Variant company name:

Detroit, MI ;  Search this

Company Name:

Essex Wire Corp.  Search this

Related companies:

Chicago Transformer Div. ; Paranite Wire and Cable Corp. (div.) ; Ford Motor Co. ;  Search this

Notes content:

Magnet wire and other types of wire and cable ;in the 1930's Essex employees made Model A wiring harnesses, battery cables and other insulated wire products ; later, Essex was producing enough magnet wire to build the millions of transformers used by America and its allies during World War II. Essex plants also produced thousands of miles of field telephone wire for the Army Signal Corps, as well as wiring harnesses for B-24 bombers.

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

30 pieces

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )  Search this

Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this

Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

Automobiles  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Telecommunication systems  Search this

Telephone  Search this

Telephone supplies industry  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_16212

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_16212