Manz Corporation
The Manz Corporation was a Chicago color printer incorporated in 1866 as the J. Manz Engraving Company.[1]
History
It was incorporated in 1866 as the J. Manz Engraving Company by Jacob Manz,[1][2] who was the company president,[3] and was built in 1867 in Chicago to act as a wood engraving business.[4] The company moved to premises at 4001-43 Ravenswood av. in Chicago in 1908, just after it merged with The Hollister Press.[5] It had purchased the property from Mrs. Harriet L. Sulzer and others for USD16,000.[6] By 1922 it was known as the Manz Engraving Co. and employed 500–600 people. The company president was now Alfred Bersbach, who had joined the company in 1880.[5] On January 1, 1925, the company changed its name to the Manz Corporation.[7]
In 1947 the corporation purchased and moved to a one story factory from which to run the business.[8] In the same year, the corporation and its president at the time, Virgil Lynch, were charged with "performing paper cutting operations" at late hours of night that disturbed the peace of the entire neighborhood.[9] This, however, would not seem to change over the years, as, in 1962, the corporation was ranked as being "noisier than 97 per cent of all industry in Chicago" by the city zoning board.[10]
The corporation was purchased in April 1961 by Process Lithographers.[11][12] Due to this, the name of the corporation was changed to Process Manz Press Inc.[13] On November 21, 1962, the buildings and equipment of Process Manz Press Inc. were seized by New York financial institution A.J. Armstrong Inc., and on November 23, 1962, Process Manz Press Inc. was declared involuntarily bankrupt.[14]
Employees
- Virgil Regis Lynch, President.[15]
- Frank John Bersbach, Sr. (1888–1929) was the vice president and general manager.[16]
- Oscar Julius Bersbach (?-1927), secretary and assistant treasurer.[17]
- Joseph Christian Leyendecker, illustrator
- Sigurd Vogt, illustrator.[18]
- Eugene P. Pattberg, Eastern representative.[19]
- J. Lewis Coath, manager of the picture and calendar department.[20]
References
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- ↑ "CHICAGO HOME FOR 'BIG 3' OF PRINTINGTRADE" - Chicago Daily Tribune
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- ↑ "U. S. AND FRANCE CALLED NEAR NEW TRADE COMPACT" - Chicago Tribune
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- ↑ "ONE STORY FACTORY BUILDING PURCHASED BY PRINTING COMPANY" - Chicago Daily Tribune
- ↑ "CONTINUE CASE AGAINST PAPER CUTTING PLANT" - Chicago Daily Tribune
- ↑ "Printing Firm Ranked High As Noisy Company" - Chicago Daily Tribune
- ↑ "MACFADDEN SETS A 3-WAY MERGER; Maps Deal With Bartell and Process Lithographers COMPANIES PLAN SALES, MERGERS" - New York Times
- ↑ "Process Lithographers" - New York Times
- ↑ "IN RE PROCESS-MANZ PRESS, INC., (1964)" - Lois Law
- ↑ In re Process-Manz Press, Inc., 236 F. Supp. 333 (ND Ill. 1964), rev'd on other grounds, 369 F.2d 513 (7th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 386 US (1967)
- ↑ "Mrs. Irene Lynch Dies; Printing Executive's Wife" - Chicago Daily Tribune
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- ↑ "Artist Starts Second 50 Years" - Chicago Daily Tribune
- ↑ "Manz of Chicago Names Eastern Representative" - New York Times
- ↑ "ELECT COATH SCHOOLS CHIEF" - Chicago Daily Tribune
Further reading
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