James W. Queen & Company
1853 - 1893
Remarks: At one point, the company also had an office in New York city.
In 1860 James W. Queen became associated with Samuel L. Fox and the firm became James W. Queen & Co. The business kept the same name until 1893, when it was incorporated as Queen & Co. The latter existed until 1912.
Deborah Jean Warner, ed.,<i>The Queen Catalogues. James W. Queen & Co.</i> (San Francisco: Normand Publishing, 1993). See online version at Google Books <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=__2U4ni0gWAC&pg=RA7-PA78&lpg=RA7-PA78&dq=james+w+queen+co&source=web&ots=GsHqiXPhmx&sig=UVLVHI8pQ9NDdHvldrqrSdx4Dx8#PPP1,M1" target="_blank">website</a>.
See the article on the company published by <i>Scientific American</i> on April 28, 1888. It is online at the following <a href="http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/survey/qsci.htm" target="_blank">website</a>.