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companyID787
NameANDREWS, VON FISCHERZ & GEORGE, LTD.
companyName_zh美蘴洋行
companyName_pinMeifeng yanghang
dateStart1914
NationalityAMERICAN
nationalityOtherJAPANESE
Buisness SectorC5
Founding1894
countryOriginalUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
locationMainShanghai. 12 Kiukiang Road (1902-1909); 1 Foochow Road (1911-1920); 95 Szechuen Road (1921); 9B, 62 Kiangse Road (1922-1923).
locationOtherJapan
serviceTypeProductivity, office materials
Description

Distributor of "Oliver" Typewriters. Sole Agents for China.

The 1914 NCDN advertisement stated: "About Half-a-million OLIVER TYPEWRITERS have been sold. Last year, H.M. Government bought as many as 756. And among private users Sir Oliver Lodge, D. Sc., President of the British Association has recently selected the Oliver, after due consideration, as the one which, as he says, best suits my purposes. Striking eveidence in favour of the POWERFUL and POPULAR OLIVER. "

Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (527-528)

美丰洋行 Andrews &. George, Andrews , von Fischerz & George , Ltd. , Andtews & George , Inc. , Andtews & George ( China ) , Andrews & George , Ltd.

日本美商贸易行. 1894 年原美国驻中国汉口及宜昌领事安德 (Henry W. Andrews) 与铃乔治 (E. F. George) 合伙开办,西名 "Andrews & George" ,本店横滨,东京设分号. 1906 年前来华开业,设分号于上海.经营JE头、杂货迸出口贸易,兼厂商代表及佣金代理业务. 1913 年前沪行经理骨冯菲舍尔茨 (B. von Fischerz) 入伙,遂更西名为" Andrews , von Fischerz & George, Ltd. " .第一次世界大战爆发后冯氏退出,启用 "Andrews & George , Inc." 新西名.嗣沪行改组为子公司,更西名为 "Andrews & George (China)",臼兰克(Alfred Black) 任总经理。1920年代初尚见于记载.祝尧勋、黄毅安尝充是行买办或华经理.

serviceNameTypewriter
culturalGroupForeign, western
MediumNorth China Daily News, newspaper, press
KeywordProductivity, office, typewriter, evidence, figure, royal, patronage, president, authority, certificate, testimonial, popular, powerful, superlative, rational
PartnerOLIVER TYPEWRITER COMPANY
CompetitorNELLEMAN, L. (Royal); REMINGTON TYPEWRITER AND BOOK-KEEPING MACHINE AGENCY (Remington); WIESINGER & CO., LD., OTTO, G.M.B. (Stoewer)
PeopleANDREWS, Henry W.; GEORGE, E.F.; FISCHERZ, B. von; BLACK, Alfred;
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