A.W. Metzger Mop and Broom Holder
1920-1946
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Broom and mop holder advertising A.W. Metzger & Company, made of sheet metal. Cream colored with blue lettering on face. Mounting holes on top and bottom used to fasten unit to wall. Two wooden cylinders mounted on steel wire for hanging mop or broom.
More about this item
- Identifier
- ghs201408A0002
- Description
- Broom and mop holder advertising A.W. Metzger & Company, made of sheet metal. Cream colored with blue lettering on face. Mounting holes on top and bottom used to fasten unit to wall. Two wooden cylinders mounted on steel wire for hanging mop or broom.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ No Copyright
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Date
- 1920-1946
- Names
- Metzger, Adelbert W. (Bert)
- Subject
- Hardware stores
- Grocery stores
- Feed stores
- General merchandise stores
- Advertisements
- Provenance
- A.W. Metzger & Co. was a grocery, feed, and hardware store located at 21 SE Roberts Ave, in a strip of buildings that overlooked what is now Main City Park. The original owner, Dan Metzger, founded the store in about 1895 before selling it to his nephews Adelbert W. (Bert) and William Metzger in 1911. A.W. Metzger was briefly appointed mayor of Gresham in 1917 and also served on the board of Gresham High School. He died in 1946, leaving the store to sons Bud and Dean Metzger. The store became Metzger Feed Co. and remained in operation until about 1966.
- Type
- PhysicalObject
- Medium
- Holder, Broom
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
