Difference between revisions of "City Book Store"

From Wayne County, Ohio Online Resource Center
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 46: Line 46:
 
| founder          = [[David Wesley Brandt]] (1897-1911)
 
| founder          = [[David Wesley Brandt]] (1897-1911)
 
| defunct          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
 
| defunct          = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| location_city    = [[Public square]] [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1897-1911), [[E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio|117 E. Liberty St.]], [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1911-1937), [[Public square]] [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1937) moved back to original location
+
| location_city    = Public square, [[S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio|120 S. market St.]], [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1897-1911), [[E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio|117 E. Liberty St.]], [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1911-1937), [[Public square]] [[Wooster, Ohio]] (1937) moved back to original location at [[S. Market St., Wooster, Ohio|120 S. market St.]]
 
| location_country = United States
 
| location_country = United States
 
| locations        = 1
 
| locations        = 1

Revision as of 09:27, 28 April 2016

Current Contact Information
Address 117 E Liberty St
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone
Contact Person George W. Burkholder
Contact Title
Email
Last updated 2016:04-27 CLOSED


City Book Store
Type
  • Book Stores
  • Candy Store
  • Confectionery Store
Industry Retail
Fate Dissolved
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1897 (1897))
Founder(s) David Wesley Brandt (1897-1911)
Headquarters Public square, 120 S. market St., Wooster, Ohio (1897-1911), 117 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio (1911-1937), Public square Wooster, Ohio (1937) moved back to original location at 120 S. market St., United States
Number of locations 1
Area served Wayne County, Ohio
Key people Helen and George Burkholder owned (1911-1919), Donald Dirkison maintained the same location for 5 years (1919-1924), Alexander W. Hartman (1924-1942), Mrs. Martha T. Hartman took ownership after her husbands death (1942- )

City Directories

  • 1915 - George W. Burkholder, Owner - book stores, ice cream & confectioneries - located at SE corner of Public Square in 1912-1913 directory
  • 1919 - Dickason & Baird - books - 117 E. Liberty St.
  • 1919 - Directory of Wooster and Bloomington, p. 162
  • 1923 - Donald E. Dickason - books, stationery, phonographs, office supplies, Remington typewriters, p. 17 ad
  • 1925 - Alex W. Hamilton - books, office supplies, stationery
  • 1930 - Alex W. Hamilton - office supplies & furniture/typewriters
  • 1932 - Alex W. Hamtilon - office supplies & furniture/typewriters
  • 1934-1935 - Alex W. Hamilton - office supplies & furniture/typewriters
  • 1937 - Alex W. Hamilton - books & stationery
  • 1939 - moved to 120 S. Market St.

Comprehensive History

Slogans

Timeline

  • 1897 - Store opened Public square - 120 S. Market St.
  • 1911 - Store moved to an 117 E. Liberty St. location
  • 1937 - Store moved back to Public square 120 S. Market St.
  • 1956 - Store remolded

Gallery

Historical documents

Business letterheads

Business photos

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Newspaper ads

1917

1919

1920


Newspaper citations with no attached images

References

  1. Posted from Bibliophemera:City Book Store Fan
  2. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-30, p. 6.
  3. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-10-31, p. 4.
  4. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 6
  5. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 4.
  6. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 2.
  7. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 4

What Links Here