Tell purposes only. Thank You!
Copper Kronheimer and Oldenbusch Calendar, signed on back. K & O. Seen a few of these but this one has that Americana look with the American flag.
Metal looks two toned like someone polished the top section and left the bottom alone. Looks copper and nonmagnetic. 4 1/4″ wide, 4 3/4″ tall to top of flag pole and 1 5/8″ deep. Nice weight for size at 7 oz.
Calendar measures 7 1/4″ tall, 3 3/4″ wide, weighs close to 1/2 pound. Month knob turns with its tight spots, and calendar slides back and forth and works but may tighten up on you after playing with it for awhile so I just tap it and that frees it up, got to remember this 100 years old give or take.
Has small window top center under flag with months, adjustable turn dial is center bottom under paper calendar, calendar has old plastic cover still intact with tears, has little brass button to slide calendar left and right. Only have two options shown in last 2 pictures.
Guessing early 1900’s. Around 100 years old and still looking good! Please check pictures for description and condition.
From the available records, the two principals, Joseph Kronheimer and Ernest Oldenbusch created a business together in 1899 and calling it, unsurprisingly, Kronheimer, Oldenbusch and Company. Each of the founders had been involved in the metal goods industry for some years, Kronheimer in his own business with his younger brother Louis and Oldenbusch as a long standing employee of the well-known New Jersey-based company, WilliamSchimper, a manufacturer of fancy brass goods and components. On 28 February 1900 the company was formally incorporated and the name changed (slightly) to The Kronheimer & Oldenbusch Company with the main business purpose being the manufacture of novelties, hollow ware and fancy metal goods.
