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Title |
Heimerdinger Family Photograph Collection |
Collection |
Heimerdinger Family Photograph Collection |
Catalog Number |
024PC20 |
Date |
ca. 1870s-1950s |
Location |
Kentucky / Jefferson County / Louisville |
Description |
Collection of photographs related to the Heimerdinger family of Louisville, Kentucky, and W. C., Heimerdinger Company, which eventually turned into a barber and beauty supplies store. Photographs include members of the Heimerdinger and Glock families, and a small grouping of images related to furniture or items sold at their shop. The foundations of the Heimerdinger Cutlery Company were laid in 1861 with German immigrant August Heimerdinger, a talented craftsman who made blades and butcher knives at his shop at 110 Jefferson St. in Louisville, Kentucky. Shortly after, Heimerdinger's shop moved to 116 W. Market St. After August's death in 1888, his son William Charles Heimerdinger took over the business and added a full line of butcher supplies to the shop. It was in the early 1900s when the company, now called W. C. Heimerdinger, Co., branched out into beauty and barber supplies, and began making and selling barber knives and tools. William C. Heimerdinger held at least five different patents for various types of safety knives, razors, and shears, and a patent for a machine to sharpen razors. He was married to Mary Eva Glock, who was the daughter of John Glock. John was a chair maker by trade, so it is possible the two men worked together professionally. William C. and Mary had one son together, William Glock Heimerdinger, who took after his father's death and incorporated the business. When the Heimerdinger business incorporated, they began producing various types of shears, before William G. started another division of Heimerdinger that specialized in hardware in the Buechel neighborhood of Louisville. Like his father, William G. also had several patents, including the original patent on grass shears and an ice cream scoop. The manufacturing part of the business ended in the mid-1950s, and the hardware part ended in the 1960s, when the company focused strictly on selling knives and blades. In 1983, the Heimerdingers' company moved from downtown Louisville to 4207 Shelbyville Road. The Heimerdinger Cutlery Company is still selling, re-manufacturing, and sharpening knives, scissors, and other edged tools as of 2025. Folder list: Folder 1: Frick and Glock families, ca. 1870s-1900s Includes photographs of the Frick and Glock families, including John Glock, Regina Frick Glock, Pearl Glock, Eva Marie Frick, and the Glock home at Walnut and 25th Sts. in Louisville. Folder 2: August Heimerdinger, ca. 1870s-1880s Includes a studio portrait photograph of August Heimerdinger. Folder 3: William C. Heimerdinger family, ca. 1880s-1900s Includes photographs of William C. Heimerdinger, Mary Eva Glock Heimerdinger, and their family. Folder 4: William Glock Heimerdinger and William Waterman Heimerdinger, ca. 1900-1920s Includes photographs of William Glock Heimerdinger and William Waterman Heimerdinger. Folder 5: Waterman family, ca. 1900s Includes photographs of the Waterman family, including Kate Kern Waterman, William George Waterman, Margaret Katherine Waterman, and Henry William Waterman. Folder 6: Heimerdinger Company, ca. 1930s-1950s Includes photographs related to the Heimerdinger business, including a photograph of the Buechel storefront and barber-related equipment they sold. Folder 7: Louisville Flood, 1937 Includes a small group of photographs of the 1937 Flood in Louisville, including shots of downtown Louisville and the Highlands neighborhood. Images scanned: 024PC20-f1: Residence of John Glock at Walnut and 25th Sts. in Louisville, ca. 1890s 024PC20-f2: Studio portrait of August Heimerdinger, ca. 1870s-1880s 024PC20-f3_01: Studio portrait of William C. Heimerdinger when he was 27 years old, 1889 024PC20-f3_02: Studio portrait of Mary Eva Glock Heimerdinger, ca. 1890 024PC20-f4_01: Group photograph including William Glock Heimerdinger sitting on a donkey and Mary Eva Glock Heimerdinger standing next to it, 1907 024PC20-f4_02: Studio portrait of William Glock Heimerdinger, ca. 1905 024PC20-f6_01: Heimerdinger hardware storefront in Buechel, ca. 1950s 024PC20-f6_02: Sample photographs of Heimerdinger machinary for sharpening hair clippers 024PC20-f6_03: Sample photograph of a bench sold by the Heimerdinger Co. 024pc20-f7: Looking north on Jefferson and Campbell Sts. during the 1937 flood. |
Search Terms |
Heimerdinger Cutlery Company (Louisville, Ky.) |