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In 1900, the head office was relocated to Mount Forest, Ontario to take advantage of growing trade in eastern Canada. (At the same time, the company purchased a factory in Mason City, Iowa.) In Mount Forest, the Emil F. Zoellner Furniture Factory was purchased for $35,000, and plans were to employ 60 workers full-time. For some reason, the company failed to weather changes in the industry brought on by the First World War and the factory was bought in 1924 by Superior Converters, which made overalls. It burned to the ground in 1966.
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| Workers at Superior Converters. From Homer. Mount Forest Magazine. Number One, 1994. |
4 comments:
I just purchased a beautiful cabinet made by the Weir Furniture Company. I own a business in Boissevain Manitoba where this cabinet, and about a dozen like it, were used in the first business in my building, built in 1898. It housed suits and accessories, and although the outside had been painted and then stripped at some time in it's life, the inside is original. The Wier company label, which has a patent date of July 14th 1903, is still on the pullout that hung the suits. I can send you the pics of it if you are interested.
Catherine
I'd love that pic to add to the post! Please send it to bishrip@gmail.com. Many thanks!
I was doing some genealogical research and you just answered a puzzle. My great-great-grandfather was Emil Frederick Robert Zoellner, and sold his business before moving to Prince Albert Saskatchewan with his sons, where they opened a new furniture business. Now I know what happened to the original business! We still have some of the furniture he made.
Great to hear! Thanks for the comment.
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