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| Title | House - O.C. Barber |
| Description | The home of O.C. Barber on East Market Street, across from John F. Seiberling's house, in Akron, Ohio. Barber began working at his father's Barber Match Factory at age 15, eventually becoming the president of the company and consolidating 37 other match factories to create Diamond Match. Barber relocated the company from Akron to Barberton in 1894, where it produced 250 million matches a day. For this reason, Barber was often referred to as "the Match King." In addition to Diamond Match, Barber pursued many other successful business ventures, including his 3,500 acre Anna Dean Farm in Barberton, Ohio. In 1909, Barber channeled some of his great wealth into the construction of an extravagant 50,000 square foot, 52 room mansion just outside the city limits of Barberton, Ohio. |
| Names | Barber, O. C.
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| Subject | Houses
Akron
Market Street
Barber Match Company
Diamond Match Company
Anna Dean Farm
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| Contributors | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Date | ca. 1890s |
| Type | Image
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| Format | 7 in. x 4.5 in. |
| Identifier | 1999-9-28 |
| Source | LC_House_unknown.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | General Photograph Collection
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| Additional Information | http://www.annadeanfarm.com/ocbarber.htm |
| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. 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. |
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