ANTIQUE GILBERT 1930’s ELECTRIC 9 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. Few people even realize that a. Gilbert electric, famed makers of “american flyer” toy trains & “the erector set” also produced electric fans. I have professionally restored MANY electric fans & this particular model of fan ranks in the top three antique fans i have ever restored…

ANTIQUE GILBERT ELECTRIC 8 OSCILLATING DESK FAN. 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…

ANTIQUE GILBERT DOUBLE RING GUARD 10 OSCILLATING FAN – CATALOG #A-33 – 1934 through 1936 SEASONS. 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…

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…