Posted 7 years ago
fortapache
(3290 items)
The correct answer is not as it was made by McGraw Electric Co which means Al Bersted. To recap a bit Al Bersted sold his company to McGraw Electric and then became the president of McGraw Electric. Let us just say he was a wheeler dealer. Anyway he was responsible for many of the low cost appliances from the 1920s until the early 1960s. They are said to be cheaply made but many still work as does this one. Cheaply made was a different standard back then.
Back to this fan it has the Wizard logo on the badge with Western Auto Supply Co. along the edge of the badge and a model #. It is the same as Eskimo fans from McGraw Electric. They made a few different fans for Western Auto.
This is an 8" fan (blade width) and non oscillating. It has a nice cream color and a bit of rust. Looks like this one is close to 1960 based on the cage design and styling.
I love the old fans like this one. The motors on them all seemed to be quite heavy and really well made.
Thank you very much Scott. They are nice little chunks of metal.
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mikelv85
jscott0363
buckethead
TassieDevil
Caperkid
blunderbuss2
Cooooooool fan !!
Did you see my note on that other one that i thought was a marriage ? They look good together and no need for them to Divorce......LOL
Thank you very much antiquerose. Yes I saw your comment and agreed about it. The only thing is I forgot which item it was. I will look it up.
Thank you very much Thomas. You can be in the fan club.
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Lzenglish
vetraio50
antiquerose
brunswick
racer4four
Love old fans like this. They look so cool
Thank you very much Vintagefran. I agree of course.
Thank you Irishcollector.
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AnythingObscure
mikelv85
JImam
aura
Thank you gargoylecollector.
Those are great till now!
Thank you very much Virginia.vintage.
Thank you SEAN68.