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Henry Willson left Toronto, Canada in 1870.
Shortly after arriving and opening shop, everything was lost in
the Great Chicago fire in 1871. The early years were in the printing
field, including dry good/pin tickets, labels and paper tablets.
In 1895, along with the high rise buildings, came the need for building
lobby directories. Directories were typically leased, with service
contracts in place to provide replacement namestrips. We still service
directory locations dating back from the late 1890's.
Tablet & Ticket had the first patents for strip type building
directories. Early units were found in the Manadnock, Reliance,
Tribune Tower, Wrigley, Empire State buildings and thousands of
others. By 1928 over 20,000 directories were in place. The first
illuminated directory also came from Tablet & Ticket in 1940.
Today, Tablet & Ticket is still family owned, committed to
remaining the leader for custom directories, display cases and other
products. All units are built to order. We welcome your calls for
custom designs and modifications to units shown. Fax or Mail your
preliminary designs and we will work with you to provide the products
that you require.
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