City Book Store

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Current Contact Information
Address 120 S Market St
City, State, Zip Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone M-194
Contact Person Alex W Hamilton
Contact Title Owner
Last updated 2016:05-27 CLOSED


City Book Store
Type
  • Book Stores
  • Candy Store
  • Confectionery Store
  • Restaurants (Dairy)
  • Stationery
  • Office Supplies
  • Office Equipment
Industry
Fate Dissolved
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1897 (1897))
Founder(s) David Wesley Brandt (1897-1911)
Headquarters , United States
Number of locations 1
Area served Wayne County, Ohio
Key people

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 Dickason & Baird Proprs - (G W Burkholder)
  • 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

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Business letterheads

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Newspaper full-text articles

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1917

1919

1920


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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

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