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With a celebrated history that reflects over a 100 years of excellence, the Fuller Brush Company is one of the iconic names in American business. Its legacy has become synonymous with quality, craftsmanship, and the finest of U.S. manufacturing. Founded in Boston in 1906 by Alfred Fuller, the Capital Brush Company (as it was known then) began with an initial investment of $375. Fuller worked out of his sisters basement making the brushes at night and sales calls during the day.In the ensuing years, the Fuller Brush Company developed and refined an array of innovative products and manufacturing techniques, along with a unique business model that drew heavily upon a skilled force of door-to-door direct sales. No doubt many of todays baby-boomers (as well as a generation or two that came before them) would remember fondly the Fuller Brush man who came into their homes with a seemingly magical suitcase of products and tales. These intrepid messengers were a dedicated and driven group, who faced a daunting task. Yet, the formula worked, and over the decades the company grew substantially, both in revenue and product offerings always guided by Fullers founding credo: