Anniversary album:
"To our esteemed boss Mr. Carl Friedrich Klein in memory of the 25th anniversary as a partner of the C.F. Klein-Schlatter company, dedicated with grateful love by the entire staff.

Barmen, July 1, 1886

 Massive folio: 12.5 by 14.5"

Weight 14 lbs

With calligraphed title in colors and gold, calligraphed poem and 65 inserted, handwritten greetings from employees, friends and business partners.
 
Leather binding with 8 corner fittings, remains of a metal clasp and floral brass center fitting at the front cover.

Plate with monogram and date

Gilt edges.

Leather worn, excellent interior condition

 Added:
Portrait of a woman, probably from the Klein family.
Half-length portrait in oval.
Silver gelatin print by Emil Flasche and son, Wuppertal-Barmen.
9 by 12" (21.5 x 16 cm.) Mounted on card. - With the photographer's stamp on the back.

The person celebrating the anniversary was the son of the company founder of the same name (1803-1884) and his wife Christine Schlatter.
Among those offering their congratulations were the textile entrepreneur Robert Otto from Unterboihingen, the button manufacturer Gustav Bringmann from Ludenscheid and the silk ribbon manufacturer Ewald Lowen from Elberfeld. 


All writings are in German

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Carl Friedrich Klein ( 1 December 1803 in Schweindorf , Wurttemberg - 22 April 1884 in Barmen ) was a German textile manufacturer.

He was the son of a pastor from Nordlingen . He completed a commercial apprenticeship in Augsburg, worked for a while in Munich and came to Barmen in 1828. In July 1828 he married Christine Schlatter, daughter of Anna Schlatter St. Gallen. They had seven children, including five sons. Klein was initially a partner in the Friedrich Rohrig company, which he later took over and renamed C. F. Klein-Schlatter. Klein's company produced fabrics and scarves. In 1868 he founded a weaving mill in Essen for Zanella - a lining fabric for men's clothing and uniforms - which operated up to 600 looms.

In 1836, the Kleins set up a preschool at Bruch, and later another children's school was added. In 1836, Klein also founded the first youth club in Prussia, Barmen-Gemarke (today CVJM-Adlerbrucke), as well as an orphanage, and was a member of various Christian organizations.
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