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Portrait of Jacob Wolf Spear, founder of the company

unknownCirca 1885

German Games Archive, Nuremberg Municipal Museums

German Games Archive, Nuremberg Municipal Museums
Nuremberg, Germany

Jacob Wolf Spier, born in 1832 in Merzhausen (Hesse, Germany), founder of the company J.W. Spear & Sons, changed his last name to "Spear" upon immigrating to the USA in 1852. He kept the spelling even after his return to Germany in 1861.

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  • Title: Portrait of Jacob Wolf Spear, founder of the company
  • Creator: unknown
  • Date Created: Circa 1885
  • Location: Nuremberg
  • Type: Photography
  • Rights: Protected by copyright. Picture credits: Nuremberg Municipal Museums, German Games Archive URL for copyright information: http://go.nuernberg.de/b067e748
  • Medium: Paper
  • Sammlung: Spear's Games Archive
German Games Archive, Nuremberg Municipal Museums

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