Joseph P Knapp

 

The P Had To Stand For Proud Pappa in February of 1892

Not only was son Joseph F on the way. J P was giving birth himself (sort of ) to

one of the earliest conglomerates on record.

Here is the first inkling the public would get of it on January 5 of the new year

 

 

AND THEN JUST 3 DAYS AFTER DODI WAS BORN, HIS POP HAD A JOB FOR HIM TO GO TO
WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THAT.

 

 

90% OF ALL THE LITHOGRAPHY IN AMERICA

The Times called it a trust....others would call it a monopoly. Notice That J. P's partner James B. Duke kept his name out of it.. Other than probably calling the shots on the name. Duke's tobacco conglomerate was called American Tobacco.

AMERICAN LITHO MAY OF BEEN THE ONLY JOB DODI EVER HAD AS HE RETIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THIS EVENT WAS ANNOUNCED IN NOV. OF 1929

 

I'm still not quite sure exactly what it was that J. P sold to United States Printing.

as J.P. held onto ALCO GRAVURE until he died. Or whose assets totaled 15 million? Both?

The article states no changes in officers or operations. I guess Dodi kept his departure to himself.

But then again was he ever an officer of the company? The only place I ever saw that was in his obit.

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