School Map & Supply Co.
Title
School Map & Supply Co.
Type
Company
Coverage
Toronto, ON
Active From
1890-01-01
Active Until
1899-01-01
Location
Toronto, ON
Product Areas
School
Activities
Supplying
Timeline
- Late 1880s – Charles Potter founds the Map and School Supply Company: “educational maps, globes and other school requisites; philosophical and chemical apparatus and glassware; map mounting and colouring a specialty.” (Smith, 25)
- 1898 – Map & School Supply Company very large and successful. “By the late 1890s, his Map and School Supply Company was one of the largest educational, mathematical and navigation equipment firms in the city; indeed, in advertisements it boasted that it was the biggest in the entire country.” (Smith, 28)
- 1899 – Potter dies, and “leaves his shares to Map and School Supply Company to C.H. Bishop, then the superintendent of the local public schools” (Smith, 28)
- 1898 – Map & School Supply Company very large and successful. “By the late 1890s, his Map and School Supply Company was one of the largest educational, mathematical and navigation equipment firms in the city; indeed, in advertisements it boasted that it was the biggest in the entire country.” (Smith, 28)
- 1899 – Potter dies, and “leaves his shares to Map and School Supply Company to C.H. Bishop, then the superintendent of the local public schools” (Smith, 28)
Sources
Smith, J.A. “Charles Potter, Optician and Instrument Maker” Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 87, No. 1 (1993) (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1993JRASC..87...14S)
Citation
“School Map & Supply Co.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/4285.