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[Trade catalogs from Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co.]

Catalog Data

Variant company name:
Shelved with American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. ; Chicago, IL  Search this
Company Name:
Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co.  Search this
Related companies:
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. ; Ahrens & Ott Div. (Louisville, KY); Ahrens & Ott Mfg. Co. ; Dawes & Myler Mfg Co.(New Brighton PA); Standard Mfg. Co.(Allegheny, PA); American Standard, Inc. ;  Search this
Notes content:
plumbing fixtures and supplies ; electric dishwasher and sink ; electric clothes washer ; steam mill and factory supplies ; From The Well -Appointed Bath, 1989, Preservation Press, Gail Caskey Winkler and Charles E. Fisher III.: American Standard is the result of successive mergers by a number of companies. The oldest was Ahrens and Ott Mfg. Co of Louisville KY, which began producing cast-iron soil pipes in 1857. The Standard Mfg. Co of Allegheny, PA., founded in 1870, was originally a maker of enameled cast-iron stove ware, but was making bath fixtures by 1888. In 1887, a Standard employee named Edward L. Dawes left to start up his own company with William A. Myler called Dawes & Myler Mfg Co. in New Brighton PA. By 1893 Dawes & Myler were producing enameled cast-iron bathtubs exclusively. In 1899, Ahrens & Ott, Standard Mfg Co., and Dawes & Myler merged with six smaller companies to form the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co which became a major producer of enameled cast-iron bathroom fixtures. China or ceramic fixtures were not a part of Standard's production until 1929 when the firm acquired the Thomas Maddock's Sons Mfg. Co. of Trenton NJ. That firm had it's origins in 1873 when a pottery painter from Staffordshire England named Thomas Maddock became a partner in a Trenton NJ pottery that was the first in America to produce heavy sanitary ware such as toilets, bathtubs and sink bowls. Also in 1929, the Standard Sanitary Mfg Co. formed a partnership with the American Radiator Co. of New York City under the name American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. Later, the name was shortened to American-Standard. Today, people will find old rolled rim bathtubs that are marked on the bottom with the name Standard Sanitary Mfg Co and A & O Works or D & M Works or SW. The SW stands for Standard Works (factory) and AO Works (Ahrens & Ott factory) and DM for Dawes & Myler factory. The different works or factories still carried their old names, and even produced their own catalogs, but all the fixtures were produced under the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co label. (from the website: http://www.vintageplumbing.com/faq.html ) ; The book cited, Well-Appointed Bath, is in the NMAH Library's collection.
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
51 pieces; 10 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Appliances (household)  Search this
Mills and milling supplies  Search this
Plumbing supplies and fixtures  Search this
Topic:
Household appliances  Search this
Milling machinery  Search this
Plumbing equipment industry  Search this
Plumbing fixtures  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_22174
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_22174