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Arm & Hammer Origin

Posted in strange facts, weird stories, dumb facts by Administrator on the May 9th, 2007

In the 1860’s the Church family owned the Vulcan Spice Mills.  Their logo was an arm and a hammer, representing the Roman god Vulcan (who was a blacksmith).  When the family formed a baking soda company in 1867, they used the same logo . . . and eventually named the company after it.

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