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| Title | Clinton Street #21 - Morse Instrument Company |
| Description | Morse Instrument Company (later Morse Controls) began in this building and operated at this site for over 60 years. In 1941 John F. Morse, Jr. (1905-1994) opened a small four-person photographic equipment manufacturing business here. The company quickly grew into a large corporation specializing in military-use equipment sprawled out over 11 acres. In 1969 Morse sold Morse Instrument Company (the company was renamed Morse Controls). Morse Controls operated until 2001. The property then was developed into the present First and Main, a large business and retail district in downtown Hudson. |
| Date | 1950 |
| Subject | Hudson (Ohio)
Streets and Roads
Photography
Businesses
Morse Controls
Clinton Street
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| Names | Moos, William
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| Contributors | Hudson Library & Historical Society
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| Type | Image
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| Format | 5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | HU_Clinton_21.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Houses of Hudson Collection
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| Rights | This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Creator | William Moos
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| About the Creator | William Moos (1919-1984) was a painter, architect and beloved arts and crafts teacher. He also directed the art department at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Mr. Moos was reared in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and studied architecture at St. John's College and Yale University. He later practiced architecture in New York City and worked as a field engineer and interior designer before coming to the academy in 1945. He was responsible for the design work for the restoration of Western Reserve Academy's Chapel and Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. He had a keen sense of historic preservation of buildings and served as a founding member of the Hudson Heritage Association. Later in life he also served as a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union. |
