Ithaca Organ and Piano Factory/Stanford-Crowell Sign Works/GLF

"Among the new and enterprising business establishments of Ithaca, The Swiss Organ Company promises to be one of the leading.
The new organization consists of Hon. Wm. L. Bostwick, President; P.F. Session, Secretary and Treasurer; J. H. Hintermeister, General Agent; and H. Wegman, Superintendent of Works. The company commenced operations yesterday in their new building at the Inlet, which is 120x36 ft and two stories high; this building is situated conveniently near the planing mill owned by the same parties, and in which the machinery is placed that is used for dressing the material used. The new building is divided into compartments for the several purposes of an office, which is very nicely furnished, construction, storage, tuning etc., and in its arrangement is a model of convenience. The company has in its employ a force of twenty-five men, who are all skilled and experienced in the art of organ making, some of them being real Swiss workmen. The establishment will make about twenty-five organs a week, for which the proprietors claim an excellence in workmanship and style of finish, equal to that of any other organ factory. Both parlor and church organs will be made, all in the cabinet style. The organs will retail at prices ranging from $100 to $300, depending upon the number of reeds, still of case and finish, number of stops, etc. The proprietors can reasonably claim considerable degree of excellence for their work, for everything about the factory is in first class order; the steam facilities for running the machinery have already done good work, and the technical part is in the hands of men who understand their business."

"The Swiss Organ Company," Ithaca Daily Journal, May 15, 1877, 4.

"The Ithaca Organ Company (Successors to the Swiss Organ Company) Manufacturers of First-Class Parlor and Church Organs...
Factory and Ware Rooms at the Inlet, Ithaca, N.Y."

Advertisement for the Ithaca Organ Company, Ithaca Daily Journal, May 29, 1877, 1.

Ithaca Organ Co., West of Inlet
W.L. Bostwick, Press's; P.F. Session, Sec'y and Treas'r; J.H. Hinterminster, General Agent; H. Wegman, Sup't

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Stanford & Co (Ogilvie R Stanford and Wm H Crowell) manufacturers of advertising novelties and signs 1001-1005 W Seneca St

Ithaca, NY

"The Ithaca Sign Works, owned by the Stanford-Crowell Company manufactures signs of all sizes, from the small million so commonly secreted in a ladies handbag to a flying machine that does not fly. The Ithaca Sign Works makes more of a specialty of small novelties, such as match strikers, fans direct from Japan, drinking cups, fly killers, calendars, etc. A carload of drinking cups, about 100,000 a month, are shipped out of Ithaca. They sell pictures which are handled ten times in the coloring and varnishing, and yardsticks--they sell them by the hundreds of thousands. If you have ever attended a county or state fair, of course you know where some of them go. The output this year will aggregate over a million and a half. They are all cut, printed with advertising and varnished right here in Ithaca. The calendar trade for this Christmas was shipped out last May, but some calendars for local merchants are still being made.
The most novel signs of the factory are the huge wooden ones which are made in all sizes and shapes. The airship previously mentioned is a large board sign cut to the shape of a dirigible balloon, with advertising on the imitation gas bag. Others represent automobiles, phonographs, street cars, etc. Some days, Mr. Crowell says, the shipments made will go to twenty-five or thirty states."

Source: "Ithaca Companies That Make Many Unique Signs," Ithaca Daily Journal, December 10, 1908, 8.
https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19081210-01.1.8

Ithaca Sign Works (Stanford -Crowell Co) 1001-1005 W Seneca St

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas; 
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: #303-P, Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1 #303-O, back (W), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / Section 2 #303-S1, left side (S), iron clad with brick clad steam boiler and iron chimney, 1 story, non-combustible roof / Section 3, left side behind Section 2 (SW), iron clad, 1 story, non-combustible roof ; 
Porches: ; 
Outbuildings: 
Outbuilding 1 #303-M "Wood Working Department", brick, 1.5 stories, non-combustible roof with Section 1, back (W), 1 story, non-combustible roof with steam boiler / 
Outbuilding 2 #303-O "Paint and Oil Storage", brick, 1 story, non-combustible roof / 
Stable 1 #303-R, 2 stories, shingle roof with Section 1, left side (S), 1 story, composition roof and Section 2, left side (S), 1 story composition roof and Section 3, back of Section 2 (W), 1 story, composition roof / 
Outbuilding 3 #303-S2 "Wood Storage", 1 story, composition roof / 
Outbuilding 4 #303-T "Lumber Shed", 1 story, composition roof / 
Outbuilding 5 #303-U "General Storage", 1 story, composition roof with Section 1, back (W), 1 story, composition roof / 
Outbuilding 6 #303-V "Storage House", 2 stories, composition roof with Porch 1, 2 stories, composition roof; 
Other: Incorrectly labelled 303 Brindley St on 1910 Sanborn, this address was 1001-1005 W Seneca starting in the 1899 city directory;

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

Stanford-Crowell Co (Ithaca Sign Works) 1001-1005 W Seneca St

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Stanford-Crowell Co (Ithaca Sign Works) 1001 W Seneca St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Stanford-Crowell Co (Inc) advertising signs and box manufacturers 1001-1005 W Seneca St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Co-op Grange League Federation Egg Receiving
Co-op Grange League Federation Seed Dept

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Co-op GLF egg receiving dept, 1001 W Seneca St
Co-op GLF Soil Building Lab, Seed Dept., 1001-1005 W Seneca St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY