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Title
Wooster
Brush
Company
Works
Photograph
Subject
Business and Labor
Factories
Broom & brush industry
Place
Wooster (Ohio)
Wayne County (Ohio)
Description
This
3.25
" by
7
"
(8.3
by
18
cm)
image
depicts
the
Wooster
Brush
Company
works
in
Wooster
,
Ohio
.
Adam
Foss
established
the
company
in
1851
.
Local
legend
indicates
that
Foss
purchased
an
unclaimed
package
in
Cincinnati
that
contained
hog
bristles
,
which
he
used
to
make
brushes
.
It
is
believed
that
brushmaker
Samuel
Foss
,
older
brother
of
Adam
,
trained
him in the
craft
of
brush
making
.
Adam
Foss
served
as
president
until
1876
,
when
he was
succeeded
by
Walter
Foss
and
George
Schwartz
. The
company
incorporated
as the
Wooster
Brush
Company
in
1909
. A
member
of the
Foss
family
served
as
company
president
until
1950
,
when
Stanley
R
.
Welty
became
president
. The
company
has
produced
more
than
2400
products
for
all
sorts
of
painters
.
It
is
one
of the
oldest
manufacturers
of
paint
applicators
in the
United
States
. The
image
is
taken
from the
Wooster
Souvenir
published
by the
Clapper
Printing
&
Bag
Company
. In an
1870
ad
,
Wooster
Brush
Company
advertised
the
following
products
:
whitewash
brushes
,
molder's
brushes
,
horse
brushes
,
shoe
brushes
,
stove
brushes
,
dusting
,
fancy
, and
common
brushes
,
mill
brushes
,
printer's
lye
brushes
,
tanners
,
tumbler
window
and
paint
brushes
,
plastering
brushes
,
brushes
for
special
purposes
, and
machine
brushes
made
to
order
. In
1908
,
Wooster
Brush
received
a
patent
to
manufacture
flat
varnish
,
flat
wall
paint
,
flat
kalsomine
, and
whitewash
brushes
. By
1958
,
Wooster
Brush
Company
manufacturered
500
types
of
brushes
and a
complete
line
of
rollers
for
consumers
,
industry
, and
professionals
.
Creator
Clapper Printing & Bag Company
Date of Original
1880
-
1910
circa
Collection
Wooster
Souvenir
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Wayne County Public Library
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;
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
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2650_2513209_001.tif
Image Height
1816
Image Width
3277
File Size
1760.304 KB
Format
picture
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