> > >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:34:35 -0600 >Subject: Fwd: Medal > >> >> >>Just of possible interest, Jaccards Jewlelry Co. was, until several years >>ago, THE leading jewelry store in Kansas City, Mo. I'd bet they were the >>ones who struck that medal. Alas, they are no longer in business here. > >

Jaccards was an old firm founded in St. Louis about 1824. They had the carriage trade for many years. Later became Mermod, Jaccard and later still, added King. T hey were at one time owned or in partnership with Vandervoorts. the main store was at 9th & Locust A m uch 'stripped down' company was sold to Zales about 20-25 years ago. Mermod, Jaccard & King is s till a well known name to older St. Louisians. They had quality merchantise/ RGB "Robert F. Schnebelen" wrote: > > > > > >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:34:35 -0600 > >Subject: Fwd: Medal > > > >> > >> > >>Just of possible interest, Jaccards Jewlelry Co. was, until several years > >>ago, THE leading jewelry store in Kansas City, Mo. I'd bet they were the > >>ones who struck that medal. Alas, they are no longer in business here. > > > > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > "We ran like a herd of wild cattle." > William C. Oates > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237