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Title
Building
a
casket
at
Springfield
Metallic
Casket
Company
Subject
Business and Labor
Welding--1930-1940
Vaults (Strong rooms)
Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Springfield (Ohio)
Clark County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
Welding
an
air
sealed
vault
,
Metallic
Casket
Co.
" This
photograph
shows
an
unidentified
man
welding
an
air
sealed
vault
at the
Springfield
Metallic
Casket
Company
in
Springfield
,
Ohio
. The
Springfield
Metallic
Casket
Company
, was
located
on the
northeast
corner
of
Main
and
Mechanic
(now
Lowry)
streets
in
Springfield
,
Ohio
. The
company
was
founded
in
1884
by A. A.
Baker
,
D
.
R
.
Hosterman
,
Ross
Mitchell
,
Scipio
E
.
Baker
, and
Edgar
N
.
Lupfer
. The
company
grew
to
become
one
of the
nation's
largest
manufacturers
of
metal
caskets
and
burial
vaults
. By
1959
it
had
230
employees
. In the
early
1960s
, the
company
became
a
division
of
Springfield
Greene
Industries
,
Inc.
,
which
also
owned
Springfield's
Thermometer
Corporation
of
America
.
Later
,
it
became
a
subsidiary
of
A-T-O
Corporation
of
Willoughby
,
Ohio
. The
casket
company
finally
had to
close
its
doors
on
November
30
,
1974
after
almost
100
years
of
continuous
production
.
It
was
one
of the
largest
producers
of
burial
vaults
and
metal
caskets
in the
country
, and
some
rumors
claim
that
caskets
were
built
there for
Al
Capone
,
President
John
F
.
Kennedy
, and
Buffalo
Bill
Cody
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
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Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Format
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Date created
2011-05-17
Date modified
2011-05-17
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