Businesses and Industries: Ohio Valley Hardware Company

Drawing (by Edward Grigware) of company when it was located on corner of Fourth Ave. and Second St.; built in 1927 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Architect's rendering of office and factory complex from 1927-1959 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Construction of the company's new building at 1300 Pennsylvania Expressway, which opened in 1959; view looks towards the Mead Johnson Terminal and the west side (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Christmas merchandise on display; c. 1940s-1950s (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Construction of the new building, looking south towards the Ohio River; the Pennsylvania Expressway is in the foreground; c. 1959 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

East Display Room for smaller merchandise; c. 1960 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Construction of the new building at 1300 Pennsylvania Expressway, looking northwest from the L & N Railway depot towards the expressway; c. 1959 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

West Display Room for major appliances; c. 1960 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

New building at 1300 Pennsylvania Expressway; c. 1960s (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Bicycles and toys on display; c. 1948 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Toys on display; c. 1948 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Entrance to building at 1300 Pennsylvania Expressway; c. 1960s (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Toys on display; c. 1948 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Company truck parked in front of older headquarters at Second St. and Fourth Ave.; c. 1930s (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)

Toys and other merchandise on display; c. 1948 (Ohio Valley Hardware Company Collection)