Joseph Miller - Miller Harness Company - Dies at Age 93

Joseph Miller, who built his father’s humble harness shop in Manhattan into one of the USA's largest suppliers of fashionable saddlery, riding apparel and other equestrian equipment, died on June 12 at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.  Mr Miller was president and chief executive of the Miller Harness Company from the late 1940s until 1975, when it was sold to another company. By then, its logo — with the LL in Miller in the shape of high English riding boots — was known worldwide in equestrian circles.

The New York Times has reported that in 1912 — when horse-drawn wagons and fancy carriages still plied the streets —  Mr Miller’s father, Mayer, opened the shop at 123 East 24th Street. Mayer Gostkovsky, as he was known when he arrived in America, had been a master harness maker in Russia.

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