"The Holmes Snowflake Building was the first Toledo location for the Champion Spark Plug Company, attracted to the city by the Willys Overland Company. Willys agreed to buy spark plugs from Robert and Frank Stranahan, if they would relocate their company to Toledo (ca. 1910)."
Historic Photos of Toledo - Holmes Snowflake Bldg 1910
By Sandy Mitchell, About.com Guide
An excerpt from "Historic Photos of Toledo" by Gregory M. Miller
Holmes Snowflake Laundry Building, Toledo Ohio 1910
(© Toledo-Lucas County Public Library/Courtesy of Turner Publishing)"The Holmes Snowflake Building was the first Toledo location for the Champion Spark Plug Company, attracted to the city by the Willys Overland Company. Willys agreed to buy spark plugs from Robert and Frank Stranahan, if they would relocate their company to Toledo (ca. 1910)."
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