I found a Doernbecher that needed my help.
BEFORE
Doernbecher was a furniture manufacturing company
established by Frank Silas Doernbecher in Portland Oregon
from 1900 until WWII.
My desk was in horrible shape when I found it, but I slowly
rebuilt all the missing parts and gave her new hardware.
She was painted in a creamy white distressed finish.
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You can find more side by side BEFORE & AFTER photo here.
I found this note on-line that I thought you may enjoy.
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My step-grandfather started working for Mr.Doernbecher when he was nine years of age. The factory had just been built and put into operation. My grampa started as a sander which meant that he worked twelve hours a day for six days a week. He made 50 cents a day. When he retired at age 45 he was the superintendent of the finishing department and one of the highest paid employees of the company. He had made enough money working there that he never had to work another day in his life.
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If this man started when the factory opened and continued to
be there until he retired, the likely hood that he touched this
desk is huge.
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