>    IL-A-Noy (Slang for Illinois) was a house brand for the big hardware
> company of Hibbard, Spencer,  Bartlett & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
> Started business about 1865.  There hardware catalogs ran about 3000 
> pages.
> Some of there other tool brands were O.V..B (Our Very Best), Hibbard, 
> Cruso,
> and True Value.  One house tool brand was Revenoc, named after John 
> Conover
> ( Conover spelled backwards).  Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett sold out in 
> 1962
> to John Cotter & Co., which became True Value Hardware Stores.
>
> Bob Sturgeon.

Thanks! Not only did you answer my Ilanoy question, now I don't have to ask 
the Revenoc one either.
Joe M.

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