Recently I asked if anyone knew when Oskamp-Nolting store closed in Cincinnati. I have since gotten my hands on an article from a Cincinnati newspaper, dated November 19th, 1980, announcing their closure. A very brief (not much history in the article) summary of the article is below: "Oskamp-Nolting to Close Store Christmas Eve: The Texas parent company of Oskamp-Nolting Co. will close the jewelry and appliance store at 26 W. Seventh St. on Christmas Eve, one month short of the firm's 100th birthday. ....the downtown store was yielding a "less than desirable return". Oskamp-Nolting evolved from a wholesale jewelry store founded in January, 1881, by Clemens Oskamp. The company moved from 411 Elm St. to the five-story building on Seventh St. in 1911." Kind of sad to close a store on Christmas Eve. Phyllis

Phyllis, The business may be gone, but the building still stands with its Oskamp Nolting signs, including a raised-letter sign on the side of the building. I checked the yellow pages because I thought the bldg was still occupied. It may be, but there is no listing for O-N in the yellow pages. Mary Cervantes Cincinnati Phyllis Garratt wrote: >Recently I asked if anyone knew when Oskamp-Nolting store closed in >Cincinnati. I have since gotten my hands on an article from a Cincinnati >newspaper, dated November 19th, 1980, announcing their closure. A very >brief (not much history in the article) summary of the article is below: > >"Oskamp-Nolting to Close Store Christmas Eve: The Texas parent company >of Oskamp-Nolting Co. will close the jewelry and appliance store at 26 >W. Seventh St. on Christmas Eve, one month short of the firm's 100th >birthday. ....the downtown store was yielding a "less than desirable >return". Oskamp-Nolting evolved from a wholesale jewelry store founded >in January, 1881, by Clemens Oskamp. The company moved from 411 Elm St. >to the five-story building on Seventh St. in 1911." > >Kind of sad to close a store on Christmas Eve. > >Phyllis > > >==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== >Tired of this List? Going on vacation, a business trip? Or, do you just want off? Unsubscribing (and subscribing) are a snap from here! >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OH/hamilton.html > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >