Talk:W. C. Bradley Co.

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How is this advertising? This is just like any other company's page. This page is similar to General Electric should it be marked as an advertisement and deleted? I don't understand your logic. Bryanw03 04:27, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wcbradleycologo191.png
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Fair use rationale has been added to image. Steevo714 (talk) 00:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Date of company founding?
The company's own website proclaims (on its Home Page) that the company was founded in 1885 (as does our Wikipedia page). However, that was the year when the first Bradley arrived in town and began working for a cotton-factoring enterprise. In 1887 he "marries Sarah M. Hall, daughter of the famous Connecticut ship builder, Henry T. Hall. Shortly after, he and his brother-in-law Samuel A. Carter purchase the cotton factoring business, changing the name to Carter and Bradley." (from the company's website, History Page). It seems to me that THE COMPANY was not founded until 1887 or later, according to the company's own history page, even though the founder began working in the industry in 1885. Any suggestions on how to address this discrepancy?--Raymondwinn (talk) 16:16, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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