![]() ![]() ![]() Their product line expanded to include snow shovels, an essential item for store owners back then and good source of profit, as each shovel grossed over half a cent. The Toronto head office fell victim to the 1903 fire in that city that destroyed 139 businesses, but a new office building was constructed. Hard to believe, but this was a revolutionary concept at the time, as the ad below from one of their competitors indicates. ![]() Under the new company name, the initial product was a filing device to facilitate the collection of invoices and other records. It seems that the company changed its name to the Office Specialty Manufacturing Company in the early 1880's, although the Yawman & Erbe name may also have been retained for use on other products. ![]()
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