page_title: Hornblower & Weeks
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hornblower & Weeks / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Hornblower &amp; Weeks founder, Henry Hornblower
context_page_description: Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks in 1888. At its peak in the late 1970s, Hornblower ranked eighth among member firms of the New York Stock Exchange in number of retail offices, with 93 retail sales offices located in the United States and Europe.
  Hornblower was active in financing automobile companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Dodge Motors, General Motors, and Hudson Motor Car Company.
  The firm, which by the 1970s was known as Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill, Noyes and later, Hornblower, Weeks, Noyes & Trask, was acquired by Loeb, Rhoades & Co. to form Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co.
caption: Henry Hornblower c.1908
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