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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 72857, member: 44"]Baker, glad I'm not the only one who couldn't read it. The only letters I can make out are K or H, followed with possibly an A??, then LL or TT., and the rest can't see.There may be something before Bros. like "&." The only thing I could come up with was Keller Bros. They were a retailer, jewelry store, in Allentown, PA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Top of page:</p><p><a href="http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Ret/RetK1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Ret/RetK1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Ret/RetK1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Found the following article on them. It's a bio on a Samuel Keller who eventually partnered with his brother in an Allentown, PA, jewelry store after the Civil War. He originally was a tanner and a farmer. Page 787, right column, 1st full paragraph.</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sM8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA787&lpg=PA787&dq=Keller+bros.+jewelry&source=bl&ots=bLNXe29_Xm&sig=fbquo3nx7_9e6zvwFZw2zPGYxzM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBWoVChMI1eqXypaTxwIVR9QeCh0nNgxH#v=onepage&q=Keller%20bros.%20jewelry&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sM8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA787&lpg=PA787&dq=Keller+bros.+jewelry&source=bl&ots=bLNXe29_Xm&sig=fbquo3nx7_9e6zvwFZw2zPGYxzM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBWoVChMI1eqXypaTxwIVR9QeCh0nNgxH#v=onepage&q=Keller%20bros.%20jewelry&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=sM8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA787&lpg=PA787&dq=Keller+bros.+jewelry&source=bl&ots=bLNXe29_Xm&sig=fbquo3nx7_9e6zvwFZw2zPGYxzM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBWoVChMI1eqXypaTxwIVR9QeCh0nNgxH#v=onepage&q=Keller bros. jewelry&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 72857, member: 44"]Baker, glad I'm not the only one who couldn't read it. The only letters I can make out are K or H, followed with possibly an A??, then LL or TT., and the rest can't see.There may be something before Bros. like "&." The only thing I could come up with was Keller Bros. They were a retailer, jewelry store, in Allentown, PA. Top of page: [URL]http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Ret/RetK1.html[/URL] Found the following article on them. It's a bio on a Samuel Keller who eventually partnered with his brother in an Allentown, PA, jewelry store after the Civil War. He originally was a tanner and a farmer. Page 787, right column, 1st full paragraph. [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=sM8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA787&lpg=PA787&dq=Keller+bros.+jewelry&source=bl&ots=bLNXe29_Xm&sig=fbquo3nx7_9e6zvwFZw2zPGYxzM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBWoVChMI1eqXypaTxwIVR9QeCh0nNgxH#v=onepage&q=Keller%20bros.%20jewelry&f=false[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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