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Title	Colson Corporation Anti-Tipping Wheelchair Advertisement
Subject	Business and Labor Wheelchairs Advertisements
Place	Elyria (Ohio) Lorain County (Ohio)
Description	This advertisement produced by the Colson Corporation of Elyria, Ohio features the company's anti-tipping wheel chair. The two-page brochure measures 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). W. L. Fay established the Fay Manufacturing Company in 1885 and began manufacturing the Fairy Tricycle, designed for women. Fay also became successful as a manufacturer of carts, similar to modern wheelchairs, for Civil War amputees and polio victims. In 1891 Fay sold the company to Arthur L. Garford of Elyria, Ohio. Garford changed the name to Worthington Manufacturing Company in 1897 and George Cushing Worthington became president. Worthington later left the company to manufacture golf balls and kept the Worthington Manufacturing name. In 1917, the Colson Company organized and began manufacturing stretchers and service carts in addition to its other products. A new line of Fairy bicycles, tricycles, and scooters was introduced as well. By the 1920s, Colson operated a chain of stores in 17 cities throughout the United States. The company fell in to receivership during the Great Depression, however, and was broken up into several smaller companies. In 1957 the wheelchair business was sold to Cortland Shea, which later became Invacare Corporation, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Creator	Colson Corporation
Date of Original	1940 - 1950 circa
Collection	Colson Corporation Collection
Source	Published material 1982.058
Submitting Institution	Lorain County Historical Society
Type	Text

Title	Om1965_3027556_028
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1965_3027556_028.tif
Image Height	3375
Image Width	4333
File Size	4284.741 KB
Full Text	Play Safe! Do not tip your Wheel Chairs! Be Sure—Safe—Certain Annual Hospital Convention September^27th to October Ist Atlantic City, N, J. NEW YORK 7 East 19th Street Anti Tipping -L/C vice can't *'H at tent tip out' RUBBER BUMPER ARM REST RUBBER BUMPER 1 ¦=sr LEG REST RUBBER BUMPER WHEEL-RUBBER ANTI TIPPING _^Ji^4 ^ DEVICE Illustrating Complete Bumper Equipment and Anti Tipping Device. THE COLSON COMPANY ELYRIA, OHIO BOSTON 87 High Street LOS ANGELES, CAL, BALTIMORE 1317 Willow St, 117 W, Lombard St BUFFALO CHICAGO 52 Pearl Street 235 W. Randolph St. CLEVELAND, O. DETROIT, MICH 115 St. Clair Ave. N, E. 223 W, Larned St, See Complete Colson Display Booth Numbers 74-75 CINCINNATI 423 Elm Street PHILADELPHIA 222 North 15th St, PITTSBURGH, PA, 105 Wood St,

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