Mrs. Culp Revisited: July 28, 1937

Bring on the Masonite!

Renovations at the Edison Street house occupied Mrs. Culp today. She went to Crane’s Plumbing Supply Co. to look at fixtures and reported, “It rained heavy and the men had to work inside.” They started with Masonite, a wood product that was touted as “the wonder board of 1,000 uses.” In the 1930s and 1940s, Masonite — named for its inventor and company …