♂ Philipp Heinrich BROCKMANN
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Philipp Heinrich BROCKMANN |
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Ehepartner und Kinder
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2. Dezember 1912
St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA |
Anna SKIBINSKI
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Notizen zu dieser Person
TIILE Philij) II. Brockmau has won for himself a notable place
II business circles of St. Louis, being now proprietor of the
Ww^l I)e Luxe Automobile Company and interested in other impor-
[l^ tant commercial concerns, it would be to give but a partial
and one-sided view of his career to speak of him merely in
business connections. He has been most active in support of
many progressive movements having to do with the upbuilding
of St. Louis and his labors have at all times been far-reaching and resultant.
He was born April 18, 1881, in the city which is still his home, his parents being
Philip and Emma (Rohde) Brockman. The father was born in Germany and
on coming to the new world settled in St. Louis. In the course of years he
became the head of one of the largest commission firms doing business in the
city. He early turned his attention to the grain trade here and was one of the
largest handlers of barley in the United States, conducting his activities under
the style of the P. Brockman Commission Company. Both the paternal and
maternal grandparents of Philip H. Brockman of this review were liighly re-
spected in a social way in St. Louis and the two grandfathers won for tliemselves
a creditable place in business.
Philip H. Brockman attended the Toensfeldt school, also the Christian
Brothers College and the Bryant & Stratton Business College, thus becoming
well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. Early in his business
career he was identified with banking in Chicago and in 1913 he became a factor
in the automobile trade in St. Louis. He organized the De Luxe Automobile
Company, distributors of the Oldsmobile, and in tliis connection has built up
a business of most gratifying and substantial proportions. In the St. Louis
number of The Oldsmobile Pacemaker of February, 1920, issued by the (^Ids
Motor Works, appeared the following article: "In Missouri or ]\Iainc or any-
where else the predominant reasons for Oldsmobile popularity are to be found
in the Oldsmobile itself and in the Oldsmobile reputation for quality — quality
which for twenty-two years has set the pace in American motordom. But in
various sections of the country there exist special reasons for Oldsmobile popu-
larity. In St. Louis and the territory surrounding it one finds that the names
Oldsmobile and De Luxe Automobile Companj- are almost inseparable and that
the name De Luxe is widely accepted as a veritable guarantee of fair dealing.
To understand and appreciate this it is necessary to know something of the
history of this concern, of the organization and of the ironclad policies pur.sued
to maintain the lofty standards established for all business dealings. The
business was organized in a small way in 1913 as a partnership in which the
present owner, P. H. Brockman, was a partner. Within two years this young
concern had so fittingly demonstrated its calibre as to merit the Oldsmobile
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