From Horse Collars to Vacuums: A History of The Hoover Company and its Lasting Legacy in North Canton

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Senior Center Program

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Older Adults
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Step back in time to 1870, when William Hoover founded a small leather-goods company in New Berlin, Ohio (now North Canton).  Learn how that company grew and eventually expanded their product offerings in 1908 to include a new concept in floorcare…an electric suction sweeper!  Soon, that product would come to be recognized around the world and would forever shape the history of North Canton