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George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing of Bradford in late 1932. He started with a simple idea: create a product that answers a real need, design it to work, and guarantee it to last.
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- 1854 - Bradford
Bradford, a township of McKean county, Pennsylvania, bordering on New York, 14 miles N. W. from Smethport. Population, 990.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1884 - ENGULFED IN BURNING OIL. THE TERRIBLE SITUATION OF A PASSENGER TRAIN. A RAILWAY CUT FLOODED WITH OIL WHICH TAKES FIRE AND BURNS UP A TRAIN AND SEVERAL PERSONS.
Bradford, Penn., Jan. 15. - One of those calamities peculiar to the oil regions startled the people of Bradford today. A passenger train on the...Read MORE...
Main Street looking West
Postcard- 1893 - BRADFORD'S MISFORTUNE. THE HIGGINS HOUSE AGAIN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
WILD SCENES OF PANIC - THREE LIVES LOST, AND MANY JUMP FROM SECOND AND THIRD-FLOOR WINDOWS - BABES THROWN INTO THE CREEK - BURNED OUT FIVE TIMES IN...Read MORE... - 1895 - Bradford
Bradford, a flourishing city of McKean co., Pa., the converging point of several railroads, is situated 63 miles S.E. of Dunkirk, N.Y., and 97 miles...Read MORE... - 1897 - FOREST FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford, Pa., Oct. 18. - Forest fires are raging all around this city and last night Bradford was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, the woods...Read MORE... 
Fifth Ward School
Postcard- 1909 - CHILDREN BURNED IN OIL BLAZE - Flames Shooting From Well Causes Bad Disaster. ALL SCHOOL PUPILS - Bradford Youngsters Were Returning Home When They Visited the Well.
VICTIM'S CLOTHES BURNED OFF
Bradford, Pa., April 3. - More than 30 young school children, mostly residents of the Third ward, here, were severely...Read MORE... - 1916
Bradford, a banking city of McKean co., Pa., the converging point of several railroads, 67 miles S. of Buffalo. It has manufactures of tanks and...Read MORE... 
Emery Hotel and Music Stand, Public Square, Bradford, Pa.
Postcard- 1932 - George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing of Bradford in late 1932. He started with a simple idea: create a product that answers a real need, design it to work, and guarantee it to last.
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1854 - Bradford
Bradford, a township of McKean county, Pennsylvania, bordering on New York, 14 miles N. W. from Smethport. Population, 990.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1884 - ENGULFED IN BURNING OIL. THE TERRIBLE SITUATION OF A PASSENGER TRAIN. A RAILWAY CUT FLOODED WITH OIL WHICH TAKES FIRE AND BURNS UP A TRAIN AND SEVERAL PERSONS.
Bradford, Penn., Jan. 15. - One of those calamities peculiar to the oil regions startled the people of Bradford today. A passenger train on the... Read MORE...
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1893 - BRADFORD'S MISFORTUNE. THE HIGGINS HOUSE AGAIN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
WILD SCENES OF PANIC - THREE LIVES LOST, AND MANY JUMP FROM SECOND AND THIRD-FLOOR WINDOWS - BABES THROWN INTO THE CREEK - BURNED OUT FIVE TIMES IN... Read MORE...
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1895 - Bradford
Bradford, a flourishing city of McKean co., Pa., the converging point of several railroads, is situated 63 miles S.E. of Dunkirk, N.Y., and 97 miles... Read MORE...
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1897 - FOREST FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Bradford, Pa., Oct. 18. - Forest fires are raging all around this city and last night Bradford was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, the woods... Read MORE...
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1909 - CHILDREN BURNED IN OIL BLAZE - Flames Shooting From Well Causes Bad Disaster. ALL SCHOOL PUPILS - Bradford Youngsters Were Returning Home When They Visited the Well.
VICTIM'S CLOTHES BURNED OFF
Bradford, Pa., April 3. - More than 30 young school children, mostly residents of the Third ward, here, were severely... Read MORE...
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1916
Bradford, a banking city of McKean co., Pa., the converging point of several railroads, 67 miles S. of Buffalo. It has manufactures of tanks and... Read MORE...
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1932 - George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing of Bradford in late 1932. He started with a simple idea: create a product that answers a real need, design it to work, and guarantee it to last.
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