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Zippo's first factory was established in the fall of 1933 above the Rickerson & Pryde garage at 7 Boylston Street in downtown Bradford. The recently established company occupied the corner room on the 2nd floor where the Zippo sign in the multi-paned window has become a symbol of the company's early days. George Grant Blaisdell rented this space for $10.00 a month. By the end of the 1st month, 82 new Zippo windproof lighters had been produced here.

Later, Zippo operations expanded into the entire 2nd floor, occupying the space until the fall of 1938. This building was torn down around 1960 as part of a flood control project. A small irregularly shaped parking lot is all that remails of location of the first factory.


Rickerson & Pryde building
7 Boylston Street
lid without inscription
H  ZIPPO  X August 1994
high polish chrome regular size
non catalog version  
Rickerson & Pryde building
7 Boylston Street
lid with inscription
A  ZIPPO  XVI January 2000
high polish chrome regular size
official release US release


NEW          Rickerson & Pryde building
7 Boylston Street
L  ZIPPO  01 December 2001
high polish chrome regular size
anodized aluminium US release
NEW          Rickerson & Pryde building
7 Boylston Street 2nd floor Zippo window
G  ZIPPO  XI July 1995
brush chrome regular size
non catalog version test sample




Rickerson & Pryde building
7 Boylston Street
K  ZIPPO  05 November 2005
brush chrome vintage series 1937
KEEPING  THE  HISTORY  ALIVE
Heritage Series Vol. 3
model KHA2303
limited edition 198 of 1500