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Zippo's first factory was established in
the fall of 1933 above the Rickerson & Pryde
garage at 7 Boylston
Street in downtown Bradford. The recently established company occupied
the corner room on
the 2nd floor where the Zippo sign in the
multi-paned window has become a symbol of
the company's early
days.
George Grant Blaisdell rented this space for $10.00 a month. By the
end of the 1st month, 82 new Zippo windproof lighters had been
produced here.
Later, Zippo operations expanded into the
entire 2nd floor, occupying the space until the fall
of 1938. This building was torn down around 1960 as
part of a flood control project. A small irregularly
shaped parking lot is all that remails of location of
the first factory.
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