Before there was a J.M. Bucheimer . . .

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. . . the gunleather maker, there was his father, George H. Buchheimer (yes, with the two Hs)(also on his tombstone) the gunleather maker:

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Turnerriver and I knew about him, and already reckoned it was his company that was renamed to J.M. Bucheimer with a claimed founding date of 1884. I reckon son John Maurice Bucheimer (spelling now changed) did this after George died in 1937 (originally I had an incorrect year here).

This pushed us to realize that Bucheimers were made in Baltimore, in a Baltimore suburb called Towson; hence the Bucheimer markings with Towson in the logo.

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Then the company set up another operation in Frederick and kept both factories running; hence the markings with Towson Quality.

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Then in the mid-1950s closed down the Towson operation.

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Grandson George Richard Bucheimer went to military school in Towson and graduated 1945 -- and lived until 2017!
 
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Well done, Red. Another German craftsman who founded a long lasting company. That early snap is something. Thanks for pulling all that information together and posting it.
Regards,
turnerriver

As for the Germany, that's another generation back. George H. Buchheimer's father Johannes Winter Buchheimer, a grocer, was born in Germany 1817, making him the earliest date I have in my Chronology (prior it was Lorene Threepersons' grandfather born the very next year).

G.H. Buchheimer was born in Baltimore and so were all his children (J.M. Bucheimer himself) and grandchildren (G. Richard Bucheimer) who carried on the line. So there really was a Bucheimer gunleather company since 1884; it's just that it was called G.H. Buchheimer then.
 
And of course there was Bucheimer-Clark, and also Lewis, but that is
a whole different kettle of fish. There is a ton of information in the
SEARCH function for Bucheimer-Clark. Some of it is even "kinda right".

By the way the "kinda right" phrase was coined by Red, usually when
commenting about one of my posts. Reminds me of a used car dealer
here in Boise. "Fairly Reliable Bobs".
 
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