big chief tablet: Collecting St Joseph MO Trader Cards...Part 3.....St Joseph MO - 07/02/12 03:34 AM
Today, I collected my 3rd trading card! 
So art really is not my thing, at least which is what I thought.  After my adventure this afternoon, I have once again proven myself wrong.  Wow, what a beautiful collection and great experience. 

Off of Frederick Avenue between Noyes Blvd. and 36th Street sit many huge, extravagant homes.  I have always adored them while driving past.  Today I stepped inside one of them, a Georgian style mansion that was built around 1933 as the home of William and Lean Albrecht.  William Albrecht founded the Western Tablet Company, later known as … (2 comments)

big chief tablet: Western Tablet Company taking a new look as ~ Lofts ~ Mitchell Park Plaza ~ St Joseph - 01/17/09 03:09 PM

 
Western Tablet Company plant has been an integral architectural part of St Joseph since the early 1900's.  Not only was this where the original BIG CHIEF TABLET was made, but also the number of jobs at the factory.  The Western Tablet Company held the original copyright of the popular writing notebook but was sold later to the Mead Corporation.  In 2004 Mead closed the St Joseph plant.
 The Big Chief Tablet was a popular writing notebook for several generations of young children.  It featured widely spaced lines, easier to write in for those learning to write.  It's prominence however, … (10 comments)