The Cary Safe Company is a defunct safe company that was established and located in Buffalo, New York.
 Cary Safe Company (advertisement) for a double-door Cary safe (January 1920) | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Security technology |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Founder | Horace D. Cary |
| Defunct | 1929 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Safes, locks, bank vaults, safe deposit boxes, prison cells |
Products
editThe company manufactured and sold bank vaults, cabinets (safes), and safe deposit boxes from 1878 to 1929.[1] A majority of the safes sold by Cary had letters painted to the purchaser's request on the upper portion of the safe. Typically common was a customer's family name or the name of a business. Every Cary safe was built fire and burglar-proof. The company also manufactured intricate time locks and combination locks, (standard key) locks, and prison cells.[2]
History
editAlthough founded in 1878, the company wasn't incorporated until 1889. Members of the old firm continued with the new company.[2]
These members include:
| President | Horace D. Cary |
| Vice President | Edgar B. Jewett |
| Secretary | Sherman L. Cary |
| Treasurer | Albert W. Smith |
| Superintendent | J. H. Goehler |
The company also employed a number of traveling salesmen around the United States.
Slogans
editPopular company advertising slogans included:[3][4]
- "Growing Great Since Seventy Eight"
- CARY SAFES "The Safe Investment"
- "Uniform Strength Throughout"
Locations
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The company's headquarters, which included production and office buildings, was located in a 1 1/2-acre, three-story building, at the corner of 250-266 Chicago Street and 217–249 Scott Street.[5] In the 1920s a service and sales building was opened at 1200 Niagara Street.
References
edit- ^ Burlingame, Edward Livermore; Bridges, Robert; Dashiell, Alfred; Logan, Harlan (1920). Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. Scribner's magazine, Volume 67 Jan. 1920: 88. Google Books. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ a b "The Glen V. Mills Directory Co Business Directory of Buffalo" The Smith-parsons Company Publishers. (1902), page 571. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 127 June 1922: 710. Google Books. 1922. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 127 Jan. 1921: 68. Google Books. 1921. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "Illustrated Buffalo" Acme Publishing Co. (1890), page 118. Retrieved 2010-07-18.