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[Trade catalogs from Peaslee-Gaulbert Co]

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Company Name:
Peaslee-Gaulbert Co  Search this
Related companies:
Devoe & Raynolds Co. ; Grow Group Inc.  Search this
Notes content:
pair of catalogs (1927 and 1929) and pair of undated flyers for company that made paints and varnishes and distributed variety of other merchandise including: home, hotel and restaurant kitchen and cleaning appliances ; automobile accessories (bumpers, horns, spark plugs, head lamps, clocks, gear-shift balls, tire patch kits, tires, jacks) ; furniture ; flooring ; bottles and corks ; sprayers ; heavy chemicals (nicotine products, parasiticides, salts, pine tar) ; grocers' drugs ; baseball bats, golf clubs ; hair straitening combs ; envelopes and inks ; tableware including china, glass and cutlery ; oil and electric lamps ; tinware ; luncheon cases ; ice breakers ; disposable containers and soda glass holders for restaurants ; coffee urns, milk and water dispensers, steam tables, plate warmers, stools, lunch counters, cafeteria trays and serving dishes for restaurants ; paper pill boxes, opal ointment jars, bed pans for drug stores ; oil & naval stores (linseed oil, turpentine, motor oils, cooking oils, acids, ammonia, benzene, gasoline, oil tanks, paraffin wax, axle grease) ; speakers, batteries, tubes, transformers, chargers, head sets, solder, meters and antennas for radios ; light bulbs aka lamps, fans, batteries, flash lights, electrical fittings and fixtures, switches, vacuum cleaners, Lionel Electric Toy Trains and Pittsburgh show-window reflectors ; electric ranges and food-making appliances (hot plates, toasters, waffle irons) ; clothing irons ; interior and exterior lighting fixtures for home and commercial use ; fireplace accessories and camping equipment.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and samples
Black and white images
Color images
Types of samples:
Paint samples in the 1927 catalog.
Physical description:
4 pieces; 2 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Appliances (household)  Search this
Architectural designs and building materials  Search this
Artists; drafting; crafts materials and supplies  Search this
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this
Camping equipment  Search this
Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this
Chemicals and chemical products  Search this
Cleaning tools and supplies  Search this
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Department store; dry goods and mail order catalogs  Search this
Drugs; pharmaceuticals and patent medicines  Search this
Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)  Search this
Furniture and furnishings  Search this
Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this
Hardware and hand tools  Search this
Hotel; bar and restaurant supplies  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)  Search this
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.  Search this
Plastics and rubber  Search this
Radios and radio equipment  Search this
Silverware  Search this
Toys and games  Search this
Veterinary and pet supplies  Search this
Topic:
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this
"Hotels -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Adhesives  Search this
Architectural design  Search this
Artists' materials  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Barrels  Search this
Bars (Drinking establishments)  Search this
Beverage industry  Search this
Boats and boating  Search this
Bottling  Search this
Building materials  Search this
Camping equipment industry  Search this
Candles  Search this
Ceramics  Search this
Chemicals  Search this
Cleaning compounds  Search this
Cleaning machinery and appliances  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Commercial catalogs  Search this
Cutlery  Search this
Department stores  Search this
Distilleries  Search this
Drugs  Search this
Dry-goods  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_29475
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_29475