Hoboken Historical Museum

This organization has contributed to the following objects in the Encyclopedia.

On Tuesday, July 19, 1892, Keuffel & Esser Co. celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with a company picnic at Berg’s Oriental…

Advertisement for Keuffel & Esser Co. in the program of the Hoboken Academy Fair

The Hoboken Academy was a private German school founded by Saxon immigrant Adolf Douai in 1860. Keuffel served as president…

Cover page of the catalog of Keuffel & Esser Co., New York, 35th edition

Keuffel & Esser published their first catalog, a twenty-four-page booklet, in 1868. Five years later, their catalog was 123 pages…

Deutscher Club (German Club) at the northwest corner of 6th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, NJ, ca. 1860s

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

Esser, Hermann Portrait

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

In Memoriam. William J.D. Keuffel

Page from the album In Memoriam. William J.D. Keuffel, 1908, published by the Akademischer Verein von Hoboken [Academic Association of…

Instructions for Both’s Patent Section Liner & Scale Divider, no. 1159, issued by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York and Chicago

Instructions for Both’s Patent Section Liner & Scale Divider, no. 1159, issued by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York and…

Instruments for Forest Work, Keuffel & Esser Co., Manufacturers, New York

Catalog: Instruments for Forest Work, Keuffel & Esser Co., Manufacturers, New York. 2nd Edition, 1905, pp. 10-11.

K&E Field Engineer’s Book 361

“Tables for Excavations and Embankments,” from the K&E Field Engineer’s Book 361. Made by Keuffel & Esser Co., NY. Used…

Keuffel & Esser building, 127 Fulton Street, New York City

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

Keuffel & Esser Co. announcement of Montreal branch house opening

After opening stores in Chicago (1891), St. Louis (1894), and San Francisco (1901), Keuffel and Esser expanded into Canada, where they opened a store in Montreal in 1908. Source: # 2010.025.0001, Hoboken Historical Museum.

Keuffel & Esser Co. general office and factories, Hoboken, NJ, ca. 1915-20

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

Keuffel & Esser workshop

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

Keuffel and Esser’s “‘Duplex’ Slide Rule” Advertisement

This advertisement for a Cox model duplex slide rule explained the new features of the rule, described how it worked, and noted how it differed from the Mannheim style rule.

Keuffel, Wilhelm J.D. Portrait

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

Manual accompanying the Mannheim slide rule

The slide rule was invented by English mathematician William Oughtred (1575-1660) in the mid seventeenth century on the basis of…

Manufacture of blueprint paper at Keuffel & Esser Co.

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

St. Matthew’s German Lutheran Church, 8th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, NJ, ca. 1877

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.

Student’s Alphabets. A Selection of Useful Alphabets, No. 3571

Student’s Alphabets. A Selection of Useful Alphabets, No. 3571. Published by Keuffel & Esser Co., 1907. Leaf 1. Drafting supplies,…