St. Marys Wood Specialty Co.
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This image is one in a series of postcards from the Reg Near collection. The St. Marys Wood Specialty Company was incorporated on March 30, 1908 and Mr. Solen Lewis Doolittle purchased a site from Weir and Wier on James Street just north of their flax mill. Construction on the building commenced at once and it was opened on June 25, 1908. They originally made hockey sticks and baseball bats, and by 1910, they were selling sticks as far away as Regina as well as manufacturing axe, picks, and hammer handles. By 1915 the all new St. Marys Wood Specialty Co. price list carried 16 models of hockey sticks and 27 models of baseball bats. After struggling in the early stages of the Great Depression, Canada Barrels and Kegs Company, owned by the Seagram Family of Waterloo, purchased the St. Marys Wood Specialty Co on July 12, 1933. The employees and machinery were then transferred to their Hespeler Wood Products plant.
- Notes
- Condition: Good - Slight bend in middle, some wear on edges, creases on corners.
- Inscriptions
- None
- Dimensions
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Width: 14 cm
Height: 8.3 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 13.2cm
Image Height: 7.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Near, Reg.
- Local identifier
- RN6_164
- Collection
- Reg Near Postcards
- Donor
- Reg Near
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "St. Marys Wood Specialty Co.." St. Marys Museum, RN6_164.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder. As per request of donors on behalf of Reg Near, the original collection is to remain in the St. Marys Museum building and kept in the archival vault at all times. Retrieval from the vault is allowed for viewing under supervision of St. Marys Museum staff only.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction. High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
