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Wilson Sporting Goods building in 1953

  • Historical Ada
  • / Dec 14, 2020

Certainly you recognize the Wilson Sporting Goods building. This aerial view is from the 1953 Ada centennial book. 

At the time of this photo Wilson's was known as the Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of leather and rubber athletic goods, as this advertisement states.

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