J. Liebenow - Jeweller - Green Bay, Wis. is a private label pocket watch produced by Seth Thomas in 18-size open-face Model 5.
Julius Liebenow, born in 1862 in Germany, arrived in the United States in 1879. He was a jeweler in Green Bay Wisconsin from 1890’s until 1917 doing business as J. Liebenow. His wife was Magdalene Liebenow.
They lived at 106 Walnut Street in Green Bay. The postcard photographs below show Green Bay, Wisconsin as it was around the turn of the 20th century when Julius Liebenow was doing business there.
All of the advertisements shown above appeared in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
The advertisement on the left appeared on Saturday April 16, 1898, on page 7. The center advertisement appeared on Thursday December 7, 1905, on page 5. The advertisement on the right appeared on Wednesday January 24, 1917, on page 7.
J. Liebenow - Jeweller - Green Bay, Wis. (Not in STFS Collection)
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