toploader55
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I found this Brochure from my Grandfather I had saved for some reason and forgot about it.
I think all the Fan Lovers will like this scan !!!
I think all the Fan Lovers will like this scan !!!
NEW FOR 1941 FROM HUNTER-CENTURY
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toploader55
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Look at the Quality
Look at the Quality
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I remember these Bad Boys in the Attics of some homes
I remember these Bad Boys in the Attics of some homes
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My Uncle had one of these "Ornamental Cabinets" in his Living Room. Talk about a Hurricane in a Box...
My Uncle had one of these "Ornamental Cabinets" in his Living Room. Talk about a Hurricane in a Box...
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I think Hunter made the "Oringinal Ceiling Fan" ???
I think Hunter made the "Oringinal Ceiling Fan" ???
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The Penthouse.
The Penthouse.
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Here we go Guys and Gals
Here we go Guys and Gals
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And who could forget these...
And who could forget these...
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And Finally...
My 16" Zephair 3 Speed that was My Grandparents.
My 16" Zephair 3 Speed that was My Grandparents.
toploader55
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Needs a cleaning
Which I think I'll start on later.
This Fan moves a Huge amount of air even on Low.
Which I think I'll start on later.
This Fan moves a Huge amount of air even on Low.
toploader55
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I hope...
Everyone enjoys this Scan.
Just makes me think of the Days when this Country Made Things that Lasted for Years.
I guess that's why we are all here.
Everyone enjoys this Scan.
Just makes me think of the Days when this Country Made Things that Lasted for Years.
I guess that's why we are all here.
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Well, you hoped right! I'll be back shopping through this again!
washernoob
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Hunter really made some beautiful fans! Would love to have a pre 1950 hunter ceiling fans. One of the finest ever made. I've got a friend who has some in his home. Just super ceiling fans.
I've actually never encountered a hunter branded desk fan.
Some day I hope to have a set of ceiling fans like this in my home. Not Hunters/century but some R&Ms.
1890 was a great year!
I've actually never encountered a hunter branded desk fan.
Some day I hope to have a set of ceiling fans like this in my home. Not Hunters/century but some R&Ms.
1890 was a great year!
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Whoops in my last message, near the end I said "Some day I hope to have a set of ceiling fans like this in my home. Not Hunters/century but some R&Ms"
I think that came out wrong. I would love to have some HUNTERS as well as R&Ms in my home, but the picture below was stating, "not hunters/centiry, but some R&Ms". He had 2 of them in his living room.
I think that came out wrong. I would love to have some HUNTERS as well as R&Ms in my home, but the picture below was stating, "not hunters/centiry, but some R&Ms". He had 2 of them in his living room.
And if you did not buy one in 1941, you probably had a hard time buying one until after the war. Just think of all the fine things American workers made in American factories with American-made components. These were the powerful sort of fans everyone knew about so they could laugh at the punchline, "Where were you when the sh*t hit the fan?" These fans could move air and probably the sh*t, too with the various motors, bearings and blades of steel construction. Nowadays it's the plastic foreign fans that are sh*t.
Vornado fans are still made here, last time I checked.
I am a fan of Westinghouse fans from the 50s and actually some of the air conditioners, too, but they are harder to find. I still think the 1957 Westinghouse air conditioner with the beige plastic sort of honeycomb grille is one of the most beautiful units ever made, along with the late 50s GE units with the three round louvers along the upper part of the grille. I remember the Mobilair (sp?) fans on wheeled stands at friends' houses that would blow a stream of air from one end of the house to the other with those deeply pitched blades. In 1961 or 62, our elementary school's PTA bought every classroom a Dominion fan on a wheeled stand but, unlike the WH fans, the body of the fan was maybe 7 inches front to back with no side louvers and they made so much noise on high that the teachers could not talk over them, but they were better than the nothing we had before when we baked in the still air of the classrooms through September and then from April until the first week or two in June.
Vornado fans are still made here, last time I checked.
I am a fan of Westinghouse fans from the 50s and actually some of the air conditioners, too, but they are harder to find. I still think the 1957 Westinghouse air conditioner with the beige plastic sort of honeycomb grille is one of the most beautiful units ever made, along with the late 50s GE units with the three round louvers along the upper part of the grille. I remember the Mobilair (sp?) fans on wheeled stands at friends' houses that would blow a stream of air from one end of the house to the other with those deeply pitched blades. In 1961 or 62, our elementary school's PTA bought every classroom a Dominion fan on a wheeled stand but, unlike the WH fans, the body of the fan was maybe 7 inches front to back with no side louvers and they made so much noise on high that the teachers could not talk over them, but they were better than the nothing we had before when we baked in the still air of the classrooms through September and then from April until the first week or two in June.
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mobilair fans
Yes, how I loved those fans! When I was little Mama used ours like a window fan at night, it really created a breeze.
Yes, how I loved those fans! When I was little Mama used ours like a window fan at night, it really created a breeze.
Love my Hunter fans
All cast iron all US made and going fine after 20 years use.
Ofcourse you also can't beat a Vornado too!
All cast iron all US made and going fine after 20 years use.
Ofcourse you also can't beat a Vornado too!
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haha. Dont worry, its probably not nearly as heavy as the ceiling fans my friend has that I posted a pic of above.
That 1890 R&M weighs 83 pounds. He has 2 of them in the living room.
He also has a fancy ceiling fan on the open stairwell of his 1880 victorian home. Its got a large glass light, and the fan blades, when turned on, will fly out of inside of the bowl shape glass. When turned off you can watch the cool blades spin into the light again. Really one genius fan design. I believe the fan was about 90 years old.
weighed over 100 pounds!
haha. Dont worry, its probably not nearly as heavy as the ceiling fans my friend has that I posted a pic of above.
That 1890 R&M weighs 83 pounds. He has 2 of them in the living room.
He also has a fancy ceiling fan on the open stairwell of his 1880 victorian home. Its got a large glass light, and the fan blades, when turned on, will fly out of inside of the bowl shape glass. When turned off you can watch the cool blades spin into the light again. Really one genius fan design. I believe the fan was about 90 years old.
weighed over 100 pounds!
cfz2882
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ceiling fans
i have two good ceiling fans,a hunter from around 1985 and a
westinghouse from around 1910-it's really heavy...
Someone painted the westy light green decades ago,but it still
runs good-one of these days i will clean and refurbish it,
using a real light touch on that brittle old winding.
The westy has a rotary switch in the center and was meant to
be turned on by reaching it with a long pole with a fixture
on the end to rotate the switch.
i have two good ceiling fans,a hunter from around 1985 and a
westinghouse from around 1910-it's really heavy...
Someone painted the westy light green decades ago,but it still
runs good-one of these days i will clean and refurbish it,
using a real light touch on that brittle old winding.
The westy has a rotary switch in the center and was meant to
be turned on by reaching it with a long pole with a fixture
on the end to rotate the switch.
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Fascinating! Please do share pictures of both your hunter and Westinghouse!
Gotta love what people colored everything in their homes in the 60s and 70s! I can understand appliances in awesome greens, But old ceiling fans just didn't look so nice in those colors!
Thats like takin a 1920s hoover and painting it harvest gold.
Gotta love what people colored everything in their homes in the 60s and 70s! I can understand appliances in awesome greens, But old ceiling fans just didn't look so nice in those colors!
Thats like takin a 1920s hoover and painting it harvest gold.
Washernoob
100 pounds! WoW!! Of course those old homes were built right!
Thanks though, I may just give it a try now.
The one with retracting blades would be awesome! WAYYYYY ahead of its time[this post was last edited: 12/15/2010-19:28]
100 pounds! WoW!! Of course those old homes were built right!
Thanks though, I may just give it a try now.
The one with retracting blades would be awesome! WAYYYYY ahead of its time[this post was last edited: 12/15/2010-19:28]
