Vendor history for products used in the house
and Yes These items are all still in the house.
includes what history I can find for those items.
Based out of Bloomington IL.
They later changed their name to Eureka Williams Corporation and then were acquired by Electorlux.
At some point supplied the oil burners that “upgraded” the coal burring boilers.
Williams Oil-O-Matic
E. T. Burrowes Company
Based in Portland Maine.
Supplied many of the screens and screen doors including the still original front screen door.
Based out of Fort Wayne Indiana. Supplied the original “Bowser” gas pump in the carriage house.
http://egen.fortwayne.com/ns/projects/history/scapes9.php
https://aoghs.org/transportation/first-gas-pump-and-service-stations/
Bowser Corporation
Cuthbert Electrical MFG. Co.
Based out of Chicago IL
Supplied the 2nd Level fuse panel. A marble board with lots of copper buses and fuse sockets.
Based out of Pittsburgh Pa
Originally in the house was a dynamo that could deliver both AC and DC. This was before anyone knew which was to be the standard. While the dynamo is long gone the switchboard panel still exists. Rumor is that at least a few other hours were powered off this same dynamo.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co
General Electric Company product
Found in the wall during renovations.
Per Wikipedia
“Mazda was a trademarked name registered by General Electric (GE) in 1909 for incandescent light bulbs. The name was used from 1909 through 1945 in the United States by GE and Westinghouse. Mazda brand light bulbs were made for decades after 1945 outside the US. The company chose the name due to its association with Ahura Mazda, the transcendental and universal God of Zoroastrianism whose name means light of wisdom in the Avestan language.
Peerless Mazda Edison Light Bulb
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Dawson Brothers Manufacturing
