Excerpt from Milford Stamp Company's history, which explains the name "Kenmore" and also the H.E. Harris & Co. connection:
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In 1937, a new home was built for Kenmore in the Buffalo suburb of Kenmore, New York and the business continued to prosper. But Ernest had been leading an ever more hectic life in the smelting industry and six years later made plans to retire in Florida.
He sold his entire stamp business in 1943 to Boston's famous international stamp dealer, Henry Ellis Harris, founder and president of H.E. Harris & Co., who was delighted to have the huge Kenmore stock. During the war years postage stamps could not be imported and a rapidly growing stamp famine was developing in America.
A new chapter began for Kenmore in 1947. After serving in the Eighth Air Force in England during World War II, Henry Ellis Harris, Jr. purchased the rights to the Kenmore name and the following year reestablished Kenmore Stamp Company in the Boston suburb of Arlington.
In 1951, Kenmore found a more favorable business and living environment in the State of New Hampshire, renting space in Milford's Town Hall. By 1965, Kenmore had spread over all 4 floors of the building plus the top floor of the telephone exchange around the corner.
Posted 09/18/2011 4:14 pm
