1845 Print Ad RICH & CO.\'S SALAMANDER SAFES ~ AZOR S. MARVIN, AGENT ~ FIRE PROOF For Sale

1845 Print Ad taken from N.Y.C. Directory; for the Rich & Company \'Salamander\' Safes (Fire Proof). A(zor) S. Marvin as General Agent. See partial history below (from the Safe Expert, Terry V. Andreasen).
Ad measures 5-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches. Foxing; two small binding holes at margin (Directory was string bound). Scarce item.
MARVIN SAFE COMPANY (1838-1892)
Founded in 1838 by Azor S. Marvin. In 1843, Daniel Fitzgerald had secured a patent and had begun the manufacture of the first so called “Salamander Safes”, which were fire resistive. In a short time, as the business grew, he needed much more capital, and so Mr. Azor S. Marvin was induced to engage in the business with him. A few years later Silas C. Herring also secured a right to manufacture safes under this patent.(See Stearns & Marvin), at some point (1853-1860) Stearns & Marvin appear to have worked together manufacturing safes built under the B.G.Wilder Patents.Azor S. Marvin was in the Union Army during the Civil war. He served in the Battle of Gettysburg, PA. He resigned his Capt. Commission in Jan. 1865. He died August 5th 1899.

The Marvin Safe Company was part of the 1892 merger with the Herring Safe Company and the Hall’s Safe & Lock Company to form Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company (HHM), which remained in business until it was acquired by Diebold Inc. in 1959, and closed in 1962-1964.

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