Soennecken | 1930
“Ob 20 oder 2000 Bände”: whether 20 or 2,000 volumes. In 1930, F. Soennecken of Bonn sold “Ideal” bookcases built from separate, centrally lockable glass-fronted sections, so that a home library could grow book by book, in oak and in any colour.
Friedrich Soennecken, a blacksmith's son from the Sauerland, founded his firm in Remscheid in 1875 and moved it to Bonn a year later. He is credited with the lever-arch file and the two-hole punch, both from 1886, and from 1904 his company also made office furniture.
A growing bookcase says a lot about its time: books were a sign of education and status.
The firm went bankrupt in 1973, but the Soennecken name lives on in the office-supplies trade.
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Ob 20 oder 2000 Bände
Soennecken
Ideal-Bücherschränke sind immer die zweckmäßigste und wirtschaftlichste Form der Aufbewahrung. Sie werden aus einzelnen zentral verschließbaren Abteilen zusammengesetzt, deren Anzahl sich ganz nach dem jeweiligen Bedarf richtet. Mit kleinsten Mitteln können Sie den Grundstock zu einem beliebig erweiterungsfähigen Bibliothekschrank legen. Eiche, bestes ausgesuchtes Material. Farbe nach Wunsch. Verlangen Sie ausführlichen Sonderprospekt Nr 1908 B
F. Soennecken · Bonn
Berlin W 8, Mohrenstraße 58/59 · Leipzig, Markt 1 (Altes Rathaus)
Translation:
Whether 20 or 2,000 volumes
Soennecken
“Ideal” bookcases are always the most practical and economical way to store books. They are assembled from separate, centrally lockable sections, whose number depends entirely on your needs. With the smallest outlay you can lay the foundation for a library cabinet that can be extended as much as you like. Oak, the best selected material. Colour of your choice. Ask for the detailed special brochure no. 1908 B
F. Soennecken · Bonn
Berlin W 8, Mohrenstrasse 58/59 · Leipzig, Markt 1 (Old Town Hall)
- Brand
- Soennecken
- Year
- 1930
- Decade
- 1930s
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Magazine
- Themes
- Home
- Original publication
- Die Koralle, 1930
