WW1 US Saddlery Contractors
These marks are commonly found on WW1 US horse equipment and related items. On leather items, there will also typically be a three-character stamp under this mark indicating the government inspectors initials, and many times date of manufacture year stamping (1917 or 1918).
| Contractor Name | Contractor Location | Images of Marks | Exact Marking Characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. G. Spalding & Bros | Chicopee, Massachusetts |   | ‘A.G.S.&BROS’ [metal stirrups] ‘SPALDING’ [wood stirrups] |
| August Buermann Manufacturing Co. | Newark , New Jersey |  | ‘A.B.’ |
| Barcale Manufacturing Co. | Buffalo, New York |  | ‘B.M. Co’ [metal stirrups] |
| Bridgeport Tool Company | Bridgeport, Connecticut |  | ‘B.T.C.’ [metal stirrups, bits] |
| Clinton Saddlery Co. | Clinton, Iowa |  | ‘CLINTON’ |
| Dodson-Fisher-Brockman | Minneapolis, Minnesota |  | ‘D.F.B.CO.’ |
| Duncan & Sons | Seattle, Washington | ‘DUNCAN’ | |
| Edward R. Ladew Co | Glen Cove, New York |  | ‘LADEW’ |
| F. S. Johnson Co. | San Francisco, California | ||
| The George Lawrence Co. | Portland, Oregon |  | ‘LAWRENCE’ |
| Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co. | Worchester, MA |  | ‘G.& K.’ |
| Harbison & Gathright | Louisville, Kentucky |  | ‘HARBISON & GATHRIGHT LOUISVILLE, KY’ |
| Harpham Bros. Co. | Lincoln, Nebraska |  | ‘H.BROS.&CO.’ |
| Hermann-Sanford Saddlery Co. | Springfield, Missouri |  | ‘H.-S.S.CO.’ |
| Hess & Hopkins Leather Co. | Rockford, Illinois | ||
| Henry Hotze & Sons | St. Louis, Missouri |  | ‘HOTZE & SONS’ |
| John Clark Saddlery Co. | Portland, Oregon |  | ‘J.C.S.CO.’ |
| Kansas City Saddlery Co. | Kansas City, Missouri |  | (two styles, early company 3-diamond format, and later text block) |
| Keyston Bros. Saddlery Co. | San Francisco, California |  | ‘K.B.’ |
| L. Frank Saddlery Co. | San Antonio, Texas | ||
| Lichtenberger-Ferguson Co. | Los Angeles, California |  | ‘L-F CO.’ |
| R.H. Long | Framingham, Massachusetts |  | ‘LONG’ |
| McKinnon Dash Co. | Buffalo, New York |  | ‘M.D.Co.’ [metal stirrups] |
| Marshall-Wells Hardware Co. | Duluth, Minnesota |  | ‘M.W.H.CO.’ |
| Montgomery Ward & Co | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Perkins-Campbell Co. | Cincinnati, Ohio |  | ‘PERKINS CAMPBELL’ |
| Peters Harness & Saddlery Co. | Newark, New Jersey |  | ‘G.A.P’ |
| Rice Sorin Saddlery Co | Muskegon, Michigan |  | ‘R-S’ |
| Rock Island Arsenal | Rock Island Arsenal, (Iowa/Illinois) |  | ‘ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL’ |
| S.C. Gallup | Pueblo, Colorado | ||
| S.D. Myers | Sweetwater, Texas | ‘S.D. Myers, Sweetwater Tex.’ | |
| Scheffer & Rossum Co. | St. Paul, Minnesota |  | ‘S.&R.’ |
| Sears Saddlery Co. | Davenport, Iowa |   | ‘SEARS’ |
| Smith-Worthington | Hartford, Connecticut |  | ‘SMITH-WORTHINGTON CO MAKERS [date ] NEWYORK – HARTFORD’ |
| Straus Saddlery Co. | St. Louis, Missouri |  | ‘STRAUS SAD. CO.’ |
| Wallace & Smith Co. | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |    | ‘W.&S.’ |
| Walter Boyt Saddlery Co., | Des Moines, Iowa |  | ‘BOYT’ |
| William H. McMonies & Co. | Portland, Oregon |  | ‘W.H.McM.CO.’ |
| Whitehouse Le Compte | Newark , New Jersey |  | ‘W.L’ |
| Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Co. | St. Joseph, Missouri | ||
| Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co. | Stamford, Connecticut | ‘Y&T’ |
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