12-16-2007, 02:07 AM
This ad from 1953 is in only 2-color, and is about 1/3 page, indicating they were not a major player. This did have a deal with GE, though, combining GE's Monotop counter with their own Beauty Queen Showplace Steel Kitchen. The company was based in Maumee, Ohio, which is south of Toledo, and certainly in the heart of the rustbelt of the period.