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Adolph H. Goetting
Adolph H. Goetting
Born
Adolph H. Goetting

(1858-07-18)July 18, 1858
Oswego, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1937(1937-01-20) (aged 78)
Suffern, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)salesman, entrepreneur, businessman
Known forAvon Products

Adolph H. Goetting (July 18, 1858 – January 20, 1937) was an German businessman who was the founder of the "Goetting & Co", which was purchased by David H. McConnell in 1896. Goetting was in the perfume business for more than 50 years and had a reputation of making the finest perfumes in the United States.

Early life

Adolph H. Goetting was born in Germany. He was the son of xx and xx Goetting, who came from C Germany. McConnell was married in xx on March 31, xx, to xx xx xx, daughter of Ward Hays of La Porte, Indiana. They had three children. He came to America in xxx.

Career

A. D. Henderson, Adolph Goetting, and D. H. McConnell, 1914

Adolph H. Goetting founded the A. Goetting & Company in New York in 1871 at 264 Spring Street. He was in business for 25 years, from 1871 until 1896. He had a reputation of making the finest perfumes in the United States. The Goetting name appeared on placards, calendars, trade cards, etc. On February 10, 1887, Goetting filed an patent application for a perfume Knopsack bottle with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.[1] In his patent specifications, Goetting described the bottle's design with a screw cap located in the center top of the sack with a chain handle.[2]

In 1896, David H. McConnell asked perfumer Goetting to join California Perfume Company as his chief chemist and to lead the McConnell product line. He used Goetting & Co. as a trade name that was associated with specific Goetting & Co. fragrances, e.g. Alpine Lilac, Carnation Pink, Jockey Club, etc.[3][4][5] Goetting would mixed the oils and alcohol to assemble the perfume. Perfumes were first manufactured, packaged and shipped from the offic on 126 Chambers Street in New York City. [6] In 1897 a labatory was built in Suffern, New York.[7] There, Goetting began to make other itmes such as talcum powder, sachet powders, and toilet waters.

From 1903 through 1908, Goetting & Company was represented by Henderson and McConnell at the annual Perfumers' Association Conventions held in New York City.[8]

McConnell ran the Goetting & Company perfume advertisements in some of the larger newspapers in the country. The July 3, 1907, Printers’ Ink Journal for Advertisers, ran a series of 10, 5-inch double column ads for Goetting & Company perfumes.[9]

McConnell continued the manufacture and distribution of these products under the Goetting label through 1909. On June 16, 1909, McConnell and Henderson signed an agreement of Incorporation for the California Perfume Company in the state of New Jersey. Goetting & Company became part of the California Perfume Company.[10]

In 1926, California Perfume Company's labatory in Suffern, New York had 150 men and woman worked in the laboratory. By this time Goetting had been in the business for over 50 years.[11]

Death

On January 20, xx, Goetting died at his family home in Suffern, New York at age 78. His son, David McConnell, Jr. became the new President. He is buried at the Airmont Lutheran Cemetery in Suffern, Rockland County, New York.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Offical Gazette of the Unites States Patent Office, Vol. 38, No. 13". United States Patent Office. 1887-03-29. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. ^ Revi, Albert Christian (1964). American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Goetting & Co., New York". www.californiaperfumecompany.com. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. ^ "International directory of company histories. Vol. 19". St. James Press. 1898. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. ^ Klepacki, Laura (2010). Avon: Building The World's Premier Company For Women. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Trade names of perfumes and toilet articles". The Manufacturing Perfumers' Association. 1908. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. ^ "Great Oak". Hagley Digital Archives. Avon Products, Inc. 1976. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  8. ^ American Druggist Pharmaceutical Record, Volume 48, 1906
  9. ^ "Marketing Communications Volume 61". Printers' Ink. 1907. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite web}}: Text "page 32" ignored (help); line feed character in |title= at position 25 (help)
  10. ^ "Agreement of Incorporation for California Perfume Company". Hagley Digital Archives. 1909. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  11. ^ "A Short CPC History". digital.hagley.org. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  12. ^ "David H. McConnell, Sr". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. 1937-01-22. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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