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Around 1910 the Hoffman Manufacturing Company in Sandusky, Ohio sold a product called the Hoffman Finger Protector. In the 1910 Sandusky City Directory, Charles Hoffman was listed as the manager of the company, which was located at the northwest corner of Scott and Hancock Streets. The company made elevating trucks and clothesline reels. The Hoffman Coal and Milling Company was also at that location. A previous blog post discussed the Daniel Hoffman family, and mentions the patent issued to Charles Hoffman for an elevating truck.
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| Letterhead from the Hoffman Manufacturing Company. |
The Hoffman Finger Protector was a thimble-like device that prevented the needle from harming the finger of a person who was doing sewing or embroidery. The price of the Hoffman Finger Protector ranged from five to fifteen cents (about $1.39 to $4 today). Notes on an advertisement indicate that the patent for the Hoffman Finger Protector had been applied for, but there is no evidence that it was ever actually patented.
An article in the May 9, 1917 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal reported that attorney R.B. Fisher had purchased the patents and equipment from the Hoffman Manufacturing Company, and he was going to continue to make the handy combination elevating trucks. Though we do not have a Hoffman Finger Protector in our collections, you can see the Hoffman Handy Combination Elevating Truck in the Industry Room of the Follett House Museum.
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When I was young I lived several houses down the street on the west side of Milan Rd. One of the daughters, I believe it was Blanche, lived alone in the Family homestead across the street in the first house after Scott St. on the west side of Milan Rd. Nice lady. My mom would bake her a birthday cake because she had no children and lived alone.
When I was young I lived several houses down the street on the west side of Milan Rd. One of the daughters, I believe it was Blanche, lived alone in the Family homestead across the street in the first house after Scott St. on the west side of Milan Rd. Nice lady. My mom would bake her a birthday cake because she had no children and lived alone.
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