I work in the Armand Hammer building. Someone asked me today who he was, and whether his name had anything to do with Arm & Hammer baking soda. He was a philanthropist and chair of Occidental Petroleum, and his name has nothing to do with baking soda.
Then the question arose as to the origin of the name 'Arm & Hammer'. Here it is:
THE HISTORY OF THE ARM AND HAMMER® TRADEMARK
The ARM & HAMMER symbol was first used in the early 1860’s by James A. Church, the son of Dr. Austin Church, one of the founders of our business. James A. Church operated a spice and mustard business known as the Vulcan Spice Mills. In Roman mythology, Vulcan, the god of fire, was especially skilled in fashioning ornaments and arms for the gods and heroes. The ARM & HAMMER symbol, therefore, represented the arm of Vulcan with hammer in hand about to descend on an anvil.
Church & Dwight, Company Information, History of the Logo
www.churchdwight.com/company/company_information.htm
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