Wertz and Singer Co.

[Ed Allspaugh]

Can anyone tell me what the Wertz and Singer Co. made? I picked one of these #2 skillets up a couple days ago, and did some searching but came up with nothing. It's pictured on page 234 3rd edition blue book.  Thanks...  Ed

[Steve_Stephens]

See nothing, hear nothing, know nothing.
Steve

[Ed Allspaugh]

Well, thank's for nothing.  LOL!

[Steve_Stephens]

Well, I ain't gunna give you something by making it up.  The wording is kind of funny on these skillets; "YOU CAN GET IT OF WERTZ AND SINGER CO.  MIDDLETOWN, O."
I would think you could get it "from" instead of "of" but I think they both mean the same.  Perhaps someone in Middletown (historical society) can give you some info.   Do you think they were a department store?  Strange that no other similiar type of Wagner skillets seem to exist as well as more Griswold advertising skillet such as the No.2 Rau Bros.
There; something, if not much.
Steve

And, if you get desparate make a phone call-
Steven F Wertz - (513) 423-7078 - 145 Euclid St, Middletown, OH 45044

[Paul Beer]

LOL

[moosejaw]

Steve,

In my previous life, I use to speak German semi-fluently, and "von" can be translated as from or of, depending on the use.  Since the company was named Wertz, which is a German name, I wonder if the translation of "von" caused a bit of a problem here.  

[Ed Allspaugh]

Thanks Steve,wrote the Middletown historical society, no reply . Been through the Middletown web pages, all kinds of Wertz , but know Singer and Wertz Co...  Are you thinking Steven Wertz could be a relative?   Ed

[Greg Stahl]

Try Sharon Roberts (WAGS secretary), she may know.

[Steve_Stephens]

 Are you thinking Steven Wertz could be a relative?   Ed

That's a possibility but, living in Middletown with the same name, he just might know the company.  I'd say the skillet is from the c.1920 period.  Pre-catalog number which came out around 1924 or so.
Steve

[Clark Rader]

Ed, good find, I think That I seen a old barn painted with that name on it at Smiths Farm, and I think thay made Organs.
clark

[Jeff Deem]

I have info on the Wagner ware's Wertz and Singer co. Middletown Ohio skillet, hoping pictures attached but if not I'll just quote the article --"You can get it of Wertz & Singer co." Was the slogan of one of Middletown's largest hardware and tinsmith shops. In 1907 Alfred b. And William s. Wertz along with Julius E. Singer, purchased the Jacoby hardware business and located at 315 S. Main. They continued in business until at least the mid 1920's. In 1915 a large parade was held. The industrial and business concerns of the city had many decorated floats.  Wertz & Singer's float was made up of a display of the many hand tools that they sold"----  This description is the caption of a picture of the float I have. So I'm to believe these skillets were made and sold during the 1915 parade.

[Terry Wharton]

Hi Jeff, and welcome to WAGS. A while back I had the good fortune to happen upon one of the #2 Wertz & Singer pans and posted about it, over on the WAGS Discussion Board, on the "Dark Side", along with the library info and a photo of the float. For all the hours I'd pored over the Blue Book, that shot of it somehow hadn't registered at all. It turned up in that monster consignment mall on U.S. 40, just outside Springfield (I'm 30 mi. SE of Columbus).

[Sandy Glenn]

Hello Jeff and welcome to the Forum,  Thanks for your info about Wertz and Singer.

If your pics wouldn't attach it is probably because the file size is too large.  Feel free to email them to me and I will resize them and attach them to this thread.  Just click on the email button in the lower left hand corner of this post.