Marshall Wells Hardware Co. - Zenith City

Marshall Wells started in 1893 when former Morely Murphy President, Albert Morley Marshall purchased the failing Chapin-Wells Hardware Company in Duluth Minnesota. Marshall Wells went on to become the country’s largest hardware wholesaler. Located on the world's busiest shipping port, their massive warehouse also had freight train tracks right through the center of the building to move product in and out quickly.
 
Marshall Wells didn't manufacture their own axes, they were outsourced to Kelly Axe & Tool Co. Axes like the bold "M.W.H.C.o. HAND MADE" and variations of the "Zenith" were very popular and recognized as high quality tools.

At an Independence Day picnic on Minnesota Point, newspaper publisher Dr. Thomas Foster (who produced Duluth's first paper, the Minnesotian) gave a grand oration, during which he called Duluth the “Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas.” Ever since Duluth has been known as the "Zenith" city. 
 
This shirt celebrates the artwork of Marshall Wells for their "Zenith" line of tools and fine axes. You get a high quality, reproduction an advertisement for Marshall Wells Zenith with the dock/rail warehouse in the background on Lake Superior. The back of the shirt reads "Where rails and water meet" which was a prominent Marshall Wells slogan.