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| predecessor      = [[Humphrey's Mast Cleaners and Dryers]]
 
| predecessor      = [[Humphrey's Mast Cleaners and Dryers]]
 
| successor        =  
 
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| foundation      = [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|1915}})
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| foundation      = [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|1919}})
 
| founder          = Paul [[Weitzel (surname)|Weitzel]], Sr. and 2 friends from [[Porterville, Pennsylvania]] (1915), L. E. [[Humphrey (surname)|Humphrey]] cousin (1915), Frank [[Humphrey (surname)|Humphrey]] cousin (1915-Fall 1916)
 
| founder          = Paul [[Weitzel (surname)|Weitzel]], Sr. and 2 friends from [[Porterville, Pennsylvania]] (1915), L. E. [[Humphrey (surname)|Humphrey]] cousin (1915), Frank [[Humphrey (surname)|Humphrey]] cousin (1915-Fall 1916)
 
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==Business Biography
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==Business Biography==
  
 
==Slogans==
 
==Slogans==
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==Historical documents==
 
==Historical documents==
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*  Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79.
 
*  Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79.
  

Revision as of 14:04, 2 December 2015

Weitzel Dry Cleaning
Type Private
Industry Other Services
Fate Dissolved
Predecessor(s) Humphrey's Mast Cleaners and Dryers
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1919 (1919))
Founder(s) Paul Weitzel, Sr. and 2 friends from Porterville, Pennsylvania (1915), L. E. Humphrey cousin (1915), Frank Humphrey cousin (1915-Fall 1916)
Headquarters 116 N. Walnut St., Wooster, Ohio, Wooster, Ohio (1915-1928), 201 N. Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio (1928), United States
Number of locations 1
Area served Wayne County, Ohio

Business Biography

Slogans

  • Craftsmen in keeping things new since 1919

Historical documents

WeitzelDryCleaners-Ltrhd.jpg

  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79.

Newspaper Articles

WeitzelDryClean-1919-StartsUp.jpg

WeitzelBuilding-1928-Excavation.jpg

  • April 25, 1928: "Start Excavation for Paul Weitzel Building", The Daily Record, p. 1.

Timeline


Gallery

1919

1920

Newspaper articles

External Links

References

  1. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-05-15, p. 6.
  2. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-04, p. 3.
  3. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-04, p. 6.
  4. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-24, p. 3.
  5. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, p. 6.
  6. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-24, p. 4
  7. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 3.
  8. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 6