The story of Pittsburgh: Diversified products

Diversified products (Vol. 1, nr. 13)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 183162365X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241129

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Diversified products

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 13

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The Wolfe brush company

Collection:: Economics Books

THE WOLFE BRUSH COMPANY The older generation still recollect the display for almost a quarter of a century on Wood street « of two large stuffed boars, “Sone white, the other black, which held in oo their mouths various “RARY/ types of brushes. These AN symbols of the brush trade were displayed by Wolfe Bros. & Co., the pioneer brush makers of Pittsburgh, who at one time occupied a building whose site is now part of the plot on which the First National Bank Building is now erected. ESTABLISHED I85]( Yee oe sem The Wolfe Brush Co. originated in 1851 by David Stew- art, who located on Fifth street, later locating on Liberty avenue, near Sixth street. In 1883 after the death of David Stewart the business was purchased by Wolfe, Patton & Co. and moved to 514 Wood Street. Later the firm name changed to Wolfe Bros. & Co., and with the purchase of the Walker Brush Co., of Franklin, Pa., became Wolfe, Walker & Co., by which name it was known until the Company incorporated in 1903 as the Wolfe Brush Co., shortly thereafter moving to 511 Wood street, where a retail business in brushes of all kinds, including barber supplies, was conducted, the fac- tory being located in a large building at Fifteenth and Bing- ham streets, South Side. In 1912 the business was reorganized by the present incorporation and the retail business was discontinued. The factory was moved to the North Side, eventually occu- pying for its quarters the large site on Pennsylvania avenue and Bidwell street, where high grade paint brushes are made, together with a complete line of industrial brushes. The firm makes a specialty of manufacturing speci- fication brushes and numbers among its customers the large

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