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1908-1989 Formerly H.E. Lesan & Co. (1902)

A&P Stores (1927- ); A. B. Dick Co. (1914- 1923); A.E. Staley Syrups (1935- 1940); Alitalia (1960-); Allis-Chalmers Mfg. (1925- 1927); ALCOA (1929- 1934); American Car and Foundry (1922- 1928); American Conservatory of Music (1909- 1910); American Cyanamid (1929- 1938); American Electric Power (1967- ); American Radiator Co. (1927- 1928); American Tobacco (1964- ); American Wine Co. (1936- 1942); American Zinc, Lead and Smelting (1960- ); Antonio y Cleopatra Cigars (1963); Apropos (1921); B-1 Beverages (1942- 1946); Bank Building and Equipment (1966- ); Banquet Canning Co. (1948- 1953); Barnes Hospital (1989); Bean Hole Beans (1934- 1935); Becker-Moore Paint (1913- 1915); Bemis Bag (1919- 1920, 1933- 1964); B. F. Goodrich (1908- 1913); Bissell, Inc. (1965- ); Blanke Mfg. (1915- 1916); Blue Bird Mfg. (1919- 1921); Boyle Grocer (1914- 1915); Bromo Quinine Cold Tablets (1949- 1955); Brooks Tomato Products (1919- 1924); Brown-Forman Distillers (1964- ); Brown Shoe (1929- 1939); Bubble Up (1979- ); Busch Bavarian Beer (1955- 1977); Butler Bros. (1910- 1912); Cape Mfg. (1918- 1919); Carey Salt (1930- 1931); Carter Carburetor (1925- 1928); C.A. Stegman (1908- 1932); Centerre Bancorp (1983?- ); Central States Paper and Bag (1940); Certainteed Products (1915- 1938); Cessna Aircraft (1942- ); Chambers Mfg. (1923- 1925); Chase Bag Co. (1949); Chevrolet Dealers of St. Louis (1959- 1960); Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway ( 1908- 1910, 1911- 1918); Chicago Great Western Railroad (1912- 1913); Clark Chewing Gum (1960- 1963); Clymer Mfg. (1923- 1924); Cole Bros. Lightning Rods (1908- 1918); Comet Pre-Fluffed Rice (1955); Comic Weekly (1934- 1939); Comstock-Castle Stoves (1936- 1938); Cook Kill Insecticide (1949- 1952); Cupples Co. (1925- 1930, 1942- 1948); Curlee Mfg. (1956- 1959); Curtis Mfg. (1933- 1940); Dad’s Root Beer (1979- ); Dainty Flour (1934- 1935); Day-Brite Lighting (1949- 1957); Dazey Corp. (1946- 1948, 1979- ); DeSoto Paint (1924- 1925); Diagraph Bradley Stencil Machine (1939- 1943); Diamond National Corp. (1960- 1965); Doane Agricultural (1955- 1959); Dorothy Perkins Products (1932- 1933, 1937- 1939, 1947- 1948); Downtown St. Louis Inc. (1958- 1960); Dr. LeGear Medicine Co. (1913- 1921); Dr. Pepper (1921); Dri-Brite (1935- 1936, 1939- 1940); Duncan Hines Baking Products (1957- 1962); Dyanshine Shoe Polish (1945- 1961); Eagle Mfg. (1919- 1920); Eckert’s Orchards (1989); Eisenstadt Mfg. (1915- 1922); Elder Co, Inc. (1926- 1927); Elder Mfg. (1919- 1921, 1955- 1957); Eli Lilly Stilbosol (1954- ); Ely & Walker Dry Goods (1946- 1956); Emerson Electric (1926- 1934, 1954- 1956); Excelsior Quick Frosted Meat (1957- 1960); F. A. Foster Co. (1927- 1930); Falstaff Brewing (1933- 1939); Famous-Barr (1936- 1937); First National Bank of St. Louis (1932- 1933, 1948- ); Fitch Shampoo (1950- 1952); F. J. O’Neil Medicine Co. (1918- 1920); Folger Coffee (1938- 1939); Ford Motors (1912- 1914); Fouke Fur (1921- 1923); 4-Way Cold Tablets (1950- 1955); French Lick Hotel (1914- 1915); Frisco Lines (1908- 1937, 1945- 1951); Funk & Wagnalls (1917- 1924); Gaylord Container (1920- 1921, 1937- 1943); General Electric (1961- 1964); Gerber Foods (1928- 1933); Glenn Brooms (1921- 1923); Godefroy Mfg. Tresemme (1946- 1961); Granite City Steel (1928- 1966); Griesedieck-Western Brewing (1940- 1943); Grove Laboratories (1948- 1955, 1957- 1967); Guardian Life Insurance (1948- 1950); Guckenheimer Rye (1908- 1916); Gulden, Inc. (1958- 1959, 1960- 1961); Gulf Refining (1929- 1931); H&K Coffee and Spice (1920- 1921, 1922- 1924); Hamilton-Brown Shoes (1908- 1914, 1924- 1927); H. D. Lee Co. 1943- 1955); Heartland Natural Cereal (1981- ); Heath Candy Co. (1978- ); Hickory Hill Meats (1937- 1962); Hillerich & Bradsby (1932- 1934); Hookless Fastener Co. (1928- 1929); Hussmann Refrigeration (1928- 1931, 1934, 1959- 1964); Hyde Park Beer (1944- 1948); Ideal Stencil Machine (1920- 1921); Illinois Central Railroad (1988- ); Imperial Clock (1911- 1913); International Shoe (1960- 1962); ITT Aetna Finance (1966- ); Jack Daniel Distillery (1954- 1985); John Deere & Co. (1959- ); Johnson, Stevens & Shinkle Shoe Co. (1945- 1953); Kare Lotion Deodorant (1949- ); Kathleen Mary Quinlan Cosmetics (1927- 1928); Kent Vitamins (1943); King’s Food Products (1923- 1924); Kleen Sheen Sales Co. (1813- 1915); Knapp-Monarch (1944- 1952); Koken Companies (1941- 1945); Koupet Auto Tops (1919- 1921); KSD Radio (1950- 1965); KSD-TV (1950- 1965); L&N Railroad (1932- 1945); Laclede Labs (1948- 1951); La Corona Cigars (1963); Lambert Pharmacal (1920- 1921); LaSalle Auto Sales (1912- 1913); Leavitt Manufacturing (1919- 1925); Lemp Brewing (1914- 1915); Lennox Hotel (1925- 1951); Like Soft Drink (1967); Lion Oil (1945- 1954); Lucky Tiger Mfg. (1959- 1960); Luyties Pharamacal (1946- 1948); Majestic Mfg. (1914- 1919); Mark Twain Shirts (1955- 1957); Mayfair Hotel (1925- 1951); Mayrose Meats (1937- 1962); McGraw-Hill Publishing (1925- 1936); McKesson & Robbins Inc. (1934- 1938); Meadowbrook Nurseries (1928- 1929); Meissner Mfg. (1943- 1945); Miller Lightning Rods (1919- 1921); Mississippi Valley Trust (1916- 1919); MKT Railroad (1909- 1912, 1913- 1921); Mobile & Ohio Railroad (1915- 1917); Monarch Metal Weatherstrip (1929- 1930); Monsanto Chemicals (1938- 1966); Morgan Home Products (1928- 1929); Motor Wheel Corp. (1924- 1932); Murphy Door Beds (1923- 1924); Musselman Products (1965- ); Nat’l. Assn. of Ice Cream Manufacturers (1926- 1928); National Bank of Commerce (1908- 1909); National Car Rentals (1959- 1961); National Guard (1947- 1950); Neosho Nurseries (1918- 1927); New York Stock Exchange (1944- 1962); New York Times (1939- 1944); Nugent’s Dry Goods (1908- 1909); O’Keefe’s Beverages (1924- 1925); Old El Paso Foods (1981- ); Old Forester (1964); Omega Flour (1949- ); Owens-Illinois Glass (1926- 1929); Old Judge Coffee (1949- 1952); Oldsmobile (1908- 1913); Packard Cars (1916- 1919); Packard Piano Co. (1911- 1912); Paris Medicine Co. (1933- 1934); Pazo Suppositories (1960- 1967); Pet Milk Co. (1921- 1972); Phoenix Knitting Works (1920- 1923); Pictorial Review Publishing (1918- 1919); PIP Stamps, Inc. (1957- 1960); Popsicles (1959); Pull-You-Out Sales (1915- 1919); Quaker Lace Co. (1924- 1926); Ralston-Purina (1910- 1972); Ramsey Accessories (1932- 1933); Ravarino & Freschi (1940- 1941); Rawlings Mfg. (1924- 1927); Reardon Co. (1949- 1952); Red I Foods (1957- 1959); R. E. Funston Co. (1928- 1929); Reishmann Co. (1924- 1926); Remington-Rand (1938, 1955- 1966); Republic Motor Trucks (1924- 1927); Revere Ware (1978- ); Rice Mercantile (1921- 1922); Rice-O’Neill Shoes (1933- 1937); Ritepoint Co. (1947- 1948); Rock Island Railroad (1908- 1909, 1911- 1914); Rogers Fur Co. 1918- 1920); Roi Tan Cigars (1963); Romanoff Caviar (1958- 1965); Rothschild Hats (1919- 1921); Rumford Chemicals (1925- 1929); Russell Stover (1921- 1922); Sanitol Chemicals (1908- 1911); Sarra, Inc. (1947- 1959; Savage Arms Co. 1925- 1930; Sayman Products (1939- 1941); Schotten Coffee (1918- 1920); Scribner’s & Sons (1908- 1910, 1925- 1926); Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney (1961- 1963); Sealy Mattresses (1921- 1924); Sego Diet Foods (1981- ); Seven-Up (1967- ); Scheaffer Pens (1962- 1966); Shurnuff Mfg. (1918- 1919); Simmons Hardware (1919- 1922, 1930- 1933); Six Flags Over Mid-America (1978- ); Softex Co. (1927- 1928); Southern Comfort (1948- 1952); Southern Railway (1914- 1917); Southwestern Bell (1948- ); St. Louis Dairy Co. (1916- 1928); St. Louis Independent Packing (1937- 1962); St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1950- 1965); St. Louis Public Service Co. (1943- 1951); St. Louis Southwestern Railway (1908- 1918); St. Louis Union Trust (1957- ); Stark-Inland Machine Works (1915- 1921); Steelcote Mfg. (1933- 1934); Steffens Paper Box Co. 1919- 1924); Stickney Cigar Co. 1908- 1909); Stokley-Van Camp (1929- 1948, 1949- 1951); Strekfuss Steamboat Lines (1913- 1915); Sunray-DX Oil (1961- ); Supreme Butter Crackers (1938- 1952); Sutho Suds Co. (1946- 1947); Swift & Co. (1954- 1956); Tennessee Beverage Co. (1919- 1920); Trimfoot Co. 1913- 1950); Twinplex Mfg. (1910- 1931); Union Biscuit Co. 1938- 1952); Union Electric Co. (1944- 1972?); Valhalla Mausoleums (1915- 1916); Valier & Spies Milling (1914- 1929, 1934- 1935); Valley Mfg. (1919- 1920); Van Houten & Zorn (1911- 1913, 1914- 1917, 1919- 1920); Vanity Fair Paper Mills (1941- ); Vesper Buick (1914- 1915, 1920- 1926); Viviano Bros. Macaroni (1934- 1936); Wabash Railroad (1910- 1919, 1939- 1961); Wagner Electric (1913- 1921); Walton Supply (1916- 1923); Warwick Hotel (1914- 1917); West Chemical Products (1948- 1966); Whitman Candy (1963- ); Williams Patent Crusher (1917- 1922); Yesterlaid Eggs (1912- 1922);

1908-1989 Formerly H.E. Lesan & Co. (1902)

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