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3/4/2018 Dana Quirk Dorr INDUSTRY LEADERS Red Wing Stoneware Company (RWSCo): Incorporated February 1877 Production began in early 1878 $25K capital stock Largest producer in Nation by 1887 Employed 100 people

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Danaè Quirk Dorr

INDUSTRY LEADERS

  • Red Wing Stoneware Company (RWSCo):
  • Incorporated February 1877
  • Production began in early 1878
  • $25K capital stock
  • Largest producer in Nation by 1887
  • Employed 100 people
  • Minnesota Stoneware Company (MSCo)
  • Incorporated May 1883
  • Many of the same stockholders as RWSCo
  • $30K capital stock
  • Surpassed RWSCo production in 1889
  • Employed 100 people

Used with permission from Bonnie and Gary Tefft Source: The Red Wing Potters and Their Wares, 3rd Ed. , 1996 Cannot be reproduced without permission

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NEW INVESTMENT

  • North Star Stoneware Company: March 1892
  • Many of the same stockholders as MSCo and

RWSCo

  • $100K capital stock
  • Articles of Incorporation: $200K
  • Both the First and Second Presidents

former RWSCo officers

  • Production began by November 1892

Image provided by Larry Marshall (RWCS- FB post, Sept 2017) Sources: Gary and Bonnie Tefft’s “The Red Wing Potters and Their Wares, 3rd Ed. And David Newkirk’s “A Guide to Red Wing Markings, Book 2

LOCATION

Image provided by Stacy Wegner (RWCS- FB post, Nov. 2017)

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“PANIC OF 1893"

  • More than 15K companies and 500 banks failed
  • Including a quarter of the nation’s railroads
  • 17-20% National unemployment
  • 43% in some states like MI
  • Forced Closures
  • North Star – Reopened, end of September
  • RWSCo – Reopened, October
  • MSCo – Reopened, October with pay cuts

Images: Library of Congress. Red Wing Data Source: The Red Wing Potters and Their Wares, 3rd Ed. , 1996. Cannot be reproduced without permission

SOLUTION?

  • Union Stoneware Company: September 1894
  • “Sales Outlet”
  • Reduce Expenses
  • Advertising, Shipping, Distribution
  • Avoid Competition
  • Orders Proportionate to Shares
  • RWSCo: 34%
  • MSCo: 42%
  • NorthStar: 24%

Image used with permission from Bonnie and Gary Tefft Source: The Red Wing Potters and Their Wares, 3rd Ed. , 1996 Cannot be reproduced without permission

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1896

  • “Panic of 1896”
  • National Bank of Illinois failed
  • September 1896
  • MSCo – 55% of Union
  • RWSCo – 45% of Union

Image source: The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal

“ZINC”

  • March 1895 – MSCo began “oil firing”
  • Soot and ash from wood and coal
  • November 1895 – Union Stoneware Pricelist
  • Small items fit inside larger jars or saggers
  • June 1897 – Zinc glaze replacing salt-glazing
  • 1900 – Switch essentially complete

Red Wing Dump 1895 Union Advertisement Image used with permission from Bonnie and Gary Tefft Source: The Red Wing Potters and Their Wares, 3rd Ed. , 1996 Cannot be reproduced without permission

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NORTH STAR LOCATION

  • 1897 – Shed torn down and site stripped of clay equipment
  • 1899 – Malting house established
  • 1994 – Demolition and Digging in the North Star Dump

East End of Building: 75x200ft layer of shards, 4ft thick

Image from the July 1994 Convention Supplement Photo from the RWCS-Iowa Chapter FB page

ANSWERS

Written articles from the 1994 and 1995 Convention Supplements Photos from the RWCS-Iowa Chapter FB page

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Photos from the RWCS-Iowa Chapter FB page

PRIMITIVE LEAVES

  • These photographs were of shards dug in NS Dump by Steve Showers were taken by Phyllis Showers
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DOWN-TURNED LEAF

COVERS

COMPARISONS OF SHARDS TO KNOWN CROCKS

  • These photographs are from the collection of Steve and Phyllis Showers
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Photos from the RWCS-Iowa Chapter FB page Story shared by Gary and Bonnie Tefft on RWCS-FB page, used with permission

MORE QUESTIONS

  • Bonnie Tefft and Dave Hallstrom each found a shard
  • They fit perfectly and are taped together in this photo
  • No primitive butterfly shards were found

OTHER SHARDS STEVE FOUND

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BOWLS “RECOVERED”

  • BOTH 7 INCH BOWLS WERE FOUND IN NS DUMP BY STEVE SHOWERS
  • 5 INCH BOWL WAS FOUND IN PRIVY BY STEVE SHOWERS

Found in NS Dump BY STEVE SHOWERS Found in NS Dump BY STEVE SHOWERS

SPITOON!

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LIDS FROM NS DUMP

  • These photographs are from the collection of Steve and Phyllis Showers

HIGH BUTTERS – 4 SIZES

  • ½ GAL HIGH BUTTER (UNMARKED) AND LID WERE BOTH

FOUND IN NS DUMP BY STEVE SHOWERS

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LOW BUTTERS

WAX SEALERS & PRESERVE JARS

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BEAN POTS

MOLDED JUGS AND PITCHERS

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PROBLEM: THIN WALLS

  • This photograph is from the collection of Steve and Phyllis Showers

7” NS VS. RWSCO

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2017 – NEW HOTEL

Images on Right provided by Dave Hallstrom (RWCS- FB post, Nov 2017) Image on Left provided by Lawrence Peterson (RWCS- FB post, Nov 2017)

FOOTINGS

Image provided by Dan Barry (RWCS- FB post, Nov 2017)

DIRT

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NORTH STAR KILN -2017

Photos Provided by Steve and Phyllis Showers