Irvin Inc. - Showroom
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Title
Irvin Inc. - Showroom
Subject
Business enterprises - Virginia - Edinburg
Description
Photograph of the interior of the showroom of Irvin Inc., a wholesale distribution facility also known as the Irvin Candy Company.
Irvin Incorporated was established by George E. Irvin, and his business partner, J.I. Triplett, in 1884, as a farm equipment retailer. It transitioned to a wholesale distributor of, eventually, stationery and office supplies, drugs and druggist sundries, confectionary, and tobacco products.
The business was located just north of Edinburg on Route 11 and it shut down in December 2009.
Irvin Incorporated was established by George E. Irvin, and his business partner, J.I. Triplett, in 1884, as a farm equipment retailer. It transitioned to a wholesale distributor of, eventually, stationery and office supplies, drugs and druggist sundries, confectionary, and tobacco products.
The business was located just north of Edinburg on Route 11 and it shut down in December 2009.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
No ID form. Name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Brief history of the business was extracted from the "Comings & Goings" column (by Joan Anderson) of the Mountain Courier published on January 1, 2024.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Irvin Co. is featured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 029276, 029277 (employees), 029278, 029279, 029280, 029281, 029282, 029284, 029286, and 029293 (showroom).
Identifier
029293
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Irvin Inc. - Showroom,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/72609.
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