At Hunt and Gather the other day, this logo plate was sitting on a shelf in the far corner of the basement:

It's beautiful. But what was it attached to? A boiler, perhaps one in a rural school; that seems to have been one of the markets they served. There's not a lot on the internet about the company, save some lawsuits digitized and uploaded to sit unread for the entirely of human history, but archive.org had a pamphlet - and here we begin with some 1930s marketing. TERROR IS STRUCK:

I wonder where that house is. Probably still standing, unless it was in the path of 35W. Here's the couple who are worrying about their obsolete home:

You never see people this worried in ads anymore. Things are generally A-OK in ads. She seems less bothered by the Obsolete Home Problem, though. Perhaps she's going to suggest a Waterbury. An ad from a 40s magazine includes the logo:

But if it was a Minneapolis company, where was it?

Ah, that helps. Wonder what's there today.


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Well, what do you know. It's not a factory today - it's used for art galleries, as far as I can tell. But next time the Art-O-Whirl takes you there, you'll know why it's named what it's named.