GILBERT 2 SPEED 12 OSCILLATING DESK FAN CATALOG #A34 – 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,…
ANTIQUE SIGNAL ELECTRIC MODEL 550A – TWO SPEED 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. Signal electric began in menominee, mi in 1892 producing telegraph & telephone equipment such as hand crank telephone generators & switchboards. The first residential electric fan they produced was in 1926 and they continued with electric fans until the plant closed in 1964.…
ANTIQUE UNITED ELECTRIC MFG. DELUXE MODEL 2 SPEED 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. United electric manufacturing co. Was incorperated 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 electric fan, an 8″…
ANTIQUE UNITED ELECTRIC MFG. 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. United electric manufacturing co. Was incorperated in chicago, il 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 electric fan, an 8″ model called the “eskimo.…
ANTIQUE ROBBINS & MYERS ELECTRIC 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. Robbins & myers opened in 1878 in springfield, oh (near dayton) producing castings for farm machinery & broadening into bicycle parts at the turn of the century. They began producing fans & electric motors in 1897, later acquiring hunter fans (for ceiling fans) & making a…
ANTIQUE GENERAL ELECTRIC 10 OSCILLATING 2 SPEED DESK FAN. General electric was one of the biggest producers of electric fans right from the beginning. In the early 30’s they introduced the “quiet fan” with large cloverleaf shaped overlapping blades to cut down on the noise the narrower blades made “chopping” through the air. Other manufacturers…
ANTIQUE GENERAL ELECTRIC 10 OSCILLATING 2 SPEED DESK FAN. General electric was one of the biggest producers of electric fans right from the beginning. In the early 30’s they introduced the “quiet fan” with large cloverleaf shaped overlapping blades to cut down on the noise the narrower blades made “chopping” through the air. Other manufacturers…
ANTIQUE EMERSON ELECTRIC 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. Emerson electric opened in st. Louis, mo in 1890 with a patent for a reliable electric motor & the financial backing of civil war union veteran john wesley emerson. In 1892 it became the first company in north america to mass produce & sell residential electric fans. Their…