Glidden and Joy Varnish Co. churned out approximately 1,000 gallons of paint a week and delivered them via horse drawn wagons to their customers. The company was known in the late nineteenth century mostly for their lacquer, called "Jap-a-lac." This plant was at the crossing of the New York Central and the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroads, just north of today's Opportunity Corridor between East 79th and Buckeye. | Date: ca. 1882 | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
Source
Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
Date
ca. 1882
"Glidden and Joy Varnish Co. Engraving" appears in: Glidden House