Do you remember this fan?

[gadgetgary]

I think they were called 'hassock' fans.

Picked it up from my local Craigslist for $5.

The collar on the fan was loose.

Brought it to my local small appliance repair shop(yes, one still exists here).

Total cost $20(Fan and repair).

Are these from the late 60's, early 70's?

 

 

 

[gadgetgary]

Switch

The switch was not working on high speed.

The local repair guy said it was simply a loose wire.

 

A Blast from the Past~!

 

 

 

[perc-o-prince]

A hassock fan indeed! Nice! We have an end table-styled fan in wood on the porch.

Chuck

 

[whirlcool]

I remember these from the early 60's. I don't know why they called it a Hassock fan. If you sit on it the frame distorts.

 

[classiccaprice]

I have several.  I use them to keep the house cooler during these summer months.  A fan with a higher temperature  on the ac is cheaper than running a lower temperature on the ac.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Hassock fans

Great fans, loved mine for the amount of air it moved, but the metal blades of it made me nervous, since it sat right on the floor, so near my young nieces and nephews, so I sold it in a yard sale this morning. Would love to find one with a finer mesh grill,

 

[classiccaprice]

Hindsight

You could have added screen to the inside with silicone rubber... Would have kept the little ones from cutting anything and let you keep your fan.  It might not have looked the best, but it would have served the purpose until the kids were old enough to know better.

 

[cfz2882]

hassock fans

these fans were around for quite a while-I have seen some as old as the mid-1930s and as new as ~1990. I had one from 1950 that was beat up and grubby but ran good,so I salvaged the motor and blade and redeployed as attic fan(checked and cleaned/oiled motor before putting up there)By the blade shape,tthe one pictured looks like it may have been made by freshn'd air.

 

[ptcruiser51]

W. W. Welch

Was the mfr. of ours, which we had in the 1950s to cool our tenement living room in the 'hood. It was not so much designed to sit on as much to rest your feet on. It came with us to the 'burbs in 1960 and ended-up in our summer cottage in the 1970s. I don't know what happened to it, but it sure moved a ton of air, FAST.

 

[arbilab]

Yes I remember hassock fans. That they weren't sturdy enough for an adult to sit upon. But a lady could use one as a footrest and have a breeze discretely blown up her skirt.

 

[alr2903]

Exactly, in the days before central A/C it was no big deal to move the coffee table and put these fans in front of the sofa.  They kicked up a good breeze too.  Combined with a good window fan to exhaust the hot air of the day you could get fairly comfortable. My Aunt the lady with the Flair stove told me years ago in St. Louis in the summertime people actually "hosed down" the exterior bricks on their homes, anything to get relief from the heat.  alr

 

[ovrphil]

Vaguely remembered - I'd love to find one...look at that birds eye maple finish(faux). Cool! (both ways)

 

[arbilab]

I have hosed bricks--and roofs--to take the load off marginal central air.