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Tag: 1908

Dustbane – Sawdust in a Can!

April 3, 2021March 15, 2024 Gordon Harris3 Comments

Dustbane Products was founded in 1908 by two entrepreneurial Canadians who managed to convince people to buy pine-scented sawdust for cleaning floors. U.S. Manufacturing plants were established in Chicago and Ipswich.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1908
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
Ipswich Massachusetts Revisited by William Varrel

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