Est. 1906

SMEAD BANDLESS FILE IS INVENTED

P.A. HOFFMAN GAINS OWNERSHIP OF SMEAD

HAROLD HOFFMAN ASSUMES CONTROL OF SMEAD

1906

1916

1928 P. A. Hoffman suffers a disabling stroke. His son Harold Hoffman takes over active management of Smead.

Founded in 1906 in Hastings, Minnesota with six employees crafting their single product— the bandless file.

After the sudden passing of Charles Smead, P.A. Hoffman gains ownership of a promising and young company.

1929: START OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1936 Smead gets first

1920 19th Amendment ratified, women get right to vote

1928 Discovery of Penicillin

noted “big” order of 500 brief covers

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