She now reps Foster Grant reading glasses....
Talk about a brand turn a round....
In the 60's FG was the #1 sunglass company than lost and someone bought it in the 90's and brought it up sold it up and its #1 again....
Meaninngless except the founder lived in my hometown (we were the plastic city of the world so why not) but he (Sam Foster) was the only one in Leomineter, MA with a Rolls:>)
While many different industries established themselves in Leominster, it was the comb industry that particularly flourished. By 1853, there were already 146 employees working in 24 different comb factories across the town.[2] By the mid-1800s, however, the natural materials used to make combs, such as animal horns and hooves were diminishing rapidly, and thus an alternative material was needed.[7] The solution would come in a new material called celluloid invented in 1868. The new plastic would revolutionize the comb industry and give Leominster the nicknames the “Comb City.” The versatility of celluloid would also give manufactures the opportunity to expand too many different products outside of combs.
The second invention to revolutionize plastic production in Leominster was the development of modern injection molding. Samuel Foster, a Leominster resident of German ancestry, learned about an injection molding machine invented in Germany in the early 1920s. Foster soon requested a similar machine be made in his Foster Grant manufacturing factory in Leominster. The new technology would pay great dividends for the plastic industry in the city and the country. The largest plastic manufacturer in the city was the Viscoliod Company founded by Bernard Wendell Doyle in 1901. In 1914, the Viscoloid Company pioneered making toys out of pyroloxlyin plastic, and by 1923 the company was the largest employer in Leominster. Viscoloid would be sold to The DuPont Company in 1925, and renamed the Dupont Viscoloid Company. Soon the city would be coined the “Pioneer Plastics City” for its important history in the plastics industry. Leominster also boasted large manufactures Standard Tool Company, Selig Manufacturing Co. Inc, C.E. Buckle, Inc. and the Whitney Carriage Company, which was once the largest manufacturer of baby carriages in the world.
In 1956, the plastic pink flamingo lawn-ornament was invented in Leominster for Union Products. The famous lawn-ornament was designed by Don Featherstone, and was modelled after pictures of flamingos in National Geographic.
Notable Leominster people
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
Robert Cormier, author of I Am the Cheese and The Chocolate War
Paul DiGiovanni, guitarist of popular rock band Boys Like Girls
Paul Fusco, internationally known photojournalist
Diego Fagundez, professional soccer player for the New England Revolution
Matthew Kelly, drummer for popular punk band Dropkick Murphys
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Lou Little, football player and coach in the 1940s and 1950s
Alex Marcoux, award-winning author and scientist
James Nachtwey, award-winning war photographer
Mark Osowski, former NBA assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, and the Cleveland Cavaliers
Anthony Russo, former NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
R. A. Salvatore, fantasy/science-fiction author
John J. Taylor, former US Congressman
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish-American socialist politician and newspaper editor
David I. Walsh, former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Senator
Michael Wheeler chief boorer of the DMT
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She now reps Foster Grant reading glasses....
Talk about a brand turn a round....
In the 60's FG was the #1 sunglass company than lost and someone bought it in the 90's and brought it up sold it up and its #1 again....
Meaninngless except the founder lived in my hometown (we were the plastic city of the world so why not) but he (Sam Foster) was the only one in Leomineter, MA with a Rolls:>)
While many different industries established themselves in Leominster, it was the comb industry that particularly flourished. By 1853, there were already 146 employees working in 24 different comb factories across the town.[2] By the mid-1800s, however, the natural materials used to make combs, such as animal horns and hooves were diminishing rapidly, and thus an alternative material was needed.[7] The solution would come in a new material called celluloid invented in 1868. The new plastic would revolutionize the comb industry and give Leominster the nicknames the “Comb City.” The versatility of celluloid would also give manufactures the opportunity to expand too many different products outside of combs.
The second invention to revolutionize plastic production in Leominster was the development of modern injection molding. Samuel Foster, a Leominster resident of German ancestry, learned about an injection molding machine invented in Germany in the early 1920s. Foster soon requested a similar machine be made in his Foster Grant manufacturing factory in Leominster. The new technology would pay great dividends for the plastic industry in the city and the country. The largest plastic manufacturer in the city was the Viscoliod Company founded by Bernard Wendell Doyle in 1901. In 1914, the Viscoloid Company pioneered making toys out of pyroloxlyin plastic, and by 1923 the company was the largest employer in Leominster. Viscoloid would be sold to The DuPont Company in 1925, and renamed the Dupont Viscoloid Company. Soon the city would be coined the “Pioneer Plastics City” for its important history in the plastics industry. Leominster also boasted large manufactures Standard Tool Company, Selig Manufacturing Co. Inc, C.E. Buckle, Inc. and the Whitney Carriage Company, which was once the largest manufacturer of baby carriages in the world.
In 1956, the plastic pink flamingo lawn-ornament was invented in Leominster for Union Products. The famous lawn-ornament was designed by Don Featherstone, and was modelled after pictures of flamingos in National Geographic.
- Skinny 4-04-2014 5:47 am
Notable Leominster people
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
Robert Cormier, author of I Am the Cheese and The Chocolate War
Paul DiGiovanni, guitarist of popular rock band Boys Like Girls
Paul Fusco, internationally known photojournalist
Diego Fagundez, professional soccer player for the New England Revolution
Matthew Kelly, drummer for popular punk band Dropkick Murphys
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Lou Little, football player and coach in the 1940s and 1950s
Alex Marcoux, award-winning author and scientist
James Nachtwey, award-winning war photographer
Mark Osowski, former NBA assistant coach for the New Orleans Hornets, the Golden State Warriors, and the Cleveland Cavaliers
Anthony Russo, former NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
R. A. Salvatore, fantasy/science-fiction author
John J. Taylor, former US Congressman
Oskari Tokoi, Finnish-American socialist politician and newspaper editor
David I. Walsh, former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Senator
Michael Wheeler chief boorer of the DMT
- Skinny 4-04-2014 6:05 am [2 comments]