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Revision as of 13:43, 7 December 2021
| Type | Hardware Stores; Sporting Goods Stores |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Fate | Acquired by Harding & Jones Hardware |
| Predecessor(s) | Jacobs Hardware Store |
| Successor(s) | Harding Hardware |
| Founded | Wooster, Ohio (1876) |
| Founder(s) | William A. Harding and W. H. Jones |
| Headquarters | Wooster, Ohio, United States |
| Number of locations | 3-story building just West of Court House, Wooster, Ohio |
| Key people | William A. Harding; W. H. Jones |
In 1874, James C. Jacobs sold his well-established hardware store business and the Iron Block Building to Col. Samuel Keefer, of New York city, New York. In 1876, Keefer transferred the hardware store business to William A. Harding and Willard H. Jones, also of New York and they moved to Wooster, Ohio to operate the business.[1]
Company name
- currently Tignor Hometown Hardware
- Retzler True Value Hardware
- Retzler Hardware
- previously Wayne Hardware & Supply Company, 1945-1958
- previously Wayne Hardware, 1938-1945
- previously Welsh Hardware Inc.
- previously Harding Hardware
- previously Harding & Jones Hardware, 1876-
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Harding & Jones' Hardware Store. An Extensive Business Industry. Wayne County Democrat, Supplement, DEC. 18, 1878 p.2
Neighborhood News. Wooster. Dalton Gazette, 1879-MAR-12 p.1
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1870s
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References
- ↑ Wayne County Democrat Supplement, Dec-18-1878 p.2
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