Wyeth, of St. Joseph Missouri, was situated at the base of the Rockies to capture the purchases of wagon trains flowing west; in the mid 19th century. By the end of that century the company had opened a saddlery that would become the largest in the world by the turn of the 20th century. It specialised in making gunleather for catalogue retailers and so their own name was rarely on the goods, and often the retailer's name (or other saddlery's) would be stamped on it. Sold only by the dozen, per model and size!
Enough Wyeths that DO have their name on them, and Wyeth catalogues with matching images, have survived that we know a Wyeth when we see one. Notice that some well-known names were not their makers at all:
Retailers sold Wyeth's products as their own:
To read more about it all in my book titled "Holstory -- Gunleather of the Twentieth Century
-- the Second Edition", click on the new link at top of page.
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