Title: Koehring Company Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1928

Creator:

• Koehring Co.

Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 10

Quantity: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Koehring Company of Milwaukee manufactured pavers, shovels, cranes, draglines, concrete mixers, dumptors, mudjacks, bar cutters, and benders. The collection of photographs includes pictures of the equipment that they manufactured and action photos of their equipment in use.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-mhpc0010

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The Koehring Company was founded in Milwaukee in 1907 by Phillip Koehring, W.J. Koehring, and Richard Kiel. The first products built by the Koehring Company were concrete mixers. The company quickly diversified, and by 1928 they manufactured pavers, gas and electric powered shovels, cranes, and draglines. Koehring Company’s first location was on 16th Street, but by 1928 they had moved to large office and manufacturing facilities on N. 31st Street and Concordia Ave. The company would grow to have locations not only across the United States but also internationally, in countries such as Canada, Cuba, the Netherlands, and Japan. The company merged with AMCA Ventures, Inc. in 1981. In January of 1987 Koehring Cranes and Excavators, Inc. was purchased by Terex Corp.

The collection consists of 146 black and white photographs. The photos are mostly 7” x 9½” but smaller ones are included as well. Many of the photos show the different types of machinery being used in the field. Koehring provided machinery to companies and cities all over the United States, and the photos show the machinery being used mainly for paving by these various entities. Other photos appear to be images of machinery created for use in publications, such as catalogs and advertisements. These are images, many of which were likely retouched, that show the machinery on a plain white background.

The materials are arranged in the order that they are listed in the index that accompanied the collection.

A more detailed finding aid to the collection exists in the Catalog of Collections binder in the Humanities Department. The original index that accompanied the photographs is located in folder 133. Not all photographs listed in that index are included in the collection.

Koehring Company Photographs, 1919-1928, Collection 10. Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Photo Collections

• Historic Photo Collection. Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 6.

Publications and Other Items

Concrete : Its Manufacture and Use

This is Koehring

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view collections from the Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

No acquisition information is currently available. Materials were accessioned as a Historic Photo Collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Jackie Radtke, Photo Librarian, 1999. Additional processing by Brian Williams-Van Klooster, Photo Librarian, January 2006. Additional processing by Rose Fortier, Historic Photo Librarian, May 2010.

Box   1 Folder   1-2	Thos. E. Currie Co., Detroit, MI, 1919
Box   1 Folder   3	Photo C231, undated
Box   1 Folder   4	Photo C713, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	New Era Construction Company, undated
Box   1 Folder   6	Discharging four bag batch of 1-2-3½ mix from 10E paver into Sampson trucks equipped with Lee Tilting body, Hugg Lumber and Construction Company, undated
Box   1 Folder   7-10	Dean Construction Company, concreting in cold weather, Milwaukee, December, 1920
Box   1 Folder   11	F. W. Long & Company, contractor, 1921
Box   1 Folder   12	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   13	10E paver with full-length multiplane, taken in shop, 1921
Box   1 Folder   14	10E with chute, undated
Box   1 Folder   15-16	American Sugar Refining Co., Jargon – Provincia Camaguey, Arellano & Medoza, Havana, Cuba, February 26, 1921
Box   1 Folder   17	10E full length multiplane making turn in its own length, 1921
Box   1 Folder   18-19	Portland Construction Co., 1922
Box   1 Folder   20	National Construction Co., Hartford, CT, at work on Boston Post Road; the traction was not working and they would not stop to have same repaired; mixer is moved by attaching cable shown at rear to passing trolley car when necessary (2 photos), 1922
Box   1 Folder   21-27	American Paving & Contracting Co., Baltimore, MD, October, 1922
Box   1 Folder   28-29	10E pouring foundation – Pumping Station Milwaukee, April, 1923
Box   1 Folder   30-31	10E owned by Archie McFarlane at Dreamlane Park, Coney Island, NY, undated
Box   1 Folder   32-35	Gas driven and #16 type 1917 which was purchased by City of St. Paul in May 1914, St. Paul, MN, 1923
Box   1 Folder   36-37	10E owned by Plummer Construction Co., Elkhart, IN, August, 1927
Box   1 Folder   38-39	1924 Model 13E Paver, April, 1924
Box   1 Folder   40-45	13E owned by J. R. Cullinane, Madison, WI, May, 1924
Box   1 Folder   46	1924 Model 31E Paver, retouched, May, 1924
Box   1 Folder   47	1924 Model 31E Paver mounted on trucks, June, 1924
Box   1 Folder   48	1924 Model 31E Paver with full length multiplanes, June, 1924
Box   1 Folder   49	Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co., St. Louis, MO, working in Hadleigh Park, September, 1924
Box   1 Folder   50	13E Paver, retouched, November 14, 1924
Box   1 Folder   51	13E, undated
Box   1 Folder   52	13E, 1925 model, undated
Box   1 Folder   53	13E owned by E. R. Harding, working on sewer job, Port Washington Road, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   54	13E operating side, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   55	13E charging skip end, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   56	13E lever group, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   57	13E complete with multiplanes operating side, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   58	End view showing skip raised and three point suspension, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   59	13E cooling tank side, November, 1925
Box   1 Folder   60-62	Owned by Nippon Oil Company, Japan, May, 1926
Box   1 Folder   63	Froemming Bros., 1 yd. truck pulling out of skip after dumping; leveling concrete road; finished road (3 photos), August, 1920
Box   1 Folder   64	DuBois & Co., Sumner County, KS, Federal Aid Project #35, October 15, 1920
Box   1 Folder   65	Photo 22531, undated
Box   1 Folder   66	Photo 0901, undated
Box   1 Folder   67	Photo 0902, undated
Box   1 Folder   68	Photo 0900, undated
Box   1 Folder   69	Photo 0898, undated
Box   1 Folder   70	Hot Mixer, T. M. E. R.& L. Co. (The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company), 1920
Box   1 Folder   71	Fisher & Carozza Bros. Co., Baltimore, MD, this operation under direction of Clarence Gale, formerly of Delaware Highway Dept., average speed of 300-325 cu. ft., 18’ road per day, contract #25, Delaware; at Farmhurst using 4 bags 1-2-4 plus 10% by volume of lime, aggregates brought up in metal batch boxes on motor trucks, undated
Box   1 Folder   71	Fisher & Carozza, aggregates brought to mixer on 5 ton trucks, 5 batches per hour cement and lime added at charging skip, undated
Box   1 Folder   72	Thomas Bennett & Hunter, description of aggregates on the sub-grade, undated
Box   1 Folder   73	T. M. E. R.& L. Co. (The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company), hot mixer, undated
Box   1 Folder   74	Seattle, WA, 1 course sidewalk construction (3 photos), undated
Box   1 Folder   75	Photo 29765, undated
Box   1 Folder   76-77	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   78	Geo. A. Metzgar’s 14E, Shinglehouse, PA, undated
Box   1 Folder   78	Wilke’s 14E, Connellsville, PA, on 12 percent grade, undated
Box   1 Folder   79	Discharge concrete from 14E paver, Marion County Construction Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1921
Box   1 Folder   80	14E pavers taken with rubber tires taken in shop just before shipment to Borough Asphalt Paving Co., New York City, 1921
Box   1 Folder   81-82	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   83	Thompson-Glickman, Roebling, NY, 1921
Box   1 Folder   84	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   85-86	Thompson-Glickman, Roebling, NY, 1921
Box   1 Folder   87	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   88-89	John Weiher & Sons, hot mixer working on 29th Street and Concordia Ave., undated
Box   1 Folder   90	Dean Constr. Co., Milwaukee, job on Oakland Ave., 1921
Box   1 Folder   91	Rubber tire machine, Consolidated Asphalt Paving Co., New York City, 1921
Box   1 Folder   92	Borough Asphalt Paving Co., job on Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, two 14E with rubber tires, road 70’ wide 6” concrete – 8 hours – 28 men, 1921
Box   1 Folder   93-94	Universal Construction Co., Lakewood industrial cars, Plymouth Loco., Walworth County, IL, 1921
Box   1 Folder   95	[unidentified] (3 photos), undated
Box   1 Folder   96-97	14E paver with loader North High Street job, Columbus, OH, 1921
Box   1 Folder   98	Scajaquada Creek, Buffalo, NY, 1921
Box   1 Folder   99	[unidentified], undated
Box   1 Folder   100	Front view of machine, retouched photographs, Breitwish 22530, undated
Box   1 Folder   101	Thomas Bennett & Hunter, Westminster, MD, 1921
Box   1 Folder   102-105	New York, 1921
Box   1 Folder   106	Fulton County’s Paver at work on Spring St., Atlanta, GA, 1921
Box   1 Folder   107	City of Atlanta’s Paver at work on Mimball St., Atlanta, GA, 1921
Box   1 Folder   108	Pettibone & Graves, Lakeside, OH, 1921
Box   1 Folder   109-110	Photographer C. H. Thomas, 1922
Box   1 Folder   111	Photo 23736, undated
Box   1 Folder   112	Connell and Braught, Williamston, KY, 1921
Box   1 Folder   113	At Royal Oak Michigan, Handyside Constr. Co., Detroit, MI, 1922
Box   1 Folder   114	14E hot mixer purchased by City of Wilmington, DE, not later than 1913; it has been used continuously on both hot stuff and concrete and has given excellent service; recently a new drum was installed; a short time ago while working on same street as a new 21E Smith, it laid 825 sq. yds. of concrete in 30 mins, less time than the Smith required to lay 875 square yards concrete base, June, 1922
Box   1 Folder   115-116	C. Vanderbilt Contr. Co., W. Brighton, S.I.N.Y. (4 photos), 1922
Box   1 Folder   117	14E hot mixer the property of City of Wilmington, DE, a healthy antique that is still doing satisfactory work (2 photos), 1922
Box   1 Folder   118	Reisinger and Co., job at 48th and National Ave., Milwaukee, vibrolithic process, September, 1922
Box   1 Folder   119	14E with half length multiplane steam, retouched, undated
Box   1 Folder   120	14E gasoline power, operating side, November, 1922
Box   1 Folder   121-122	14E gasoline power, retouched, operating side, January, 1923
Box   1 Folder   123	14E with rubber tires owned by Borough Asphalt Co. working at Dreamland Park, Coney Island, NY, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, undated
Box   1 Folder   124-125	14E paving alley, Schmidt Bros. Constr. Co., Chicago, IL, undated
Box   1 Folder   126	14E paver owned by Lincoln Park Commissioners, Chicago, IL, 1923
Box   1 Folder   127	Henkel Construction Co., Mason City, IA, Portland Cement (2 photos), July, 1920
Box   1 Folder   128	14E Helene Ferguson Road, Phillips, AR, August, 1923
Box   1 Folder   129	14E on Boston Post Road, W. H. Arthur & Co., Fairfield, CT, Portland Cement Association, September, 1920
Box   1 Folder   130	Constructing & Paving Company, Ltd., Toronto, Canada, November, 1924
Box   1 Folder   131-132	14E paver working on a job in the heart of Old Rome, sent in by Cav. N. Morano Pisculli, Via Scipioni N. 167, Roma, February 28, 1928
Box   1 Folder   133	Original index, undated