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Re: Help! Murder! Police! Babb, Cook & Willard!
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Met History <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "lapsit exillas"
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Thu, 11 May 2000 16:52:16 EDT
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[log in to unmask] writes:

<< The pix came from the descendants of the original and/or 2nd owners.  The
 original owners were a family named Wisner (John H), who were silk importers
 in NYC (where that snooty Sharpshooter  lives).   >>

John Hornor Wisner, member of the Downtown Club, office in the Cotton
Exchange Building, took over his father's firm (William H. Wisner) with his
brothers Charles and Henry.  If JHW hadn't died in 1920, I'm sure he would
have been a founding member of B-P.

Christopher Gray
Descendent of Peter Studebaker
Life Member, Studebaker Family National Association
Motto: "Never go to sleep without something growin' for you"

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