this man was WL Gardner from Le Claire Iowa, near Davenport, Iowa, passed away in 1925. He was a major dealer. Sold to China, India, Paris, and London. As far as we know he has a grandson still living. He is still part of our research. We have a picture with quite a few dealers in it and plan on doing a book about the dealers. I met and introduced my self to the great grandson of a dealer from Lansing, Iowa. You'll need a good map to see these towns. Remember we are so accustomed to riding 25 minutes to the next town, in that era it was a big deal.. I have a couple reproduced photos of this copy attached. You can easily see the good ones are on the perimeter and a few have been paired up.
