Commercial Controls scrapbook

Content Description

Includes a scrapbook created by employees of the Commercial Controls Corporation in Rochester, NY, between 1946 and 1948. The scrapbook includes newspaper and magazine clippings, radio transcripts and other materials relating to product development and advertising of the period. The coverage includes the acquisition of the Just-O-Writer company and the development of the first postage stamp vending machine.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Scrapbook comes from the estate of John R. Gorman, who worked for Commercial Controls and their successor, Friden, from 1947 to the early 1970s. His daughter, Lauretta E. Bartlett, gifted the scrapbook to the Local History Division. A letter from her detailing the books history can be found with the item.

Restrictions Apply

No

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained in writing from the Rochester Public Library Local History & Genealogy Division.