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Cary Safe Company

American safe company

Field	Value
name	Cary Safe Company
image	Carysafead1.jpg
logo_size	220
image_caption	Cary Safe Company (advertisement) for a double-door Cary safe (January 1920)
type	Private
fate	Defunct
foundation	1878
defunct	1929
founder	Horace D. Cary
location_city	Buffalo, New York
location_country	United States
industry	Security technology
products	Safes, locks, bank vaults, safe deposit boxes, prison cells

The Cary Safe Company is a defunct safe company that was established and located in Buffalo, New York.

Products

The company manufactured and sold bank vaults, cabinets (safes), and safe deposit boxes from 1878 to 1929. A majority of the safes sold by Cary had letters painted to the purchaser's request on the upper portion of the safe. Typically common was a customer's family name or the name of a business. Every Cary safe was built fire and burglar-proof. The company also manufactured intricate time locks and combination locks, (standard key) locks, and prison cells.

History

Although founded in 1878, the company wasn't incorporated until 1889. Members of the old firm continued with the new company.

These members include:

Superintendent	J. H. Goehler

The company also employed a number of traveling salesmen around the United States.

Slogans

Popular company advertising slogans included:

"Growing Great Since Seventy Eight"
CARY SAFES "The Safe Investment"
"Uniform Strength Throughout"

Locations

The company's headquarters, which included production and office buildings, was located in a 1.5 acre, three-story building, at the corner of 250-266 Chicago Street and 217–249 Scott Street. In the 1920s a service and sales building was opened at 1200 Niagara Street.

References

(1920). "Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. Scribner's magazine, Volume 67 Jan. 1920: 88. Google Books.".
"The Glen V. Mills Directory Co Business Directory of Buffalo" The Smith-parsons Company Publishers. (1902), page 571. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
(1922). "Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 127 June 1922: 710. Google Books.".
(1921). "Cary Safe Company. Advertisement. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 127 Jan. 1921: 68. Google Books.".
"Illustrated Buffalo" Acme Publishing Co. (1890), page 118. Retrieved 2010-07-18.

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