Wilhelm J.D. Keuffel Images

Portrait of Wilhelm J.D. Keuffel. Source: “Partners in Creating. The First Century of K+E 1867/1967,” p. 3.

Portrait of Hermann Esser. Source: “Partners in Creating. The First Century of K+E 1867/1967,” p. 3.

Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Keuffel & Esser building, 127 Fulton Street, New York City. In 1878,…

Photograph of the Keuffel & Esser workshop. Source: “Partners in Creating. The First Century of K+E 1867/1967,” p.8.

In the early twentieth century, K&E began selling materials for making blueprints, just in time for the boom in skyscraper…

In 1905, K&E’s Hoboken factory was seriously damaged in a fire. Keuffel rebuilt and modernized the factory, which reopened in…

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, a German church established in Hoboken in 1858, was an important German institution. Hermann and Bertha Esser were married there on September 30, 1869.

Founded in 1857, the Hoboken Deutscher Club was one of the city’s premier social organizations. Its members included Dr. Hans…