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Line 1: − <!-- Goes at top of page to give a brief history of company, more detailed histories should be in Content heading -->+ − '''Business Biography'''+ − The Bauer Manufacturing Company was established in 1916 when Thomas E. Steiner found out about a new type of patented ladder being made in Cleveland that had become extremely popular with painters and contractors installing house siding. He gathered a group of people to help invest in and form a new company to manufacture this ladder and named the company after the inventor of this type of ladder and The Bauer Manufacturing Company was born.+ − + − The first business and manufacturing facility was located in Marshallville, Ohio. The whole company was moved to Wooster, Ohio in 1920 after the Wooster Board of Trade contacted Steiner about the availability of the old Fortune Tool Company building on E. Bowman St. next to the Gerstenslager Company. At the new facility in Wooster J. E. Weiser became the manager. J. K. Halderman and Harold G. Arnold joined the company in the mid-1930s. As both the Gerstenslager and Bauer ladder companies grew it soon became necessary for each to obtain additional manufacturing space. The Gerstenslager Company purchased the Bauer Manufacturing Company plant on E. Bowman St. and the ladder company moved to a new building on Palmer St. Eventually the Bauer Manufacturing Company would move back to a facility along E. Bowman St. next to Silver Bros. builders supply company.+ − + − Officers of the company were: President Thomas E. Steiner; Vice President and General Manager Harald B. Arnold; Secretary and Treasurer J. K. Halderman; plus Board of Directors W. B. Davies and Jacob Bollinger.+ − + − + − + − + − | logo_caption = + − | image = BauerManfCo-Logo.jpg+ − + − + − + − | native_name = Bauer Ladder+ − | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. Enter multiple names in different languages using {{tl|lang}}, instead. -->+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − | fate = + − + − + − | foundation = ({{Start date|1916}})+ − + − + − + − + − | locations = 2+ − + − + − | products = ladders+ − + − + − | services = + − + − + − + − − − − − − − − − | homepage = {{URL|www.bauerladder.com/}} − − + − ==Comprehensive History==+ − <!-- Long version of the company history --> − − ==Slogans== − <!-- Bullet listing with date, EX. 1956 - Slogan title --> − * − − ==Timeline== − <!-- Bullet listing with date, EX. 1956 - March 6, Brief timeline --> − * 1916 -- Established in Marshallville, Ohio − * 1920 -- Moved the company to Wooster, Ohio into the former Fortune Tool Company building on E. Bowman St. − − ==Gallery== − <!-- This is the place for Images --> − + − <!-- Business documents with historical value -->+ + + − + + − + − + + + + − <!-- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES GO UNDER HEADINGS BELOW --> − ===Newspaper full-text articles=== − Line 90:
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The Bauer Manufacturing Company was established in 1916 when Thomas E. [[Steiner surname)|Steiner]] found out about a new type of patented ladder being made in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] that had become extremely popular with painters and contractors installing house siding. He gathered a group of people to help invest in and form a new company to manufacture this ladder and named the company after the inventor of this type of ladder and The Bauer Manufacturing Company was born.
The first business and manufacturing facility was located in [[Marshallville, Ohio]]. The whole company was moved to [[Wooster, Ohio]] in 1920 after the [[Wooster Board of Trade]] contacted Steiner about the availability of the old [[Fortune Tool Company]] building on [[E. Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio|E. Bowman St.]] next to the [[Gerstenslager Company, The]]. At the new facility in Wooster J. E. Weiser became the manager. J. K. Halderman and Harold G. Arnold joined the company in the mid-1930s. As both the Gerstenslager and Bauer ladder companies grew it soon became necessary for each to obtain additional manufacturing space. The Gerstenslager Company purchased the Bauer Manufacturing Company plant on [[E. Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio|E. Bowman St.]] and the ladder company moved to a new building on [[Palmer St., Wooster, Ohio|Palmer St.]] Eventually the Bauer Manufacturing Company would move back to a facility along E. Bowman St. next to [[Silver Brothers Company|Silver Bros.]] builders supply company.
===Historical documents===
==Quick Facts==
* 1916 - Established in Marshallville, Ohio
* - Office located on 152 1/2 E. Liberty St.
* 1920 - Moved the company to Wooster, Ohio into the former Fortune Tool Company building on E. Bowman St.
===Business letterheads===
==Slogan==
* Our Quality is Always Higher than Our Price
==Maps==
===Business photos===
<gallery>
File:GerstenslagerCo-BauerCo-SilverCo-SanbornMaps1930.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930
File:GerstenslagerCo2-BauerManufacturingCo-SanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1930-1945
</gallery>
==Newspaper articles==
==Newspaper articles==
[[File:Wostr-BauerLadderFounded.jpg|thumb|left|400px|{{Daily Record article
[[File:Wostr-BauerLadderFounded.jpg|thumb|left|400px|{{Daily Record article
| title = Bauer Ladder Founded by T.E. Steiner in 1916
| title = Bauer Ladder Founded by T.E. Steiner in 1916
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===Newspaper citations with no attached images===
{{Wooster Daily News article
| title = Makes Handles by Thousands: Bauer Mfg. Co. Is Heavily Engaged in Making War Products
| year = 1918
==References==
| month = 09
| day = 05
| page = {{Cite page|6}}
}}
{{Daily Record article
| title = Today: The Bauer Manufacturing Co
| year = 1929
| month = 08
| day = 07
}}
{{Daily Record article
| title = Wooster Industries: The Bauer Manufacturing Co
| year = 1936
| month = 12
| day = 29
| author = Arthur Gossard
}}
[[Category:Businesses in Wooster, Ohio]]
[[Category:Organizations]]