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Newark

31 makers. The earliest year printed is 1851, the latest 1947.

Every maker here has Newark in a printed line, or sits under a Newark heading or title in a directory.

1800s

  • listed 1851 Bedford, Simeon
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1851-52
  • listed 1851 Pierson, Nathan
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1851-52
  • listed 1855 Bedford, Crane
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1855-56
  • listed 1855 Kilburn, Isaac
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1855-56
  • listed 1857 Crane, Saml
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1857-58
  • listed 1857 Lewis, David
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1857-58
  • listed 1857 Linnhoff, Henry
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1857-58
  • listed 1863 Kilburn, Isaac B
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1863-4
  • listed 1883 Walker, Chauncey
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1883-84
  • 1894 Conway, Geo.
    m.r. — Newark, Ohio. American maker and repairer of French, Scotch, and Irish descent. Connected with trade since 1894. In addition to new instruments specializes in revoicing and adjusting violins.

1900s

  • listed 1915 Sutterfield, John
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1915
  • listed 1916 Eichelsbeefen, John
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1916
  • listed 1916 Katzier, Charles S
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1916
  • listed 1916 Maulbetsch & Whittemore Co.
    case mfgs. — Newark, N.J.
  • listed 1917 Suter, Franz
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1917
  • listed 1920 Bulvin, Alexander
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1920
  • listed 1922 Besofsky, Paul
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1922 Kirchner, Fred
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1922 Kirchner, Frederick
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1922 Suter, Frank
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1922 Suter, Frank J
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1922 Ubhaus, Charles
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1922
  • listed 1924 Conway, George S.
    m.r. 30 South 3rd St., Newark, Ohio. American; Ohio, 1872. French and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Connected with the violin trade since 1894. Specializes in re-voicing and adjusting violins.
  • listed 1925 Eichschneider, John
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1925
  • listed 1937 Dravecki, John
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1937
  • listed 1937 Ottomano, Alfredo
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1937
  • listed 1937 Wuesthoff, Oscar
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1937
  • listed 1947 Oscar, Eleanor
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1947
  • listed 1947 Otto's, Tavern
    From the directory's title Newark City Directory 1947

No year printed

  • no year Conkerton, E. R.
    CONKERTON, E. R., Newark: contemporary. Has made some excellent violins and violas.
  • no year Schill, Otto-K.
    SCHILL (Otto-K.) — Newark (New-Jersey). Contemporary maker.

The books that name them

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.