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Photograph depicting one of Rubbermaid's first products, a green rubber dustpan, which James Caldwell developed in 1932, and began manufacturing with Wooster Rubber Company in 1934

Gathering of the men of the "Bull of the Woods" Fire Company. The company is believed to have been the first in Wooster, established in about 1927. Men and cart probably standing on East Liberty Street.

U.S. Department of Agriculture propaganda, declaring "The man behind the plow is the man behind the gun!" appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican on October 31, 1918.

July 5, 1919 Wooster Daily Republican article describing the festivities of July 4th, when Wooster welcomed home more than 1,500 WWI veterans

Akron Beacon Journal coverage of 146th Infantry's return following WWI, compiled on a scrapbook page

Akron Beacon Journal front page announcing the armistice that ended WWI, November 11, 1918

1918 Wooster Daily Republican article describing the bravery of the young women who volunteered to nurse those stricken with Spanish Influenza

October 25, 1918 Wooster Daily Republican article announcing that six deaths had occurred the previous evening as a result of Spanish Influenza

Promotional advertisement for the Red Cross with the headline "Can You Sleep Tonight?" appeared in the Wooster Daily Republican in June 1917.