Mike Holz

  • “Saving Sam” and the Western Auto Supply Company

    The entrepreneurial businessman George Pepperdine (1886-1962) created the automobile accessories mail-order sales company Western Auto Supply in Kansas in 1909. He sold part of his interests in 1916 and moved to California to establish the company Western Auto Supply of Los Angeles. After the launch of Western Auto Supply in Los Angeles, Pepperdine commissioned…

  • The ‘Still Bank Blog’ is LIVE!

    My first Website, SafeBankCollector.com, was created almost 10 years ago. At the time I was in the process of writing my book on cast iron safe banks. That first website was very helpful in that it allowed me to organize information to assist with mapping out the book. When the book finally went to…