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,…
- 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,…
GILBERT 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN CATALOG #G10-ACO 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,…
ANTIQUE SIGNAL ELECTRIC MODEL 550A – TWO SPEED 10 OSCILLATING DESK FAN ARRX. 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…
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.…
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…