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The company of Miller and Sons, based at 179 Picadilly was founded prior to 1835, [2] possibly in the 1820s as a successor to F Glossop. George Alexander Miller who was involved in the business was awarded patent 6551 in 1834 for an improved arrangement of wicks in an Argand lamp. [3]
C. W. Miller Livery Stable is a historic multi-story livery stable located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a six-story, rectangular masonry building 65 feet wide and 236 feet deep, built between 1892 and 1894. As horses were phased out and automobiles became more common, it was converted for use as a parking garage.
Fies's father, Jacob Fies, was a German Jew who founded the Livery and Feed Stable Company in Birmingham, Alabama. [6] Jacob Fies, who was born in Trainbach, Alsace, Germany in 1827, came to Birmingham in 1882. By 1900 the J. Fies and Sons livery stable was by far the largest in the south. [7]
A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England. [1] Livery companies comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the "Worshipful Company of" their craft, trade or profession. [2] [3] There are 112 livery companies in total.
The Treasurer of the Company/English Stock was elected annually in March along with the Stockeepers, and again, was often held by the same person for years. The master oversaw Company "courts", meetings of the Assistants and sometimes the Livery and wider membership where Company business was discussed and resolved.
Located at Buffalo, New York, the C. W. Miller Livery Stable is an example of a multi-story livery stable. The livery stable was a necessary institution of every American town, but its role has been generally overlooked by historians. In addition to providing vital transportation service, the livery usually also sold hay, grain, coal, and wood.
Livery company # [1] Company name Motto Language Translation Livery Hall Ref Honourable Company of Air Pilots: 81 Air Pilots Per Cælum Via Nostra : Latin Our Way Is By The Heavens Air Pilots House, Southwark: Worshipful Society of Apothecaries: 58 Apothecaries Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor: Latin I Am Called a Bringer of Help Throughout the World
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