The Howard Ehmke Company
In Winter 1931, Ehmke formed his own company, issuing 1000 shares of common stock. Ehmke's product was "a large canvas tarpaulin that could be spread over the infield when it rained to keep water off the baseball diamond." Ehmke Manufacturing Company is still in business today.
Ehmke died in Philadelphia in 1959.
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