North-Western/Benton-Waldo

AKA Benton, Waldo & Co. “1873–1892 Milwaukee. In 1873 the Northwestern Type Foundry was purchased from J. A. Noonan by Linn Boyd Benton and Edward Cramer. Cramer retired in a year and in 1874 Frank M. Gove took his place. [Cost], p. 37 indicates that Benton & Gove changed the name to “The North-Western Type Foundry”. Gove died 1882; replaced by Robert VanValkenburgh Waldo. Merged into American Type Founders at its creation in 1892.” [MacMillan]