Trouble Starts with What's That!
I was junk shopping, and I saw a fan with a very large motor on it out of the corner of my eye. The motor was excessively large for the size of the fan blades. Also, the blade guard is thick and sturdy and appears to be solid brass. The fan weighs just slightly over 22 pounds! Over the years, I have learned that engineers strive to use the minimum amount of resources to create…
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It is hard for many of us to grasp how significant a problem rodents were to our ancestors. While mice still pose health risks to modern populations, the average person in the 19th and early 20th centuries were keenly battling these vermin. This is evidenced by the relatively large number of mousetrap advertisements found in publications of the day. And who hasn’t heard the phrase, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a…
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German Inscription English Translation Gluck aut zum ersten Guss 12.9.13 Luck for the first pouring September 12, 1913 DEN MITCLIEDERN DES V.D.E. ZUR FRDL. ERINNERUNG. EISENACH, 12.9.1913 ALFRED GUTMANN A.G. OTTENSEN-HAMBURG For the Members of the V.D.E. For a Friendly Memory (Reminder) Eisenach 12 September 1913 (Town in Germany oven was delivered to) Alfred Gutmann A.G. (Name of the designing company and German industrialist) Ottensen-Hamburg (Name of the Suburb in the City of Hamburg) Craftsmanship…
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Agreed this is a pretty common American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) candlestick phone from 1913. Out of all my candlestick phones, this one is my favorite. It exactly matches how I imagined they looked before I saw one in person. I can imagine Andy Griffith asking Sarah (the phone operator) to get Aunt Bee on the line. I especially love the honest ware on this phone. There is a spot on the body where your…
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This is by far one of my favorite finds. When I first found this 1940 Art Metal Guild desk lamp, I thought it was a wall sconce. Moreover, it was rusted, paint was falling off and my wife absolutely hated it (score!). It was the classic ugly duckling. I usually will not restore an object. I would rather have it sweaty and original than to restore it and lose the historical integrity. In this case…
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