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|Date=1884 - ? | |Date=1884 - ? | ||
|Owners=Samuel A. Bigelow and Charles F. Dowse | |Owners=Samuel A. Bigelow and Charles F. Dowse | ||
| − | |links= | + | |links=[[http://books.google.com/books?id=T3IWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT64&lpg=PT64&dq=History+of+Bigelow+and+Dowse+Hardware&source=bl&ots=uCVLP2Pq08&sig=TVl_q2TUQJMtZyIe5BDjcy0HCkU&hl=en&ei=pHrnTJjVIYPGlQf1rt3ACQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=History%20of%20Bigelow%20and%20Dowse%20Hardware&f=false| Biographical History of Massachusetts, 1909]] |
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| − | At the turn of the 20th Century, The Bigelow & Dowse Company was one of the largest hardware houses serving the trades in all of New England. | + | At the turn of the 20th Century, The Bigelow & Dowse Company was one of the largest hardware houses serving the trades in all of New England. |
| − | '''TIMELINE''' | + | '''TIMELINE''' |
1872: "Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse" was formed by John F. Macomber, Samuel A. Bigelow, and Charles F. Dowse after a fire destroyed large sections of Boston and with it every hardware house in the city. | 1872: "Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse" was formed by John F. Macomber, Samuel A. Bigelow, and Charles F. Dowse after a fire destroyed large sections of Boston and with it every hardware house in the city. | ||
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1894: "Bigelow & Dowse" incorporated under Boston law as "The Bigelow & Dowse Company". | 1894: "Bigelow & Dowse" incorporated under Boston law as "The Bigelow & Dowse Company". | ||
| − | January 28, 1903: Franklin Street building destroyed by fire | + | January 28, 1903: Franklin Street building destroyed by fire. |
| − | + | [Source: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1909] | |
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