tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post5024769592700207626..comments2024-03-27T15:11:31.862-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: No. 121 Chambers Street (No. 103 Reade Street)Tom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-66133575129259424892018-12-31T17:27:50.869-08:002018-12-31T17:27:50.869-08:00Great article! Joseph W. Storrs is an important fi...Great article! Joseph W. Storrs is an important figure in firearms history; he was among the first big commercial "sales agents" for firearms, and was one of the reasons that Smith & Wesson became as successful as they were. Sales agents handled the wholesaling and distribution of products (back when you couldn't throw something in a box and mail it across the country), and his experience in the railroads was undoubtedly instrumental in helping him send product far and wide. He was also something of an advertising pioneer; his obituary claimed that he was the first to use actual product engravings in advertising. This claim seems a bit far fetched, but one cannot doubt that his efforts were instrumental in helping Smith & Wesson become a Civil War enterprise.<br /><br />I believe that Storrs did most of his business at 252 Broadway, but the 121 Chambers address does pop up in some of the period advertising, including what I think was his best add—in the April 2, 1859 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, in which he featured a testament from Cassius Clay.Michael Helmshttps://mikehelms.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-88486075386358142642016-08-27T12:11:47.210-07:002016-08-27T12:11:47.210-07:00thank you for the detailed history. apparently, th...thank you for the detailed history. apparently, the building has been sold.<br /><br />https://commercialobserver.com/2016/08/hubb-nyc-properties-picks-up-tribeca-mixed-use-building-for-16m/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com