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Postcard sent by Paul Werner, 94 Jefferson St.(old number), Hoboken, N.J. to Stuttgart, Germany, April 26, 1891.

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Postcard sent by Paul Werner, 94 Jefferson St.(old number), Hoboken, N.J. to Stuttgart, Germany, April 26, 1891. International postal card, 3" x 5-1/8" wide; 2 cents; postmarked Hoboken, April 27. Text is in German, untranslated. On the back along with Werner's script is a 1-3/8" x 2" wide oval purple inkstamp: Paul Werner's Theater Beih Bibivthek [sic] Hoboken, N.J. 94 Jefferson St. --- Nothing has come to light concerning this person (but see notes for 1903 obituaries about a Paul Werner of Hoboken who may or may not be this person) or this business or activity. He is not listed in 1893-94 Boyd's Directory.

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Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

1891 - 1891

Date(s) Created: 1891 Date(s): 1891

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Notes: Obituary notices about a Paul Werner of Hoboken - it is unknown if this is the same Paul Werner as on the card. American Electrician, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 1903, page 386 Mr. Paul Werner, a well-known inventor, died at his home in Hoboken, N.J. on June 14 from brain fever, which was said to have resulted from over work on a speical type of electric motor which he had been trying to perfect. ==== The Electrical World and Engineer, Vol. 41, No. 25, June 20, 1903, page 1081: Mr. Paul Werner, an inventor, died at this home, Hoboken, on Sunday last. He devised the noiseless cable wheel which was used when the North Hudson County Railway operated its elevated road between Hoboken and Jersey City Heights, by cable. He also patented a number of machines used in the making of lead pencils. His death was caused by brain fever, said to be due to overwork on an electric motor which he had been trying ot perfect for more than a year. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-06-21

message side with inkstamp
detail back: oval inkstamp address side