Superior Rug Cleaning is a rug cleaning company based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Rug cleaning |
| Founded | 1946 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Website | www |
The company was founded in 1946, but since then has absorbed the John Leavitt Rug Cleaning company (founded in 1947 in Bloomfield, Connecticut),[1] and owns and operates Adams and Swett / Albany Carpet Cleaning. The company (including its Adams and Swett subsidiary) specializes in cleaning and restoring oriental rugs.
Adams and Swett was founded in Boston in 1856 by Freedom Samuel Adams and William Swett, catering to the new haute bourgeoisie fashion for oriental rugs coming into the port from China and elsewhere, often in clipper ships. Adams and Swett has been in continuous operation since then and through them Superior Rug Cleaning traces its corporate history back to 1856.[2]
Adams and Swett was infamous in the mid-twentieth century for its long-running radio commercials ("How many cookies did Andrew eat? ANdrew ("ate") 8-8000") voiced by Judy Valentine.[3][4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "History of the Company". Superior Rug Cleaning Company website. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ "Our Original Founders Story". Adams and Swett website. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ Ryan W. Owen (August 16, 2012). "Forgotten Billerica: How phone numbers have changed". Billerica Minuteman. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ Jack Rosenthal (August 20, 1989). "On Language; Diluting the Awe By Some". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ Michael G. Kaloyanides (September 17, 1989). "LETTER; CARPETS AND COOKIES". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 9, 2012.