Ashton Valve Co. 1871

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And Albert Ashton
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Harry Ashton Another son of Henry, he started out in sales but after Albert died moved into administration also.
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Columbus Dill He was in the sales department and according to many journal reports he was a real character
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Fred Casey A vice president and long serving employee
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J.R. Motherwell Another VP of the company.
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Frank Corbert Another sales associate who, according to journal reports was an excellent singer!
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W.H. Foster In sales also.
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The Trade journals of the day often featured various sales people at conventions and meetings and the attachments below are great caricatures of some of them.

The last picture shows two Ashton employees participating in a baseball game at one of the conventions. Taken in 1909.
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Power and the Engineer magazine 1909. A couple of mentions of "new" Ashton Valve items
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Another item from the same periodical.
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