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Electro Chemical Engraving Company

The slide out combination corkscrew and bottle opener from Electro Chemical

Engraving Company can be found with a number of different advertisements in a

variety of colors. Even more can be found without the corkscrew and either an over-

top-style opener or lifter type opener.

At right is a side view of the Electro-

Chemical Engraving plant at 1100

Brook Ave near 167th Street in New

York. The firm specialized in etched

lithographs, chemical dyes, and

precision stamped metal parts. The

firm produced parts for the Norden

Bomb Sight during World War II.

The Electro Chemical Engraving

Company Chronology:

In 1900 the Electro Chemical Engraving

Company was founded.

On May 14, 1901 the

Brooklyn Eagle

reported

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The annual report of the Electro Chemical

Engraving Company of Long Island City shows that the capital stock is $17,000, all paid

in.

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In 1903 the State of New York reported receiving $4 in Corporate Taxes from Electro

Chemical Engraving.