Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd. (Toronto, Canada) ; Carboloy Co. (Detroit, MI) ; Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co. (Hoboken, NJ) ; Fort Wayne Electric Works (Fort Wayne, IN) ; General Electric Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; Ivanhoe-Regent Works (Cleveland, OH) ; Samson Tractor Co. (Janesville, WI) ; Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor Co. (Stockton, CA) ; Victor X-Ray Co. (Chicago, IL) ; Hotpoint Electric Heating Co. (Ontario, CA) ; GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc. ; M-O Valve Co., Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) ; General Electric Vapor Lamp Co. ; Cunningham Tubes ; Chemical Dept. (Pittsfield, MA) ; Metallurgy Div. ; Clock & Timer Dept. (Ashland, MA) ; General Electric X-Ray Corp. (Chicago, IL) Search this
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Eight containers OVERSIZE. Boxes, books, and envelopes organized as follows: air conditioning and refrigeration ; appliances ; automobiles and buses ; aviation ; boats and ships ; "GE Bulletin" ; cables, wires and wiring ; capacitors ; catalogs ; circuit breakers ; control ; "Electrical Developments"; electronics ; general-business ; general-science ; general product information ; generators ; furnaces ; heating ; indexed publications ; instruction books ; instruments ; lighting ; lightning protection ; metallurgy ; meters ; misc. equipment ; motors ; parts bulletins ; photographic equipment ; plastics and chemicals ; power equipment ; radio and television ; railroads ; station equipment ; switches ; switch gears ; technical papers ; transformers ; turbines ; welding ; x-ray ; "Fort Wayne Electric Works Bulletins". GE all purpose mixer appliance catalog is found in: TX715. R43 NMAH Culinary History collection. 1989 GE Capacitor handbook ; dry type transformer ; panel meters ; electronic controls ; form G motors ; fan-cooled motors ; AC / DC motors ; LEDs ; solid state relays ; glow lamps ; indicator and circuit components ; sub-miniature lamps ; solid state lamps ; silicone lubricants ; silicone greases ; silicone rubber ; " LEXAN " plastic ; "Optoelectronics Manual" ; employee benefits plan document ; "One Hundred Publications of the General Electric Company 1878-1978" ; "General Electric Goes to War" (WWII war production)...this comprises the uncataloged portion
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples, photographs and histories
[Trade catalogs from Federal Telecommunication Laboratories, Inc.]
Company Name:
Federal Telecommunication Laboratories, Inc. Search this
Related companies:
Federal Telephone & Radio Corp., Newark, NJ. ; Rochester Telephone Corp., Rochester, NY ; International Telephone and Telegraph ; Search this
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one container OVERSIZE ; Television transmitters; television UHF radio relay link; slotted line; pulse-time multiplex radio link (radio frequency equipment); multiplex terminal equipment; triangular loop television transmitting antenna; television broadcast transmitter monitor; high-frequency radio direction finder; poly-efex scanner; (poly-flex scanner ?) ; synchronizing generator; image orthicon camera chains; low-voltage power supply; frequency and modulation monitor; impedometer; distance measuring equipment; VHF omnidirectional radio range antenna system. AM broadcasting transmitters; FM broadcasting transmitters. Selenium rectifiers; electronic tubes; high-frequency wire and cable; transformers and reactors; telephone and telegraph carrier systems; mobile FM radiotelephone systems; transmitter consoles; antenna; Telephone switching equipment. Navigation and communication aids for aircraft: VHF receiver for traffic control towers. Telephone exchange systems; switchboards; telephones; dials and test equipment; transmission lines. Multi-channel carrier telegraph system.
AC Electronics, Milwaukee, WI ; AC Spark Plug, Flint, MI ; Adam Opel AG, Germany ; Allison Engineering Co., Indianapolis, IN ; Buick Motor Co., Flint, MI ; Buick Motor Div., Flint, MI ; Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, MI ; Cadillac Motor Div., Detroit, MI ; Central Foundry Div., Saginaw, MI ; Chevrolet Motor Div., Detroit, MI ; Chevrolet Motor Co., Detroit, MI ; Cleveland Diesel Div., Cleveland, OH ; Cleveland Diesel Engine Div., Cleveland, OH ; Dayton Engineering Lab Co. (DELCO), Dayton, OH ; Delco Hyatt ; Delco-Light Co., Dayton, OH ; Delco Appliance Div., Rochester, NY ; Delco Marine, Dayton, OH ; Delco Products, Dayton, OH ; Delco Radio, Kokomo, IN ; Delco-Remy, Anderson, IN ; Detroit Diesel, Detroit, MI ; Diesel Equipment, Grand Rapids, MI ; Domestic Engineering Co., Dayton, OH ; Eastern Aircraft Div., Bloomfield, NJ ; Electro-Motive Div., La Grange, IL ; Euclid Road Machine Co., Hudson, OH ; Euclid Crane & Hoist Co. ; Fabricast Div., Bedford, IN ; Fisher Body Co., Warren, MI ; Frigidaire, Dayton, OH ; General Motors Sales Corp., Rochester, NY ; General Motors Truck Co., Pontiac, MI ; Guardian Refrigerator Co., Detroit, MI ; GM Acceptance Corp., New York, NY ; GMC Truck-Coach, Pontiac, MI ; Guide Lamp Div., Anderson, IN ; Harrison Radiator Co., Lockport, NY ; Hummer ; Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Harrison, NJ ; Hydra-Matic, Ypsilanti, MI ; Hyatt Roller Bearing Co., Harrison, NJ ; Inland Mfg. Co., Dayton, OH ; Lovejoy Mfg. Co., Boston, MA ; Moraine Products Div., Dayton, OH ; Motors Holding Div., Detroit, MI ; Motors Insurance Corp., New York, NY ; New Departure Mfg. Co., Bristol, CT ; Oakland Motor Car Co., Detroit, MI ; Olds Motor Car Co., Lansing, MI ; Olds Motor Works, Lansing, MI ; Oldsmobile Motor Div., Lansing, MI ; Packard Electric Co., Warren, MI ; Pontiac Motor Div., Pontiac, MI ; Remy Electric Co., Anderson, IN ; Reliance Engineering Co., Lansing, MI ; Rochester Products Div., Rochester, MI ; Rumely Products Co., Chicago, IL ; Saginaw Steering Gear, Sagniaw, MI ; Saturn Corp. ; Sunnyhome Electric Co. ; Ternstedt Div., Detroit, MI ; United Delco, Detroit, OH ; United Motors Service Div., Detroit, MI ; Terex Div., Hudson, OH ; Winton Engine Co., Cleveland OH ; Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. ; Vanxhall Motors Ltd., United Kingdom Search this
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Twenty-nine containers OVERSIZE. Organized by companies and divisions. Some German language materials. Includes 1942 Annual Report to Employees, "War Tugs Tell Their Tales of the Sea", "Three R's of General Motors War Products Training Program", "Delco War Products All Over the World", "Century of Buick" with CD, "Making of a Motor Car," souvenir guide book to Chevrolet-Fisher Mfg. Exhibit, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933. Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility 2006 Results Brochure.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual, photographs and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
2074 pieces; 147 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date range:
1800s-2000s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
five pieces OVERSIZE ; Unique 1907 catalog. Studio couches ; sofas & lounges ; brass and iron bedsteads ; cribs, cradles and children's beds ; crib mattresses ; springs ; mattresses ; folding chairs ; bazookas ; bomb boxes ; parachutes ; rifles ; auxiliary engines in revolving ball turrets for machine guns ; Bofors gun shells ; oil and magnesium incendiaries ; medical stretchers ; litter ; hospital beds ; hospital equipment ; drugstore cabinet for submarines ; metal furniture ; military and civilian gas masks ; cots and pads ; blankets to cover huts ; bunk beds for troop trains ; motor ski sled frames ; frame mounting for lightweight heaters ; frame for portable fire apparatus ; military backpacks ; life jackets ; Navy officer's double deck berth ; Army and Navy lockers ; Navy chart table ; Navy radio operating table ; Army cots with mosquito netting ; Army pyramidal tents ; Army Air Force oxygen trailers. "War Album" showing the military equipment the company manufactured during World War II.
Packard Electric Co. ; Packard-Studebaker Motor Car Co. ; Packard Motor Car Co. of New York (New York, NY) Search this
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Two envelopes OVERSIZE ; automobiles. Unique high quality color catalogs included among the following : undated (est. 1931) full color catalog for eight-cylinder Packard automobiles ; "The Packard Six 5-26 and 5-33" full color catalog in a unique horizontal layout ; "The Packard Eight : ask a man who owns one" (1926) full color catalog ; "Packard for 1938: The 12 - The Super 8" spiral bound full color catalog (copyright 1937) contains photographs and illustrations of the cars' exteriors, interiors and chassis, of upscale lifestyles, of the testing processes (orthopedic science, safety, durability) and of the Packard factory. "Packard Standard and Simplified Accounting Systems for Packard Motor Car Co. Distributers and Dealers" (1934, originally 1924) ; "Packard Service Letters" (1932) body, brakes, chassis, clutch, electrical, motor, axle, steering, tires, transmission, steering, shock absorbers, adjustments, accessories ; "Service Parts List Packard Single-Eight 136-143" (June 1923) ; "The Packard Liberty Motor" (January 1919), World War I, aviation, engine Pershing ; "Packard Aircraft Engines" (November 1926), direct drive, geared drive, inverted drive ; "Packard Master Motor Builders" (c. 1928) includes list of records with Packard airplane, seaplane, automobile, airship and boat motors ; "Packard Advanced Training School Lecture Course" (1919), subjects include tools, inspection and scrap, time study, systems, stock, production, care of machinery, timekeeping, safety and sanitation ; "Instructions for Care and Operation of Packard Aircraft Engines" (May 1928) ; "Information Packard Worm Drive Motor Trucks" (no date) includes general information such as starting the motor, inspection, the operation of the various systems and cold weather procedures ; "The Packard-Diesel Aircraft Engine" (1930) ; "Information Model 268 Packard Junior Marine Engine" (February 1923) ; "Information Model 357 Packard Eight Marine Engine" (April 1924) ; motor trucks ; worm drive motor trucks ; chainless motor trucks ; "Stereoscopic Presentation of Packard Superiorities"
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Types of samples:
ledger forms
Physical description:
110 pieces; 7 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
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Collection Rights:
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Chicago, IL ; Boston, MA ; Cincinnati, OH ; Buffalo, NY ; New York, NY ; Philadelphia, PA ; Detroit, MI ; Wilkes-Barre, PA ; Pittsburgh, PA ; Cleveland, OH ; St. Louis, MO ; New Haven, CT Search this
Wings of war; an account of the important contribution of the United States to aircraft invention, engineering, development and production during the world war, by Theodore Macfarlane Knappen, with an introduction by Rear-Admiral D. W. Taylor. With 43 illustrations
Author:
Knappen, Theodore Macfarlane 1871-1938 Search this
Physical description:
xv, 289 p. front., plates. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1920
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations Search this