This artifact is a paper certificate presented to L Hoffmann and Son in recognition of 15 years of business.<\/p>\r\n
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Unfortunately, we don’t know why this was presented to the family since the Hoffmanns only arrived in Pitt Meadows and opened their business in 1934 (the certificate reads 1931) and only dealt with Shell for a short period of time while here.<\/p>\r\n
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Shell was named because of the seashells that Marcus Samuel Sr. brought back from the East during the late 19th century when he was selling them. When his sons wanted to name their company that was exporting kerosene to the East, they chose Shell. The name was adopted by the new organization in 1897 as the Shell Transport and Trading Company. When the company merged with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company the name became the Royal Dutch Shell Group, but people just referred to the business as Shell. In 1911, the company incorporated its Canadian business, and by 1915 they expanded operations to the West Coast. By 1928 there were 19 service stations in B.C. The Hoffmann family arrived in Pitt Meadows in 1934 having traded their orchard in Aldergrove for a blacksmith shop and garage owned by Jack Fairfield. In 1936, the family built a new and large shop overtop the original one, which was then torn down (minus the south wing). Soon afterwards the family stopped selling gas and by the late 1940s Hans Hoffmann had ventured into the ditching and drainage business.<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"15-years-of-business","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1718919266_main_15-years-of-business_1.jpg","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"1718919266_thumb_15-years-of-business_1.jpg","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
15 years of business
This artifact is a paper certificate presented to L Hoffmann and Son in recognition of 15 years of business.
Unfortunately, we don’t know why this was presented to the family since the Hoffmanns only arrived in Pitt Meadows and opened their business in 1934 (the certificate reads 1931) and only dealt with Shell for a short period of time while here.
Shell was named because of the seashells that Marcus Samuel Sr. brought back from the East during the late 19th century when he was selling them. When his sons wanted to name their company that was exporting kerosene to the East, they chose Shell. The name was adopted by the new organization in 1897 as the Shell Transport and Trading Company. When the company merged with the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company the name became the Royal Dutch Shell Group, but people just referred to the business as Shell. In 1911, the company incorporated its Canadian business, and by 1915 they expanded operations to the West Coast. By 1928 there were 19 service stations in B.C. The Hoffmann family arrived in Pitt Meadows in 1934 having traded their orchard in Aldergrove for a blacksmith shop and garage owned by Jack Fairfield. In 1936, the family built a new and large shop overtop the original one, which was then torn down (minus the south wing). Soon afterwards the family stopped selling gas and by the late 1940s Hans Hoffmann had ventured into the ditching and drainage business.
Details:
Latitude: 49.2256533595525
Longitude: -122.68977480450
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/15-years-of-business
