It's always nice to find a face to put with the name, as in this photo of the addressee, George Urban, Jr.:
Of interest to this thread is that he was a prominent Buffalo businessman (flour trade) and a promoter of the 1901 Pan American Exposition.
A more detailed biography on George Urban, Jr. and his flour business is available at this link:
http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_...n_flour.htmlIt makes me tired to even think of all of his other business pursuits:
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George Urban, Jr. was:
1. First vice-president of the Buffalo General Electric Company
2. First vice-president of The Cataract Power and Conduit Company
3. President of The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Light and Power Company
4. President of The Buffalo Loan, Trust, and Safe Deposit Company
5. Director of the Market Bank
6. Director of the Bank of Buffalo
7. Director of the Buffalo German Insurance Company
8. Director of the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company
9. Director of the Buffalo Elevating Company
10. Director of the Ellicott Square Company
11. One of the organizers of The Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company (and served as its president until the business was absorbed by the Buffalo General Electric Company)
12. Organizer and Director of The Bellevue Land and Improvement Company
Posted 04/27/2014 9:34 pm
