ANTIQUE UNITED ELECTRIC MFG. DELUXE MODEL 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN (MODEL 35A – approximately from 1931). United electric manufacturing co. Was incorporated in Adrian, Michigan in 1916 & began producing electric parts & accessories for cars during the rise of the automobile (horns, generators, etc). In the spring of 1925 they introduced their first residential…
ANTIQUE MADE-RITE 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN – (CIRCA 1932 to 1934). Not much information can be found about weinig / made-rite company, although it is known that they started in 1919 & were headquartered in sandusky, ohio. A couple newspaper articles in the star-journal newspaper in december of 1934 state that they had outgrown their…
ANTIQUE DOMINION ELECTRIC MFG. 10 OSCILLATING SHIELD GUARD. They moved their operations to the made-rite plant in mansfield, ohio in 1935. They manufactured a full line of electric household appliances which even included sun lamps, a donut maker, soldering irons, heating pads, & of course, electric fans. This model was introduced shortly after occupying the…
ANTIQUE DOMINION ELECTRIC MFG. 10 OSCILLATING SHIELD GUARD. They moved their operations to the made-rite plant in mansfield, ohio in 1935. They manufactured a full line of electric household appliances which even included sun lamps, a donut maker, soldering irons, heating pads, & of course, electric fans. The closing of the plant occured in the…
GILBERT 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN – (CIRCA 1932 to 1934). Few people even realize that a. Gilbert, famed makers of “american flyer” toy trains & “the erector set” also produced electric fans, in fact, their main business was fractional horsepower electric motors. They produced electric fans under the names gilbert, icy, busy b, trailblazer, dexter,…
ANTIQUE DOMINION ELECTRIC MFG. 10 OSCILLATING SHIELD GUARD. They manufactured a full line of electric household appliances which even included sun lamps, a donut maker, soldering irons, heating pads, & of course, electric fans. The closing of the plant occured in the mid 60’s when plastic was introduced into mass production of appliances, the competition…
ANTIQUE GENERAL ELECTRIC 1930 – 3 SPEED 12 OSCILLATING DESK FAN – TYPE. AK-1 – (MANUFACTURED FOR THE’30-’31 SEASON ONLY). As we know, general electric’s first electric fan was thomas edisons first direct current electric fan. So, the 30’s & 40’s were the “golden age” of ge fans & the pinnacle of thousands of hours…
- AIRFLOW MODEL 2426 – 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. (MID TO LATE 1930’S). Phillip diehl immigrated to the united states from germany in the late 1800’s at the age of 19. He invented a new light bulb with a coil instead of lead in wires forcing thomas edison to drastically lower the price of his…
GILBERT 8 OSCILLATING DESK FAN APPRX. Few people even realize that a. Gilbert, famed makers of “american flyer” toy trains & “the erector set” also produced electric fans, in fact, their main business was fractional horsepower electric motors. They produced electric fans under the names gilbert, icy, busy b, trailblazer, dexter, perfex, arctic, polar cub,…
GILBERT – PERFEX BRAND 8 OSCILLATING DESK FAN (MID 1930’s). Few people even realize that a. Gilbert, famed makers of “american flyer” toy trains & “the erector set” also produced electric fans, in fact, their main business was fractional horsepower electric motors. They produced electric fans under the names gilbert, icy, busy b, trailblazer, dexter,…