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Sheppard Knapp & Co – Carpet & Upholstery Retailer – Midtown, NYC

9 East 40th Street between Fifth & Madison Avenues © Frank H. Jump

9 East 40th Street between Fifth & Madison Avenues © Frank H. Jump

© NY Times

© NY Times

© NY Times

Other Sheppard Knapp & Co information at Walter Grutchfield’s 14 to 42 dot net

© NY Times (by way of Walter Grutchfield)

© NY Times (by way of Walter Grutchfield)

5 Comments

  1. richard koek says:

    nice…like the project

    1. fadingad says:

      dank je wel koekje!

  2. Erik says:

    Wow, I absolutely love this. Good job on finding and researching Sheppard Knapp’s story. Its amazing to think how many clues to great stories like this are fading away on NYC’s bricks…

  3. Chris says:

    Hello, very interesting. An ancestor of mine from England worked for this company, and died strangely of gas asphyxiation 1894 in NYC

    1. fadingad says:

      Wow. That is very interesting. Thank you for stopping by and sharing some of your family history.