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Ladies Home Journal March 1930 from sweetgaldecals on Flickr…

The Hoosier Manufacturing Company had Emmett G. McQuinn (son of J.M. McQuinn)  in charge of the advertising and marketing. What a fine job he did! You can see The Hoosier all over the place - Ladies Home Journal, House Beautiful and in images in cook books and kitchen designs. It's like "The Hoosier goes viral" in 1900's!…

1905 Hoosier Ad (above from http://tennessee.inetgiant.com/nashville/addetails/hoosier-cabinet-s-springfield/13379535)- shows accessories and how the Hoosier was used…

The who's and how's of the Hoosier Cabinet's start are a bit conflicting.

On the youtube video (below) we're led to believe the Hoosier was invented by…

"1890 Wash Day photo from www.explorepahistory.com"] [/caption]…

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From Indiana Public Media Article by Yaël Ksander

I've always wanted a Hoosier Cabinet (after I found out what it was). Besides being a…

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From THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALD, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., March 23, 1927, Pg. 1, Cols. 6&7 and Pg. 2, Col. 4 Obituary

Death yesterday afternoon claimed CHARLES H. LEONARD, pioneer refrigerator manufacturer at his home 455 Morris Ave., SE. He had been in failing health…