The platform here is marked, in raised letters, “NOVELTY WORKS LIVINGSTON ROGGEN & CO. NO. 10.” The beam is marked “LIVINGSTON ROGGEN & CO.” on one side, and “FAIRBANKS PATENT” on the other.
The Pittsburgh Novelty Works was established in 1833 and specialized in “Domestic Hardware.” Laureston R. Livingston and John J. Roggen took charge of the firm in 1846. Livingston and William B. Copeland were proprietors by 1856. The shop burned in 1870 and was not rebuilt.
Ref: Pittsburgh Novelty Works, Catalogue and Price List (Pittsburgh, [186?], pp. 18-29.
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