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"Hamilton Buys Illinois Watch Co." Announcement "Click" to Login or Register 
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Hamilton letter announcing the buy-out of the Illinois Watch Co. effective Jan. 1, 1928. I find these official letters very interesting.

Courtesy of Don

Robert

Hamilton-Illinois
 
Posts: 553 | Location: Southwest Virginia U.S.A. | Registered: December 27, 2004
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Hamilton-Illinois announcement Con't....

Ham-Illinois
 
Posts: 553 | Location: Southwest Virginia U.S.A. | Registered: December 27, 2004
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Thanks Robert (and Don) for posting this. I love this kind of stuff!

Ron
 
Posts: 388 | Location: Wheaton, Illinois U.S.A. | Registered: December 20, 2004
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I'm with you Ron, this stuff is great.

Thanks Robert and Don for all you guys do.

Lindell

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Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
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Great material posted here!

Makes one wonder how the output of the Hamilton (and Illinois) factories might have differed if the depression hadn't hit ...

Fred
 
Posts: 2020 | Registered: December 31, 2002
Picture of Robert M. Sweet
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Thanks, Don deserves all the credit, I really enjoy posting any information that is educational to our membership.

As mentioned above, within a few months after this buy-out our country slipped into "The Great Depression", which took a gigantic toll on all businesses.

Sure would have been nice if the 161A and 163A could have survived until the end like the 992B and 950B!

Robert
 
Posts: 553 | Location: Southwest Virginia U.S.A. | Registered: December 27, 2004
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