A. Stein & Company (American, 1887 - after 1932)

A. Stein & Company was established in 1887 by Albert STEIN, a young Jewish imigrant. The Steins were part of the second wave of Jewish immigrants to the United States. It incorporated in Illinois in February 1909. The company manufactured garters, suspenders, rubber sundries, and other products of elastic webbing under the trade names "Paris," "Ivory," and "Hickory." It originally only manufactured men's garters but gradually broadened its activities to include products for women and children. A. Stein established a Canadian subsidiary, A. Stein & Company, Ltd., with a factory in Toronto. A. Stein acquired two companies that were sources of manufacturing material for the business in 1929.