Alfred C. Fuller started the Fuller Brush Company in 1906. It grew to involve multiple subsidies, including many that were international. It has a great history with some that can be read through various links below. Alfred C. Fuller gave up the leadership to his eldest son, Alfred Howard Fuller, when he was made President in1943. Howard's more bold and aggressive personality allowed the company to recognize positive changes that resulted in higher profits..

However, his temperament also contributed to his and his wife Dora's untimely death. Howard, always interested in thrilling, high-risk pursuits (such as driving sports cars, piloting airplanes, and racing speedboats and sailboats) was cruising through Nevada at 120 mile per hour for a business trip, uncharacterisically 

accompanied by his wife, when his Mercedes-Benz 300 SL blew a tire. Both Fullers died in the accident in 1959. Following the accident, Howard's younger brother, Avard Fuller assumed the leadership of the Fuller Brush Company. Avard was more conservative and not the adventurer that his brother had been.

J-6 NC2943 arrived at Fuller Brush during Howard's presidency and was sold not long after his death. It was Howard more than Fuller Brush that operated the newest amphibian aircraft on the market in 1946.

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photo credit AP wire

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