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MAX MOTHES turns 100

In 1918 a certain Max Mothes founded a company in Düsseldorf. A little review in pictures. All photos were kindly made available to us by Silke Vitenius, the great-great-granddaughter of Max Mothes.

You can see:
  • Max Mothes, the company founder. Born in Chemnitz in 1865, died in Düsseldorf in 1935
  • Employee from the very beginning
  • Catalog page from 1929
  • 1943: MAX MOTHES celebrates its 25th anniversary
  • Production hall
  • Invoice document from 1936
  • Dr. Käthe Haver, born in Hanover: granddaughter of Max Mothes and managing director from 1961 to 2003
  • Headquarters in Suitbertusstrasse, Düsseldorf
  • Catalog page (year unknown)
  • Relocation to company headquarters in Uedesheim, Neuss