In 1895 Buschow & Beck advertised doll heads made of sheet metal with a sample store in Berlin at P. Mourgnes, Ritterstrasse 77/II in Hamburg at Jost & Kessels, old Gröningerstrasse 22. (as seen in the German book, “Address Book of all Countries of the World of Merchants, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, Landowners.”) They also advertised a location of “Reichenbach in Schles.”
The Leipzig Trade Fair Address Book of 1897 listed Buschow & Beck, “Buschow & Beck, Nossen (Saxony), doll heads made of sheet metal. O.-V. Neumarkt 2, II. Patented in many countries. Multiple awards.”
Buschow & Beck of Nossen Germany advertised making dolls and doll heads in 1900 (The Buyers’ Guide through Germany, Bohemia 1897/98, p. 44).
Bruschow & Beck feature an ad in Export in 1900 for metal doll head that is not named after their famous Minerva (Export. Berlin. 1900. p. 272).
Their famous Minerva tin head appeared over the years in German newspapers.
Patents
In 1903 they patented #145860 a locking device for doll sleeping eyes.
In 1904 Sprechsaal announced the Buschow & Beck 1903 registered patent Klasse 77 c. No. 147 817 (translated), “Sleeping eyes for dolls’ heads. To replace the easily breakable spherical glass sleeping eyes of the dolls, the usual flat, elongated glass bodies ‘a, a1’ are used as fixed eyes, which are cemented into hemispherical hollow bearing shells to give them mobility. These bearing shells are printed from sheet-shaped material, connected by a bridge ‘c’, with punched-out openings and bearing pins with which they are inserted into the familiar plaster bearings of the head.”
In 1904 the registered 157873 for a sleeping eye support for doll heads.
Little Rosebud
The Minerva head was used to make the Little Rosebud doll featured in Youth’s Companion magazine from 1907-1911.
1926 Ad in Spielwaren-Zeitung
An ad appeared in the 1926 issue of Spielwaren-Zeitung that read “Buschow & Beck, Doll Factory Nossen 1. Sat. 4. Buschow & Beck Nossen i. Sa. MINERVA” metal and celluloid doll heads, celluloid dolls, dressed dolls, doll components To the trade fair in Leipzig: Hansa-Haus, Grimmaische Str. 13, III, room 36.”
A second ad with a photo of a set of dolls read “Buschow & Beck, Puppenfabrik Nossen I. Sa. 4. ..MINERVA” Metall- und Celluloid- Puppen-Köpfe, Celluloid-Puppen, gekleidete Puppen, Puppenbestandteile Zur Messe in Leipzig:,,Hansa-Haus”, Grimmaische Str. 13,III, Zimmer 36.”
Later in 1928 Buschow & Beck request a rehearing of judgments made against them in New York for their exports of musical instruments.