Ryco Manufacturers, Ltd., 417 23rd Street, Oakland, CA. They produced Piston Aligners, Valve Seat Tools, & Line Boring Fixtures. RB Ryan, Pres. Uncle Gene Merrill was Sales Manager, his bro-in-law AD Schaffer, Secretary, and nephew Ray Van Tassell was a Factory Rep who went to Los Angeles as their Salesman. Evenings were spent in the theater & chorus world. Aunt Katie's husband Gene on left with AD Schaffer, Ray on right, with canes.
Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
While we don't know what the first business transaction was, it is easy to imagine that thousands of years ago a good hunter bartered his excess meat for something more useful to him. In the history ...
Family History & Photos of Hendrick Van Tassel, William Gerard, & John Mc Robbie of Jefferson Co, NY - John Markland Aldridge (TN), Stephen Aldred, Zebedee Markland, Oscar Moore, Stephen Beach, Ignatius Ross (OH), John Hughes Holmes(CA), Clarissa Laine (IO), Samuel Jackson Lewis (CA), Euphemia Jackson Braden, James Barker (IL), Anthony Keithley Brinson (IN), Joel Lefferage Copher(IN), Martha Love, Cassandra Le Sueur, Sarah Foley (VA).