When it comes to the Ostermoor mattress, no other mattress company owns the bragging rights of this kind of storied lineage of praises. Ostermoor innerspring mattresses have made a lasting imprint in elite residences, institutions and ships around the world, defining the luxury standard in natural sleep products for over 150 years. Ostermoor has sequestered a reputation paramount over its competition.
Our ingenious people at Ostermoor & Co. discovered a method of forming a wholesome bed that still stands for superiority today. Well over a century ago, Ostermoor & Company sought mastery over its art and conquered it!
March 16, 1904
Dear Sirs: My Ostermoor Mattress has been a source of delight and comfort for many years. I think it the best I ever saw or slept on, and have taken pleasure in showing it, recommending it, and giving your address to many, for it as soft, sweet and comfortable as the day we got it, and has never depreciated in the least. Recently I saw on sale in Chicago a mattress represented as the same as Ostermoor, advertised in the magazines that was certainly not anything like yours; it was very inferior indeed, and cheaply made; the circular announcing same was a cheaply gotten-up affair, poor paper and cheap in every way. Of course, it is none of my business, but my mattress has proven so thoroughly and genuinely as represented in every way and this was so different, it astonished me – that’s all. I am just a little “cranky” over anything I know to be good in this age of shoddy goods and bogus representations. Being a businesswoman, I certainly appreciate honor and your honest dealings, and hence I tell you this. Yours truly, M.E. Swift, Kennewick, Washington
Supporting Our Troops … Literally!
Ostermoor mattresses have been meticulously selected for various departments of the United States Navy. Over 50,000 Ostermoor mattresses furnished renowned U.S. war ships, torpedo boats, boat destroyers, etc., serving the comfort needs for officers and enlisted men throughout the United States Marine Corp.; United States Revenue Cutter Service; Light House Service; United States Commission Fish and Fisheries; United States Life-Saving Bureau; United States Engineer Corps.; United States Naval Hospitals; and the United States Mississippi River Commission.
Even more impressive is the fact that some of the most decorated American heroes to have ever lived slept on Ostermoor mattresses. The USS Vandalia, a 2033-ton Swatara class screw sloop, transported former President Ulysses S. Grant on a tour of the Mediterranean Sea and its historic ports. Indeed, President Grant had the mutual privilege of sleeping on an Ostermoor.
Test Made Aboard U.S. Man Of War
U.S.S. “Vandalaia,” 3rd Rate, Navy Yard, New York
December 10, 1879
SIR: In obedience to your orders of December 8th, I beg leave to submit herewith the statements to me of Lieut. – Commander G.F.F. Wilde, Executive officer of this vessel, in reference to the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows.
This statement is made in accordance with the Instructions received at the time the said articles were issued to this ship for trial, with my approval of the same.
“The Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows were placed in the berths of the ship on the 26th day of March last, and have, therefore, undergone a trial of something more than eight months. “The present condition of the Mattresses and Pillows shows that they retain their original elasticity unimpaired. The surface of the filling remains even and smooth without having formed into ‘lumps’ or ‘knots’ to the slightest extent. In the tropical climate the filling was found to be a remarkably cool and comfortable substance to lie upon. It was non-absorbent of moisture, either from the body or damp atmosphere, and remained sweet and pure, and free from the slightest objectionable odor under all conditions of atmosphere.
“The Mattresses and Pillows were also found to be free from vermin of all kinds, at all times. In one room where there was a hair mattress in use, the officer occupying it was troubled with bug vermin, despite all efforts to prevent the annoyance, but the Filling in every instance remained proof against the pests.
“I would recommend the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows for the use of Officers of the Navy. My opinion is that the Ostermoor filling is the most cleanly, comfortable and durable substance, for the purpose to which it is put, ever tried in the navy, and it is a most efficient life-preserving material as well.
“All the officers of the ship using these Mattresses concur with me in this opinion, and I strongly recommend the universal use of these Mattresses and Pillows by the bureau.”
Very respectfully,
Richard W. Meade
Commander U.S.N., Commanding
Commandant’s office,
Navy Yard, New York
Forwarded, December 11th, 1879
W.W. queen, Captain Commanding
New York, March 20, 1899
Gentlemen: I have used an Ostermoor Mattress continuously from the time I received it in 1878, and it is today in as good condition as the day I received it from you. I again say it is the best mattress I ever slept on. I should use no other.
Yours very truly,
J.D. Graham, Comd. U.S. Navy
February 15, 1903
SIRS: Referring to your communication of the 7th inst., requesting am expression from this office of the experience of the Marine Corps with Ostermoor Mattresses, I have to reply that the large quantity of mattresses procured from you were distributed to the various posts of the Corps for use of the enlisted men serving there; that they have been subjected to much necessarily hard service; and that they have been found highly satisfactory, being exceedingly elastic, durable and far superior in all respects to other kinds of mattresses previously tested by the Corps.
Very respectfully,
F.L. Denny, Colonel and Quartermaster, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps., Quartermaster’s Office.
March 15, 1904
GENTLEMEN: Ostermoor Mattresses, Pillows, Boat Cushions, etc. have been adopted exclusively for use of the Revenue Cutter Service. Five new ships have been completely equipped with them throughout, and it affords me great pleasure to say that they have given perfect satisfaction in all particulars, and in wear, cleanliness, elasticity and durability; we deem them better than hair or any other mattress known.
Very truly yours,
C.F. Shoemaker, Captain, R.C.S., Chief of Division, U.S. Revenue Cutter Services, Treasury Department
March 11, 1904
Dear Sirs: I have found Ostermoor Mattresses so superior in every way and especially find them so much better than hair, that I have purchased many for my personal use and have also equipped the Light House Tenders under my charge with them throughout.
Very respectfully,
D.P. Heap, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Light House Establishment, N.Y.
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