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Colson Corporation New Bicycles for 1936 Brochure

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Title	Colson Corporation New Bicycles for 1936 Brochure
Subject	Transportation Business and Labor Sports Bicycles & tricycles Advertisements
Place	Elyria (Ohio) Lorain County (Ohio)
Description	This eight-page brochure advertises bicycles produced by the Colson Corporation of Elyria, Ohio in 1936. It 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	1936
Collection	Colson Corporation Collection
Source	Published material 1982.058
Submitting Institution	Lorain County Historical Society
Type	Text

Title	Om1965_3027516_067
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_3027516_067.tif
Image Height	4336
Image Width	3323
File Size	3539.996 KB
Full Text	^¥. EW mmm mmmM oz 1036

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