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==Historical documents==
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==Locations==
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*  {{Address | number=130 | street=W. South St. | city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }}
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==City Directories==
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*  1884-1885 - Directory
 
*  1884-1885 - Directory
 
*  1896 - Wooster City Directory
 
*  1896 - Wooster City Directory
  
==Newspaper articles==
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==Comprehensive History==
*  4 Jan 1912 - Droz Corner Sold Today" [[Wooster Daily News]]
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* 10 Oct 1913 - "Students Visit Bell Bros. Barn" [[Wooster Daily News]], p.6.
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*  8 Dec 1917 - "Bell Bros. Cop America Prize: Get Gold Medal Five at Big Stock Show at Chicago-- Five Best Percherons" [[Wooster Daily News]], p. 1.
 
  
 
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==Historical documents==
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* Wooster Progress (1914)
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** 1914 - Horse breeding
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"  Bell Brothers are America's Pioneer Importers of through bred Draft Horses and have made Importing of Draft Horses a specialty for nearly forty years and are known all over  the United States and Canada for the high class horses they import.
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They deal exclusively in Percheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares and are the largest importers if draft horses in the eastern part of the United States. The firm is absolutely reliable, having weathered the storm of every financial depression for the last four decades, making their written guarantee, which accompanies every sale, perfectly safe and gives absolute protection to each purchaser.
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People interested in draft horses are cordially invited to visit their stables at any time where the firm will extend to them their courteous treatment and acquaint them with their honest and square dealing."  <ref>Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 43.</ref>
  
 
==Timeline==
 
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==Gallery==
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===Business Letterheads===
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===Business Photos===
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===Maps===
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File:BellBrothers-SanbornMaps1888.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1888
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File:BellBros-SanbornMaps1892.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1892
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File:BellBros-SanbornMaps1905.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1905
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File:BellBros-SanbornMaps1911.PNG|Sanborn Maps 1911 1 location
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==Newspaper articles==
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4 Jan 1912 - Droz Corner Sold Today" [[Wooster Daily News]]
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* 10 Oct 1913 - "Students Visit Bell Bros. Barn" [[Wooster Daily News]], p.6.
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*  8 Dec 1917 - "Bell Bros. Cop America Prize: Get Gold Medal Five at Big Stock Show at Chicago-- Five Best Percherons" [[Wooster Daily News]], p. 1.
  
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 16:10, 19 September 2022

Bell Brothers
Fate Dissolved
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 130 W. South St., Wooster, Ohio
Services Deal exclusively in Percheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares and are the largest importers if draft horses in the eastern part of the United States.

Locations

City Directories

  • 1884-1885 - Directory
  • 1896 - Wooster City Directory

Comprehensive History

Slogans

Historical documents

  • Wooster Progress (1914)
    • 1914 - Horse breeding

" Bell Brothers are America's Pioneer Importers of through bred Draft Horses and have made Importing of Draft Horses a specialty for nearly forty years and are known all over the United States and Canada for the high class horses they import.

They deal exclusively in Percheron and Belgian Stallions and Mares and are the largest importers if draft horses in the eastern part of the United States. The firm is absolutely reliable, having weathered the storm of every financial depression for the last four decades, making their written guarantee, which accompanies every sale, perfectly safe and gives absolute protection to each purchaser.

People interested in draft horses are cordially invited to visit their stables at any time where the firm will extend to them their courteous treatment and acquaint them with their honest and square dealing." [1]

Timeline

Gallery

Business Letterheads

Business Photos

Maps

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Newspaper ads

Newspaper citations with no attached images

  • 4 Jan 1912 - Droz Corner Sold Today" Wooster Daily News
  • 10 Oct 1913 - "Students Visit Bell Bros. Barn" Wooster Daily News, p.6.
  • 8 Dec 1917 - "Bell Bros. Cop America Prize: Get Gold Medal Five at Big Stock Show at Chicago-- Five Best Percherons" Wooster Daily News, p. 1.

References

  1. Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 43.

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