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Ermal C. Fraze, Dayton Reliable Tool Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-447
Abstract
Ermal C. Fraze was the owner of Dayton Reliable Tool Company and the inventor of the early versions of Pull-Tabs and Pop-Tops. This collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scrapbooks, correspondences, photographs and personal items. Most of the collection pertains to the Dayton Reliable Tool Company. A few items deal with the Fraze Pavilion, a 4300-seat outdoor amphitheater in Kettering, Ohio, named after Ermal C. Fraze.
Dates:
1949-2006
Found in:
Special Collections
William Hobart Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-444
Abstract
The William Hobart Papers document the evolution of a company from its beginnings as a small family-owned business based out of Troy, Ohio, into a substantial national foodservice and food retail industry. The collection covers important landmarks such as acquisitions, documents the Hobart brothers family life, the Hobart Institute of Technology, and Troy community development directly related to the Hobart’s contributions. The collection includes personal Hobart family papers, company...
Dates:
1880-2010; Majority of material found within 1960-2010
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Aluminum cans -- Design 1
- Amphitheaters -- Ohio 1
- Brochures 1
- Certificates 1
- Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Troy 1
- Electric automobiles 1
- Electrical apparatus and appliances 1
- Food service -- United States -- Equipment and supplies 1
- Food service equipment industry -- United States 1
- Kitchen appliances industry 1
- Magazines (periodicals) 1
- Outdoor concert facilities -- Ohio 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Troy (Ohio ) -- History 1
- Troy (Ohio) -- Industries 1
- Welding equipment industry -- United States -- History 1 + ∧ less
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- Dayton Reliable Tool & Manufacturing Company 1
- Fraze family 1
- Fraze, Ermal C., 1913-1989 1
- Hobart Brothers Company 1
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