City Book Store

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City Book Store
Type
  • Sporting Goods / Hobby / Musical Instrument / and Book Stores
  • Candy Store
  • Confectionery Stores
  • Food Services and Drinking Places (Dairy)
  • Stationary Stores
  • Miscellaneous Store Retailers
Industry
  • Retail
  • Accommodation and Food Services
Fate Dissolved
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1897 (1897))
Founder(s) David Wesley Brandt (1897-1911)
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 120 S Market St, Wooster, Ohio;
Area served Wayne County, Ohio
Key people

Locations

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
  • 1928 - Wooster Directory - City Book Store 117 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio - books & stationery, office supplies & furniture/typewriters - Alex W. Hamilton, Proprietor, p. 8, 85, 218
  • 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

  • 1927 - "A Store With a Heart in the Heart of Wooster" [1]

Historical documents

  • Wooster Progress (1914)
    • 1914 - Book Store

"Another of Wooster's attractive and prosperous mercantile establishments is the City Book Store, situated first door east of the Citizens National Bank, The, in the heart of Wooster's shopping district. In connection with books, stationery, office supplies, kodaks and photo supplies, pictures and picture framing, this store conducts a soda fountain in the rear, exclusive from the rest which enjoys a well deserved and growing patronage. A glance at the accompanying photograph will give you an idea as to its arrangement and equipment.

Mr. Burkholder, the proprietor has built up his business through "squal deal" methods, and by anticipating the wants of the people." [2]


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

Business Letterheads

  • City Book Store letterhead dated 1954.

  • City Book Store receipt.

Business Photos

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Newspaper ads

1917

1919

1920

  • ad, [8].

  • ad, [9].

  • Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 1928 Mar 6, p. 2.

Newspaper citations with no attached images

References

  1. ↑ The Tatler of 1927" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio
  2. ↑ Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 19.
  3. ↑ The Southwestern Way. Wooster Progress. 1914.
  4. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-30, p. 6.
  5. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-10-31, p. 4.
  6. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 6
  7. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 4.
  8. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 2.
  9. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 4

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