Wooster Preserving Company, The

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About

Name

• Wooster Preserving Company, The

Manufacturing

• Food Manufacturing

Facts

Founded

• 1897

Dissolved

• 1958

Related

Key Persons

Key Persons

• F. A. Warner, Purchased by a group of farmers
• James Q. Snyder, Purchased by a group of farmers

Location

• 0000 Spruce St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States

Quick Facts

• 1897 - Organized
• 1905 - Purchased by a group of farmers
• 1908 - Incorporated
• 1958 - Closed

Transportation utilized

• Service by both the Pennsylvania and B & O Rail Transportation

Gallery

Maps

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  Sanborn Maps 1898

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  Sanborn Maps 1905

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  Sanborn Maps 1911 New Wooster Preserving Co

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  Sanborn Maps 1923

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  Sanborn Maps 1930

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  Sanborn Maps 1930-1945

Newspaper articles

Newspaper citations with no attached images

• December 18, 1936: "Wooster Industries: The Wooster Preserving Co." by Arthur Gossard, The Daily Record.

The Wooster Preserving Company, founded in 1897, focused its activity on processing and packing pickles with supplies bought as much as possible from Wayne County growers, though as the business grew it sourced close to half of its supplies from beyond the county lines. By 1954, the establishment was processing from 75,000 to 100,000 bushels of cucumbers annually and employed 35 to 50 people year-round with additional staff seasonally. Products included sweet pickles, sweet gherkins, relish, dill pickles, sour pickles, and more.

• Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 4.