Mural by Durothethird, painted for the 100th anniversary of Hilroy.
There isn't a school kid in Canada that doesn't recognize this name! These were the notebooks we all used at school.
Hilroy has long had a veritable monopoly on the academic stationery market and, to this day, these 80-page spiral-bound notebooks remain inescapable nationwide.
Even when I started working these notebooks could be found in the Stationery department.
The name is based on the founder, Roy Corson Hill.
Roy Corson Hill founded Hilroy as the Canadian Pad and Paper Co. Limited on July 4th, 1918, on the second floor of what is now a Marriott hotel at 255 Wellington Street in downtown Toronto using rented second-hand equipment and employing six people including himself.
Hill’s stationery proved so popular that within two years he was obliged to expand operations and move to offices at the corner of King West and Brant – he would upgrade again a decade later to a factory near Casa Loma. By the late 1950s, Hill’s once-modest company was a thriving enterprise that had absorbed Eaton Crane & Pike Limited, L.P. Bouvier, the Canadian Stationery Company and others to become Hilroy Envelopes and Stationery Limited. It boasted commanding facilities that spanned more than a quarter of a million square feet. The family business became a corporate colossus. Hilroy notebooks were everywhere.
The name is based on the founder, Roy Corson Hill.
Roy Corson Hill founded Hilroy as the Canadian Pad and Paper Co. Limited on July 4th, 1918, on the second floor of what is now a Marriott hotel at 255 Wellington Street in downtown Toronto using rented second-hand equipment and employing six people including himself.
Hill’s stationery proved so popular that within two years he was obliged to expand operations and move to offices at the corner of King West and Brant – he would upgrade again a decade later to a factory near Casa Loma. By the late 1950s, Hill’s once-modest company was a thriving enterprise that had absorbed Eaton Crane & Pike Limited, L.P. Bouvier, the Canadian Stationery Company and others to become Hilroy Envelopes and Stationery Limited. It boasted commanding facilities that spanned more than a quarter of a million square feet. The family business became a corporate colossus. Hilroy notebooks were everywhere.
A successful business. Nice mural commemorating the 100th anniversary.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating Jackie.
...this one grabs your attention.
ReplyDeleteI like the mural, and yes, the company's quite familiar!
ReplyDeleteGreat mural with a great history!
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