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|Organization name=Wooster Hardware Company, The
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| foundation      = [[Wooster, Ohio]] ({{Start date|1858}})
 
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| founder          = [[John G. "Happy Jack" Myers]]
 
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| location_city    = [[Wooster, Ohio]]; Orrville, Ohio
 
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| location_country = United States
 
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| locations        = 2 [[W Liberty St|132 W Liberty St]], [[Wooster, Ohio]]; [[Orrville, Ohio]]
 
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| area_served      = [[Wayne County, Ohio]]
 
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| key_people      = John G. {{Surname|Myers}}
 
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|Services=Hardware Store
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==Locations==
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|Year Start=1858
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*  {{Address | number=132 | street=W. Liberty St.| city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }}
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*  1942 - {{Address | number=137 | street=W. Liberty St.| city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }}<ref>Observer 1932" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
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1942 - Wooster High School annual <ref>Observer 1932" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
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|Name of person=John G. Myers
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|Note=Nickname: "Happy Jack"
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==Comprehensive History==
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|Owners={{Owner}}
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|Status=Defunct
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|Key persons={{Staff
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|Full name=Ashley W. Smyser
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|Role=President
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|Period from year=1928
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|Period until year=1932
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|Note=Source: Wooster Directories 1928-1932.
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|Locations={{Location
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|Building number=132
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|Street=W. Liberty St.
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|City=Wooster
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|Township=Wooster
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|County=Wayne
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|State=Ohio
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|Zipcode=44691
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|Country=United States of America
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|Is time bound=No
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|Infobox image caption=The Southwestern Way. Wooster Progress. 1914.
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==Slogans==
 
==Slogans==
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* Just Right
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* ''"Just Right"''
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==Historical documents==
 
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*  1942 - Wooster High School annual <ref>Observer 1942" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
 
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==Timeline==
 
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*  1858 - Opened
 
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*  1958 - Celebration 100 years in the same location
 
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==Gallery==
 
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===Historical documents===
 
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* 1927 - Wooster High School annual <ref>The Tatler of 1927" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio</ref>
 
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===Business letterheads===
 
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<gallery mode=packed heights=300px style="text-align:left">
 
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File:WooHardwareCoLtrhd.jpg
 
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====1931====
 
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File:Page 5 of Rittman Press,published in Rittman, Ohio on Thursday, February 19th, 1931 (1).jpeg|article, <ref>Rittman Press. Rittman, Ohio. 1931-02-19, p.5.</ref>
 
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===Newspaper ads===
 
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====1887====
 
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File:WoosterHardwareCo WR18770816p3.png: 1887 ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio. 1887-08-16, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>"Wooster Hardware Company"
 
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File:WoosterHardwareCo Wooster Republican 1897-10-20p5.PNG|ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1897-10-20, p. 5.</ref>
 
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====1900s====
 
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File:WoosterHardwareCo WR18770816p3.png| ad, <ref>Creston Journal. Wooster, Ohio, 1904-05-12, {{Cite page|1}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Page 3 of Wooster Republican,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, December 14th, 1904 (3).jpeg|400px
 
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File:Page 4 of Wooster Republican,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, July 17th, 1907 (1).jpeg|400px
 
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File:Wooster Hardware Cp WCD19111018p5.PNG| ad, <ref>Wayne County Democrat. Wooster, Ohio, 1911-10-18, {{Cite page|5}}. </ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19170330p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-30, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster Hardware Co WR19170524p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-5-24, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WDN19171224p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-12-24, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19180214.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19180702p3.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-02, {{Cite page|3}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19181224p4.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-12-24, {{Cite page|4}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19190102p2.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-01-02, {{Cite page|2}}.</ref>.
 
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File:Wooster_Hardware_Company,_The_WR19191124p2.png| ad, <ref>Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, {{Cite page|2}}.</ref>.
 
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File:WoosterHardware19200123p7.png|ad, <ref>Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-237, p. 7</ref>.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 August 2022

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WostrHardwareCo-Logo.jpg
About
Name
  • Wooster Hardware Company, The
Retail
  • Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
Services
  • Hardware Store
Facts
Founded
  • 1858
    Wooster,Ohio
  • Date unknown
Related
Key Persons
Founders
Key Persons
Location
    • 132 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio

WoosterHardwareCoImage1914.PNG

The Southwestern Way. Wooster Progress. 1914.
Hardware Gallery.png

Discover logos, letterheads, maps, ads, and photos.

Read more
Timeline Cover Title.png

View the timeline of Wooster Hardware.

Read more

Slogans

  • "Just Right"

Quick Facts

  • 1858 - Established
  • 1958 - Celebration of 100 years in the same location
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