Obituaries in 1960 stated Mr. Armour was the inventor of the telephone booth door. The 1929 article presented below states Maurice C. Turner, partner of Mr. Armour, was the inventor of the design utilized by the business they formed in 1919.
New York Times January 27, 1960:
Albert P. Armour Dies
Phone Booth Door Inventor
Sold Rights for 3 Million
Albert Phelps Armour, formerly of Forest Hills, Queens, retired telephone-booth-door inventor and manufacturer, died yesterday at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had lived for the last four years.
Mr. Armour was reputed to have sold his patent rights in telephone-booth-door patents for $3,000,000 when he retired in 1929. His company, Turner, Armour & Co., sold out to the Western Electric Company at that time.
Mr. Armour leaves his wife, Iras; a daughter by a previous marriage, Miss Shirley Elizabeth Armour, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Olena.
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Armour was engaged to Edith Elizabeth French [Brooklyn Daily Eagle January 5, 1908]
Miss French died March 29th, less than a month before the scheduled wedding. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 31, 1911]
Margaret Cleverley Seward Armour sued Albert P. Armour for Divorce at Reno, NV. They were married April 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 20, 1931]
Albert P. Armour married Iras Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Arnold of Emporia, KS, on February 10, 1932 [Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 11, 1932]
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Another Queens Industry
Albany, May 3—The Turner-Armour Corporation of the Borough of Queens has been chartered to manufacture cabinets, telephone booths, etc., and to operate saw and planing mill. The capital is $25,000 and the directors are Maurice C. Turner of Kew Gardens and A. P. Armour and H. G. Olena of Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 3, 1919]
Turner-Armour Corporation Just Purchased by Telephone Interests, Built Up Large Industry on Folding Telephone Booth Door Invented by M. C. Turner Here.
Western Electric Company purchased the two large manufacturing plants operated by Turner-Armour Corp. in Brooklyn and Queens. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 3, 1929]
Official Residence
New York- Trygve Lie, [first] secretary-general of the United Nations organization, will establish his official residence in August in a four story stone and stucco English style house at Forest Hills, N. Y, it has been learned. The house formerly was the property of Albert Phelps Armour, millionaire inventor and manufacturer. [Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, IL) July 17, 1946]
New York Times January 27, 1960:
Albert P. Armour Dies
Phone Booth Door Inventor
Sold Rights for 3 Million
Albert Phelps Armour, formerly of Forest Hills, Queens, retired telephone-booth-door inventor and manufacturer, died yesterday at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had lived for the last four years.
Mr. Armour was reputed to have sold his patent rights in telephone-booth-door patents for $3,000,000 when he retired in 1929. His company, Turner, Armour & Co., sold out to the Western Electric Company at that time.
Mr. Armour leaves his wife, Iras; a daughter by a previous marriage, Miss Shirley Elizabeth Armour, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Olena.
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Armour was engaged to Edith Elizabeth French [Brooklyn Daily Eagle January 5, 1908]
Miss French died March 29th, less than a month before the scheduled wedding. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 31, 1911]
Margaret Cleverley Seward Armour sued Albert P. Armour for Divorce at Reno, NV. They were married April 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 20, 1931]
Albert P. Armour married Iras Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Arnold of Emporia, KS, on February 10, 1932 [Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 11, 1932]
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Another Queens Industry
Albany, May 3—The Turner-Armour Corporation of the Borough of Queens has been chartered to manufacture cabinets, telephone booths, etc., and to operate saw and planing mill. The capital is $25,000 and the directors are Maurice C. Turner of Kew Gardens and A. P. Armour and H. G. Olena of Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 3, 1919]
Turner-Armour Corporation Just Purchased by Telephone Interests, Built Up Large Industry on Folding Telephone Booth Door Invented by M. C. Turner Here.
Western Electric Company purchased the two large manufacturing plants operated by Turner-Armour Corp. in Brooklyn and Queens. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 3, 1929]
Official Residence
New York- Trygve Lie, [first] secretary-general of the United Nations organization, will establish his official residence in August in a four story stone and stucco English style house at Forest Hills, N. Y, it has been learned. The house formerly was the property of Albert Phelps Armour, millionaire inventor and manufacturer. [Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, IL) July 17, 1946]
Obituaries in 1960 stated Mr. Armour was the inventor of the telephone booth door. The 1929 article presented below states Maurice C. Turner, partner of Mr. Armour, was the inventor of the design utilized by the business they formed in 1919.
New York Times January 27, 1960:
Albert P. Armour Dies
Phone Booth Door Inventor
Sold Rights for 3 Million
Albert Phelps Armour, formerly of Forest Hills, Queens, retired telephone-booth-door inventor and manufacturer, died yesterday at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had lived for the last four years.
Mr. Armour was reputed to have sold his patent rights in telephone-booth-door patents for $3,000,000 when he retired in 1929. His company, Turner, Armour & Co., sold out to the Western Electric Company at that time.
Mr. Armour leaves his wife, Iras; a daughter by a previous marriage, Miss Shirley Elizabeth Armour, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Olena.
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Armour was engaged to Edith Elizabeth French [Brooklyn Daily Eagle January 5, 1908]
Miss French died March 29th, less than a month before the scheduled wedding. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 31, 1911]
Margaret Cleverley Seward Armour sued Albert P. Armour for Divorce at Reno, NV. They were married April 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 20, 1931]
Albert P. Armour married Iras Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Arnold of Emporia, KS, on February 10, 1932 [Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 11, 1932]
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Another Queens Industry
Albany, May 3—The Turner-Armour Corporation of the Borough of Queens has been chartered to manufacture cabinets, telephone booths, etc., and to operate saw and planing mill. The capital is $25,000 and the directors are Maurice C. Turner of Kew Gardens and A. P. Armour and H. G. Olena of Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 3, 1919]
Turner-Armour Corporation Just Purchased by Telephone Interests, Built Up Large Industry on Folding Telephone Booth Door Invented by M. C. Turner Here.
Western Electric Company purchased the two large manufacturing plants operated by Turner-Armour Corp. in Brooklyn and Queens. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 3, 1929]
Official Residence
New York- Trygve Lie, [first] secretary-general of the United Nations organization, will establish his official residence in August in a four story stone and stucco English style house at Forest Hills, N. Y, it has been learned. The house formerly was the property of Albert Phelps Armour, millionaire inventor and manufacturer. [Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, IL) July 17, 1946]
New York Times January 27, 1960:
Albert P. Armour Dies
Phone Booth Door Inventor
Sold Rights for 3 Million
Albert Phelps Armour, formerly of Forest Hills, Queens, retired telephone-booth-door inventor and manufacturer, died yesterday at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he had lived for the last four years.
Mr. Armour was reputed to have sold his patent rights in telephone-booth-door patents for $3,000,000 when he retired in 1929. His company, Turner, Armour & Co., sold out to the Western Electric Company at that time.
Mr. Armour leaves his wife, Iras; a daughter by a previous marriage, Miss Shirley Elizabeth Armour, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Olena.
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Armour was engaged to Edith Elizabeth French [Brooklyn Daily Eagle January 5, 1908]
Miss French died March 29th, less than a month before the scheduled wedding. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle March 31, 1911]
Margaret Cleverley Seward Armour sued Albert P. Armour for Divorce at Reno, NV. They were married April 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 20, 1931]
Albert P. Armour married Iras Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Arnold of Emporia, KS, on February 10, 1932 [Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 11, 1932]
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Another Queens Industry
Albany, May 3—The Turner-Armour Corporation of the Borough of Queens has been chartered to manufacture cabinets, telephone booths, etc., and to operate saw and planing mill. The capital is $25,000 and the directors are Maurice C. Turner of Kew Gardens and A. P. Armour and H. G. Olena of Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 3, 1919]
Turner-Armour Corporation Just Purchased by Telephone Interests, Built Up Large Industry on Folding Telephone Booth Door Invented by M. C. Turner Here.
Western Electric Company purchased the two large manufacturing plants operated by Turner-Armour Corp. in Brooklyn and Queens. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 3, 1929]
Official Residence
New York- Trygve Lie, [first] secretary-general of the United Nations organization, will establish his official residence in August in a four story stone and stucco English style house at Forest Hills, N. Y, it has been learned. The house formerly was the property of Albert Phelps Armour, millionaire inventor and manufacturer. [Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, IL) July 17, 1946]
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