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August Frey, president of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company of Milwaukee, has held to the highest standards in workmanship and in the matter of service rendered to the public. His ability in this field is pronounced and the business, of which he is one of the proprietors, is now one of gratifying proportions.

Mr. Frey is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. He was born July 22, 1884, of the marriage of Theodore Frey and Marie Kraft, both of whom were natives of Germany. Theodore Frey came to the United States in young manhood and was employed as a salesman in the east, residing in New York for a time before removing to St. Louis. There he made his home until 1889, when he took up his abode permanently in Milwaukee, residing here to the time of his death in 1910.

August Frey pursued his education in the Milwaukee public schools and was graduated from the German-English Academy. He then went to work as a salesman for an engraving company, with which he remained for three or four years and later he opened an art studio in the Pereles building, in which he continued for about a year. In 1900 he became associated with C. T. Fairbanks and opened an art studio in the Sentinel building. After about a year they put in an engraving plant and incorporated their interests under the name of the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company. Mr. Fairbanks retired from the business in 1911 and since that date Mr. Frey has been the president. The company conducts an art and engraving business, doing work of various kinds and displaying at all times high artistic skill. Their patronage largely comes from Milwaukee and near-by towns and their business is one of very gratifying proportions.

On the 7th of December, 1905, Mr. Frey was married to Miss Ella Welky, a daughter of Anton Welky of Milwaukee, who was a native of Bohemia. Mr. Frey maintains an independent course in politics, voting for men and measures rather than party and never seeking nor desiring office. He belongs to the Milwaukee lodge of Elks, also to the Milwaukee Athletic Club and to the Association of Commerce, being in hearty sympathy with all of the plans and purposes of that organization for the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of high municipal standards. He hunts and fishes, being fond of all manly outdoor sports but the demands of his business leave him comparatively little leisure time. He is ever seeking legitimate methods whereby to develop his business and enhance the worth of his work and today the Fairbanks-Frey Engraving Company is recognized as a leading concern in connection with the engraving business in this state.