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Frost & Wood: Machines Agricoles
Circa 1917
Unknown
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Heritage House Museum

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Along with its office in Montréal, Frost & Wood also had an office in Québec City. Frost & Wood machinery was very popular in the Province of Quebec and the company often published catalogues and other literature in French.

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Québec City
Circa 1907
Québec City, Québec, Canada
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Credits:
University of Guelph Archival & Special Collections.

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The Frost & Wood's head office in the Maritimes was located the industrial town of Truro, Nova Scotia. As a railroad hub, an office in Truro gave the company access to key farming markets such as Prince Edward Island and the incredibly fertile Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia.

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A Frost & Wood Mower in a Nova Scotian Hay Field
28 March 1907
Nova Scotia, Canada

Credits:
Heritage House Museum

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An agency in Saint John, New Brunswick, meant direct shipping access for the Frost & Wood Company. Saint John, a city situated on the Bay of Fundy, allowed the company to ship machinery to ports, such as, New England, the United Kingdom and beyond.

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Saint John, New Brunswick
Circa 1907
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
University of Guelph Archival & Special Collections.

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Though popular in Eastern Canada, Frost & Wood also had a presence in the West. The company had branches spread throughout the Canadian West in places like New Westminster, British Columbia, Regina, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta. The Company's main office was in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which acted as a funnel into the Western markets.

In 1902, Frost & Wood set up shop in a building on Princess Street in Winnipeg. By 1905-1906, the company moved down the street to a newly built a four-storey warehouse and office. However, the company was no longer listed in the city directory by World War I, but did own the building until approximately 1944.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba
28 March 1907
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Heritage House Museum

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In addition to shipping products nationally, the Frost & Wood Company was very successful internationally as well. From the 1860s onwards, Frost & Wood was shipping products and machinery to countries all over the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Russia, South America, and Africa.

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The Name "Frost & Wood" Is Known Wherever Agricultural Implements Are Used
Circa 1940s
Argentina
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Credits:
Heritage House Museum

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Trade expositions were a popular means of displaying a company's products to foreign markets.

In 1877, an international exhibition was put on by the Agricultural Society of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The Frost & Wood Company was awarded a medal by the Society in celebration of their fine products. Local newspapers noted the value of these exhibitions and the attention it brought to the home-grown company.

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Franco-British World Exposition
Circa 1908
London, England, United Kingdom
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Credits:
University of Guelph Archival & Special Collections

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In January 1895, company co-founder Alexander Wood, died of a severe cold. Wood was survived by two sons, but the men had no claim to the family business at the time of their father's death.

When Alexander Wood retired from the Frost & Wood Company in 1886, Francis and Charles Frost bought Wood's company shares for $60,000. The Frosts possibly acquired this lump sum of money by borrowing from the Molson's Bank (later Bank of Montreal), and in doing so, added to the company's already growing debt.