Vintage Fan Thread

[whirlcool]

And lo and behold, there is a 3 speed version exactly like my parents had on Ebay right now. But the price is just outrageous along with the shipping! Vornado made a kajillion of these, so I am sure another one will pop up soon!

http://cgi.ebay.com/O-A-Sutton-Comp...056?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bee75910

 

[rp2813]

Interesting.  And that Vornado wasn't exactly cheap when brand new, at $64.95. 

 

I guess from the looks of it they're relying on the window of choice already having a screen?

 

[gadgetgary]

Vornado

Here's one I found for a friend at Goodwill a few years back.

 

[dirtybuck]

Joel:

Ah yes, I remember the GE Hassock fan quite well. We had it when I was growing up back in the '60's. It put out LOTS of air in all different directions. I think the motor burnt out on it and it was trashed.

 

[beekeyknee]

GE

1920s era I believe. It's Pullman Green.

 

[sambootoo]

Here are just a few of mine. This is my Emerson roll about from the 50's or 60's.

 

[sambootoo]

My Air Castle pedestal that gets lots of use in the shop

 

[sambootoo]

This is my Gaylord circulator with a 36 inch cast blade, electric air fresheners,and built in ozone generator. This fan has been in my family for generations but no one can tell me how or why this would have been used in a home setting which is the only place I remember it ever being used. I first saw this fan in my grandmother's barn when I was 3 or 4 years old. I remember it being used a few times @ my aunt/uncles home where it finally met it's death after several trips in to the repair shop. I recently replaced the motor as the original was long gone--my dad probably sold that for scrap!

 

[sambootoo]

I have several more including a Vornado, 16 inch Emerson,Hunter, and Westinghouse oscillators, Homart and Rex-Aire window fans but no pics of them at this time.

 

[philr]

I have a plastic R&M Hunter that's in really bad shape. I'd like to get another one like it someday!

It used to look like this!

 

[gfm8959]

Sears Homart Cooler

Powerful exhaust fan. I remember seeing a lot of these in my neighborhood growing up.

 

[kevin313]

I have to Westy Mobilaire fans - one brown, one blue. Here's the brown:

Does anyone know how to get the back grates/covers off these things so they can be cleaned? Seems to be a rubber gasket going around, but I can figure how to get if off.

 

[kevin313]

Here's the blue Westy:

 

[kevin313]

Here is one I just picked up at an estate sale. A Kenmore deluxe, still in the orginal box. It has a groovy stand and is reversable, too.

 

[kevin313]

Here is a little fan that I have in the kitchen on top of the fridge. It's from a manufacturer that was in the Bronx, NY.

 

[jmm63]

Kevin, I LOVE that Kenmore fan you got from the estate sale. Its so close to the one I'm looking for that I grew up with. It was on a stand like that one, i think it even had white wall tires. I remember the knobs were clear plastic and had little ridges around them. We only had 1 fan in the whole house and my mom would put that in the bedroom hallway blowing towards all of them. I would spend most of the summer sleeping on the floor in the hallway! That must be where my love of fans comes from.. Great find!!!!

 

[xraytech]

Well, I only have 2 vintage fans and here they are first I have this cute little 1 speed Dominion fan

 

[xraytech]

Next up I have this lovely 3 speed Penncrest box fan

 

[washernoob]

Once I am on a real computer I shall post my fans. I have a few around here

My main interest in them are with very early brass blade ones but do enjoy some newer ones.

I have currently an ivory white 1925 ge 12" model. A 1925 Dayton brass blade 16" a Westinghouse leader desktop and a funky green 50s hassoc fan.

 

[rp2813]

OMG Sam that Penncrest is hypnotically awesome!

 

I love the various cage designs on the pedestal fans.  Jim, that Miracle Breeze ROCKS!