GILBERT 8 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, koldair, arctic, polar cub, & kesso, with…
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 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…
ANTIQUE WESTINGHOUSE 10 OSCILLATING 3 SPEED DESK FAN. Westinghouse was THE true innovator in the electric fan business. They were the first company to put tesla’s ac motor in an electric fan, first to put any type of guard over the BACK of the fan blades as well as the front, first in stamped steel…