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'''Business Biography'''
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==Business Biography==
 
 
==Slogans==
 
* Craftsmen in keeping things new since 1919
 
  
 
==Historical documents==
 
==Historical documents==
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*  Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79 (book).
 
*  Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79 (book).
  
==Newspaper Articles==
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==Slogans==
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* Craftsmen in keeping things new since 1919
{{Wooster Daily Republican article
 
| title = Humphrey Out of Cleaning Co.
 
| year = 1919
 
| month = 05
 
| day = 06
 
| page = {{Cite page|2}}
 
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[[File:WeitzelBuilding-1928-Excavation.jpg|300px]]<p>
 
{{Daily Record article
 
| title = Start Excavation for Paul Weitzel Building
 
| year = 1928
 
| month = 04
 
| day = 25
 
| page = {{Cite page|1}}
 
}}
 
  
 
==Timeline==
 
==Timeline==
===WWI & Great Depression (1914-1933)===
 
 
*  1919 - Established
 
*  1919 - Established
===The New Deal & WWII (1933-1945)===
 
 
===Postwar America (1945-1960)===
 
 
===The Vietnam Era (1960-1980)===
 
 
===End of the Century (1980-2000)===
 
 
===The New Millenium (2001-    )===
 
 
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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==Newspaper citations==
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[[File:WeitzelDryClean-1919-StartsUp.jpg|300px]]<p>
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{{Wooster Daily Republican article
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| title = Humphrey Out of Cleaning Co.
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| year = 1919
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| month = 05
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| day = 06
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| page = {{Cite page|2}}
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[[File:WeitzelBuilding-1928-Excavation.jpg|300px]]<p>
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{{Daily Record article
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| title = Start Excavation for Paul Weitzel Building
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| year = 1928
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| month = 04
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| day = 25
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| page = {{Cite page|1}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 12:18, 3 December 2015

Business Biography

Weitzel Dry Cleaning
Type Dry Cleaning & Laundry Agents]]
Industry Other Services
Fate Dissolved
Predecessor(s) Humphrey's Dry Cleaning and Pressing Works
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

Historical documents

Weitzel Dry Cleaning Co. receipt dated 1969.
  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 79 (book).

Slogans

  • Craftsmen in keeping things new since 1919

Timeline

  • 1919 - Established

Gallery

1919

1920

Newspaper citations

WeitzelDryClean-1919-StartsUp.jpg

WeitzelBuilding-1928-Excavation.jpg

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

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

What Links Here

[[Category:Businesses established in 1910s