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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
Circa 1893-1899
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WHOLESALER-RETAILOR
Standard Hardware Co.
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The hardware company was founded in
1862 by Messrs, Wetmore & Baldwin, and
after several changes in personnel, the
firm was incorporated in 1889, under
the title of the Paige Brothers
Company. The incorporators were Hon.
D.R. Paige, A. T. Paige, Theodore
Butler, J. Ed Good, G. S. Scott and F.
W. Beebe.
In 1893 the company elected
Theodore Butler President and General
Manager; J. Edward Good, Vice President
and Secretary. The name of the firm
located at 146-148 South Main Street in
Akron, Ohio, was then changed to the
Standard Hardware company. In 1905 the
Standard Hardware company and the
Morgan & Runnell company consolidated
under the name of the Hardware & Supply
company.
Standard Hardware dealt in all kinds of factory and railroad supplies; general
hardware; iron and steel; sheet metals;
mechanics' tools; garden and farm
implements; Taplin;
Rice & Company's stoves and ranges; tinware; cutlery;
powder; electrical appliances; guns and
ammunition; and all other articles
usually appertaining to the hardware
trade.
Standard Hardware also carried a small line of sporting goods, Columbia
Bicycles, "second-hand bicycles, and base ball goods. This
"Standard" Trademark ring bat seems to
be the only model produced. "Ring Bats"
- decorated with painted or stained
rings or bands around the center or and
barrel, are common to the late 19th
century.
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Standard Hardware Company
Baseball Bat |
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1899 Newspaper Ad |
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