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Adler, Solomon, 1901-1989  Search this

Extent:

4.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Printed material

Sketches

Photographs

Notes

Legal records

Drawings

Correspondence

Date:

1916-1980

bulk 1950-1966

Summary:

The papers document independent inventor Solomon Adler's work with sewing machine technology through correspondence, photographs, notes, drawings, sketches, patents, litigation records, and printed materials. The collection provides insight into both an independent inventor's process of invention and Japanese work culture during the post-World War II period.

Scope and Contents:

The papers include correspondence, photographs, notes, drawings, sketches, patents, litigation records, and printed materials, primarily documenting Adler's work with sewing machine technology. The papers provide insight into an independent inventor's process of invention and Japanese work culture during the post-World War II period.

Series 1, Personal Materials, 1920s-1950s and undated consists primarily of high school chemistry and biology notes, business cards, photographs, speeches, and writings of Sol Adler. The photographs contain one black-and-white portrait of Adler, November 1958, and two negatives of him from the nineteen teens; and one scanned copy of a photograph, circa the 1920s of Sol Adler with his children, R. Michael and Diane Zoe Adler. There is a small booklet, Agreement between Manufacturers Machine and Tool Co., Inc., and Amalgamated Machine and Instrument Local No. 475 from 1941. Adler worked for Manufacturers Machine and Tool Co., Inc.

Series 2, Inventions, is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1, Other, 1919-1980 and undated, and Subseries 2, Sewing Machines, 1938-1962 and undated. Arranged chronologically, both subseries highlight Adler's inventive work. While the primary focus of Adler's invention work was on sewing machines, his interests were broad.

Subseries 2.1, Other Inventions, 1919-1980 and undated, contains documentation in the form of drawings and sketches, photographs, correspondence, and patents. Overall, the documentation is uneven. The inventions include a dividing head (a specialized tool that allows a workpiece to be easily and precisely rotated to preset angles or circular divisions); decorative window treatment; telescoping umbrella; can opener; question/answer machine; correlating device; radio station recording device; receptacle tap; fountain pen; television projection device; combined ash tray and cigarette holder; automatic machine gun; juice blender; thermonuclear idea; apparatus for producing pile fabric; an extensible, retractable and concealable table; and textile machinery.

Only some of Adler's inventions were patented. However, many of his ideas were well documented through drawings or descriptive text. In some instances prototypes were built.

The question and answer machine, 1939, was approximately three feet by four feet and was powered by a battery, the device was intended for educational use by children and adults. It used interchangeable answer cards on a broad range of subjects and informed the user of a correct and wrong answer by lights and a buzzer.

The correlating device, 1942, was designed for automobile use, and it combined driving directions and maps on a roll of paper data mounted on the dashboard. Although patented (US Patent 2,282,843), the device was never manufactured.

The radio station recording device, 1939, was a device to maintain a record of radio stations tuned on a radio receiver during a twenty-four hour period using recording disks.

The receptacle tap (Siphon-It), 1939, was patented (US Patent 2,184,263). The Siphon-It was designed to fit any size bottle, can, or the like containing fluids without removing the bottle cap. The "tap" punctured the bottle cap and was then turned like a screw several times. It allowed the contents under pressure to not lose carbonation and be poured easily.

The combined ash tray and cigarette holder and lighter, 1951, was Adler's only design patent (US Patent Des. 163,984). Purely ornamental, the tray would light and hold a cigarette.

The automatic machine gun, 1952, was conceived of by Adler and his son R. Michael Adler. The drawings and accompanying narrative text detail a method for cooling the gun through the use of an automatically operated gas turbine centrifugal air compressor and a gun of simple design with few parts and capable of an extremely high rate of fire. Adler submitted his drawings and text to the United States Army Ordance Department at the Pentagon, but it was not manufactured.

Adler's thermonuclear fusion proposal, a technical paper written in 1960, was never realized. The paper, titled "Attempt to Utilize the Concentrated Magnetic Field Around a Pinched Plasma Column as the Focal Point for Particle Acceleration," details through text and schematics Adler's ideas about a thermonuclear reactor. Additionally, there is correspondence, journal articles, newspaper articles, and a notebook with notes from other publications and some loose drawings related to thermonuclear issues.

An apparatus for producing pile fabric (US Patent 3,309,252), was patented in 1967. The intention of the apparatus was to create a method for producing carpets and rugs in a fast, practical, and inexpensive way.

Adler's work with non-woven textiles and fabrics (see US Patent 3,250,655) is well documented through correspondence, drawings, notes, fabric samples, and photographs. Adler founded the Adler Process Corporation in the 1960s as a research and development organization specializing in the development of products for domestic and industrial uses. The corporation also built machinery for the commercial production of the products which included pile fabric (such as carpeting), non-woven fabrics, and leather-like material. A prospectus details the "Adler Process."

Method and apparatus for production of pile carpeting and the like (US Patent 3,424,632, 3,592,374, and 3,655,490)

Subseries 2.2, Sewing machines, 1938-1962 and undated, consists primarily of documentation about the development of the Pacesetter sewing machine and its predecessors through correspondence, drawings and sketches, photographs, guide manuals, and promotional materials. Adler constructed skeletal aluminum models to better understand the functions and internal mechanisms of sewing machines. Between 1940 and 1948, he designed and constructed a sewing machine prototype, which he called his "Parent Machine." The Parent Machine would become known as the Pacesetter. Seven patents were awarded for the novel mechanisms contained within this prototype (US Patent 2,561,643), the most notable being for a compact sewing machine that could expand to a full-sized machine. Additional sewing machine inventions include the needleless sewing machine; a zig-zag sewing machine, and an attachment for a zig-zag sewing machine (US Patent 3,016,030).

While working as an engineer for the Brother International Corporation in Japan in the early 1950s, Adler developed the Pacesetter sewing machine. This portable machine was designed to meet the rapidly growing popularity of multiple decorative and embroidery patterns. A selector dial, which Adler called the "Wishing Dial," controlled sixteen internal cams, multiple cam selectors and followers to automatically sew thirty different basic decorative stitch patterns. Since the Pacesetter could sew both zigzag and straight stitches, varying the width and length of the basic patterns made it possible to create thousands of decorative variations. Adler introduced the Pacesetter sewing machine at the Independent Sewing Machine Dealers Show in New York, July 18, 1955.

Series 3: Brother International Corporation, 1954-1959 and undated

Started in 1908 by Kanekichi Yasui, the Yasui Sewing Machine Company manufactured and repaired sewing machines. The company was later renamed Yasui Brother Sewing Machine Company by Masayoshi Yasui, the eldest of Kanekichi's ten children, who inherited the company. The new name reflected the involvement and spirit of cooperation of other "brothers" in the Yasui family.

In 1934, the Yasui brothers liquidated the Yasui Brother Sewing Machine Company and created the Nippon Sewing Machine Company in Nagoya, Japan. Nippon emerged in response to a Japanese sewing machine market dominated by imported products, and it began mass producing industrial sewing machines. In 1941, Brother Sales, Ltd. was established as a sales outlet for the Japanese market, and in 1954 Brother International Corporation (BIC) was created as an exporting company with offices established in New York City. The company actively promoted exporting in advance of other Japanese companies.

Adler joined BIC in 1954 as a consultant for their product design and development work. This work was previously done in-house by design and engineering staff, so Adler, an American, was charting new territory. The materials in this series consist of corporate histories, and annual report, correspondence, product literature, conference materials, and notebooks maintained by Adler. The latter constitutes the bulk of the material along with the correspondence.

The "conference" materials document a meeting Adler attended, presumably in Japan in 1957. The file contains detailed notes about product marketing and production factors. A flow chart for "product coordinating factors" outlines the motivations, idea sources, management control, and execution of an idea generally.

The correspondence, 1954-1958, consists of letters and inter-company communications (memorandum), patents and drawings between Sol Adler, Max Hugel and the legal firm of, Kane, Dalsmier and Kane of New York. The correspondence relates almost exclusively to patenting matters, especially by Adler and legal matters involving Singer Sewing Manufacturing Company alleging that Brother International infringed on certain Singer-owned patents.

The notebooks of Solomon Adler, approximately 1951-1958, consists primarily of materials documenting Adler's work in Japan on sewing machines. The materials were assembled by Adler and titled "notebook." Some of the materials are three hole punched (indicating they may have been in a three-ring notebook) and are both handwritten and typescript. Also included are chronologies of his work; translations of Japanese words into English; drawings in pencil on tracing paper; sketches in pencil on scrap paper and letterhead; detailed notes about mechanisms and methods of sewing machine operation; business cards; comparative data for sewing machines; and correspondence.

Of note is the "digest" or chronology of events from 1958 to 1959 maintained by Adler to detail the alleged patent infringement of BIC on Singer Sewing machine patents. The digest also notes the value, author of a document, to whom it was sent, date, and a brief description. Adler created a ranking system for his digest, assigning different values, very important, urgent, important, and general. He also compiled a chart of competitor sewing machines by brand name. Many of the Japanese documents--patents and drawings--bear Adler's "chop" or rubber stamp with Japanese characters for his surname.

The Litigation Materials, 1952-1961 and undated, consists of documents (numbered exhibits) assembled by Adler for use in litigation against Brother International Corporation (BIC). The exhibits were used as documentary evidence in court, and the materials are primarily typescript notes and correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, technical drawings by Adler, patents, photographs and some product literature detailing aspects of the BIC sewing machines.

In 1958, Singer Sewing Machine Company filed a lawsuit against Nippon Sewing Machine Company for patent infringement by BIC's Pacesetter and Select-O-Matic sewing machines. Adler, on behalf of Nippon, conducted extensive patent research into the allegations, working with BIC attorneys in New York as well as creating new sewing machine designs to overcome Singer's claims. In 1959, Singer filed another lawsuit alleging that Nippon was violating United States customs laws by shipping automatic zigzag sewing machines to the United States, which were alleged to infringe on Singer patents. Correspondence related to this patent infringement can be found in Series 3: Brother International Corporation.

Adler returned to the United States in April of 1959 as the representative for Nippon and the Japanese sewing machine industry to help prepare the case and act as a consultant. BIC and Singer representatives appeared before the United States Tariff Commission (USTC). Adler officially testified on behalf of BIC, explaining the three angle cam structure difference between the Singer #401 sewing machine and imported Japanese sewing machines. Adler's testimony was successful, and with patent problems resolved, Adler resigned from BIC in July of 1959 and commenced a long negotiation with the company for financial compensation for his invention work.

Series 5, Publications, 1953-1967, consists of select issues of theNew Japan Sewing Machine News, which followed developments in the Japanese sewing machine industry and other publications featuring articles and brief pieces about sewing machines in general.

References

(http://welcome.brother.com/hk-en/about-us/history.html last accessed on March 24, 2011)

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Personal Materials, 1920-1950s and undated

Series 2: Inventions, 1938-1980

Subseries 1: Other, 1938-1980

Subseries 2: Sewing, 1938-1962 and undated

Series 3: Brother International Corporation, 1952-1961

Series 4: Publications, 1953-1967

Biographical / Historical:

Solomon "Sol" Adler is probably best known for his sewing machine inventions, but his portfolio of work also includes ideas and patents for a fountain pen, a window treatment, a receptacle tap, a telescoping umbrella, an ashtray, a retractable table, and jewelry designs. Adler wrote fiction as well (mostly short stories) that reflected his experiences during the early 1900s in New York City. He filled pages with themes on social protest, radicalism, mobs, unions, poverty, and sweatshop operators. In 1958 Adler wrote about theories of nuclear physics, noting, "Indeed a very bold attempt and definitely a long way from sewing machines." Adler's flow of ideas was constant, and he sought to express them constantly.

Sol Adler was born on July 8, 1901, [Russian?] on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one of Isaac and Mindel Adler's five children. Isaac was a tailor, so sewing machines were part of Sol's life from the beginning. As a young man, Adler apprenticed in machine shops, honing his skills until he became an expert machinist and toolmaker; these skills eventually allowed him to build the machines he visualized. Adler's design drawings show his precision as a draftsman and engineer (he attended the City College of New York) and provide good insight into the drawing abilities that he later used in preparing patent drawings. Adler also enjoyed metalworking. His home workshop boasted a geared lathe, tilling head machine, drill press, bench grinder, and an assorted hand tools.

Adler's work on sewing machines began in the late 1930s with tinkering with his sister-in-law Bess's treadle-operated Singer machine. Bess wanted a lightweight, motorized sewing machine that had enough space between the frame and the needle for large projects such as quilts. Using his own basement machine shop, Adler began building simple frameworks for sewing machines to understand better the relationships between the parts and their functions. Adler's first sewing machine (which he dubbed the "parent machine") earned U.S. Patent 2,561,643, issued in 1951. The machine was a full-size home machine, with a concealed motor and power cord that could also expand into a commercial-size machine. Six subsequent patents for subassemblies were derived from the "parent machine" over the next several years.

During the Second World War, Adler worked for Manufacturing Methods Technology (MM&T) as a development engineer and experimental machine shop supervisor.

Analyzing the evolving U.S. domestic sewing machine market gave Adler ideas for further inventions, refining the machines and adding new features. Unfortunately, success was elusive; his machine with zigzag and straight-stitch capability was rejected by several U.S. and European sewing machine manufacturers. But in 1954, Adler met Max Hugel, president of the Asiatic Commerce Corporation of New York, later known as Brother International Corporation (BIC), a subsidiary of the Nippon Company. Nippon wanted to solve certain design and operational problems it was having in developing a zigzag sewing machine for sale in the United States. Adler joined BIC, moved to Japan, and succeeded in helping correct the design issues. Adler named the machine the "Select-O-Matic" because by turning a few knobs, an operator could select one of the six patterns that the machine produced.

Adler stayed with BIC until 1959, and worked on a variety of sewing machines, including an automatic zigzag machine and the versatile "Pacesetter," which was unveiled in the United States to great acclaim at the Sewing Machine Show in New York City on July 18, 1955 (a version of the Pacesetter is still sold by Brother). Additionally, he worked on a line of industrial and domestic sewing machines, home washing machines, home knitting machines, and other small appliances. Adler earned several Japanese patents for his work.

Among Adler's writings is a pronouncement of his passion for invention: "When an idea is conceived by an inventor, it never leaves him in peace, it possesses him day and night until it is expressed, after which he enjoys a sense of relief and accomplishment."

Adler married Fay (neé Kagan) in 1928. They had two children, Ralph Michael Adler and Diane Zoe Adler. Adler died on May 31, 1989 at the age of 88.

Issued United States Patents:

Receptacle tap (2,184,263)

Correlating device (2,284,843)

Sewing machine (2,561,643)

Sewing machine feed (2,473,934)

Bobbin winder for sewing machine (2,455,638)

Extension leaf for sewing machines (2,464,838)

Sewing machine feed (2,473,934)

Threading device (2,516,171)

Sewing machine pressure bar (2,554,970)

Sewing machine needle bar operating mechanism (2,554,971)

Sewing machine (2,561,643)

Sewing machine (2,709,978)

Attachment for zigzag sewing machines (3,016,030)

Sewing machine (3,053,207) assigned to Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company

Sewing machine (3,055,325) assigned to Nippon Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company

Method and apparatus for making non-woven fabric (3,236,711)assigned to Adler Process Corporation

Method for producing non-woven fabric (3,250,655)

Method and apparatus for producing pile fabric (3,309,252) assigned to Adler Process Corporation

Method and apparatus for production of pile fabric and the like (3,424,632) assigned to Adler Process Corporation

Combined ashtray, cigarette holder and lighter (Des. 163,984)

Separated Materials:

The Division of Home and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds artifacts related to this collection, including several sewing machine prototypes, the Siphon-It and the combination ashtray, lighter and cigarette holder. See Accession numbers: 2009.0118 and 2009.0114.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by R. Michael Adler and Diane Zoe Adler, September, 2009. Additonal materials were donated by R. Michael Adler in 2012.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Sewing machines  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Printed material

Sketches

Photographs -- 20th century

Notes

Legal records

Drawings -- 20th century

Correspondence

Citation:

Solomon Adler Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1157

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b992432c-1412-4f33-b983-c02c8d35871e

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated  Search this

Lockwood-Greene Company  Search this

Whitman, David  Search this

Greene, Stephen  Search this

Lockwood, Amos  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

Extent:

270 Cubic feet (233 boxes, 850 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Linen tracings

Paper flimsies

Business records

Design drawings

Blueprints

Patents

Specifications

Reports

Photograph albums

Photographs

Trade literature

Date:

1784-2004, undated

bulk 1915-1930

Summary:

The engineering firm that became Lockwood Greene was founded by David Whitman, a mill engineer, in 1832. Amos D. Lockwood, a consultant, succeeded Whitman and entered a partnership with Stephen Greene in 1882. The firm specialized in industrial engineering and construction; they designed and built a wide variety of structures and work environments worldwide over the next century. Lockwood Greene was acquired by CH2M HILL in December, 2003. Before its acquisition by CH2MHILL it was reportedly the oldest industrial engineering, construction, and professional services firm in the United States.

Scope and Contents:

The Lockwood Greene records are a comprehensive range of documents related to the appraisal, building, construction, design, evaluation, and engineering of facilities for a variety of clients. The material covers the entire period of industrialization of the United States, and, provides a thorough record of the textile industry, both in New England and the South. Some of the textile mills are documented with unusual completeness, showing water and steam power layouts, factory village plans, and landscaping schedules. A broad range of other building typologies is also covered, including projects with public or retail functions, such as early automobile showrooms, hospitals, apartments and private dwellings, churches, and schools.

In-depth study of the company's earliest history is hampered by a scarcity of records, many of which were lost in the great fire that destroyed Boston's city center in 1872. Nevertheless, graphic and textual evidence does exist within the collection that illuminates these early projects, in addition to the fabric of surviving buildings. The Lockwood Greene records document several commissions that the firm would return to again and again over the course of many decades as clients requested plant additions, upgrades to mechanical and operating systems, and other substantive changes. Researchers are encouraged to examine the blueprints, elevations, and plans for these later additions in order to find illustrations of the firm's earlier interventions at the site. In addition to drawings, other visual evidence for nineteenth-century projects can be found in the company's extensive photo files, which often document structures for which drawings do not exist.

The Lockwood Greene records contain an abundance of graphic and textual evidence for structures designed after 1910 until the 1930s. After this period, visual documentation becomes much more limited. This is partially due to the evolution of drafting tools and information management technologies within the architecture and engineering profession. Lockwood Greene was an early adopter of technological innovations in rendering and data capture, beginning with the introduction of aperture cards and microfilm and extending to the adoption of computer-aided design (CAD) programs. These more modern formats were not part of the acquisition, and, at the time of writing, still reside with the company.

The Lockwood-Greene collection will be of interest to historians of architecture and engineering, as well as those that study the history of business and labor relations. It provides extensive textual and documentary evidence on the evolution and growth of American engineering and the increasing professionalization of the discipline through specialization during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Rich holdings of architectural drawings, photographs, and specifications provide unparalleled resources that trace the evolution of industrial buildings and their typologies; experimentation with building materials and systems, particularly with regards to fireproofing; and the history of textile manufacture in the United States. In addition, there is also rich visual and documentary evidence of the changing relationships between corporations and their employees through photographs, plans, and designs for company towns and mill villages, as well as through corporate records that illustrate the work culture of Lockwood Greene itself. The Lockwood-Greene collection will be of special interest to historic preservationists as the awareness of the significance of industrial and vernacular buildings continues to grow, and detailed design drawings and other visual material will be of especial value for restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive-reuse projects.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into six series.

Series 1, Project Drawings, Renderings, and Plans, 1784-1969, undated

Series 2, Photographs and Slides, 1881-2001, undated

Subseries 2.1: Photo Albums, 1906-1934

Subseries 2.2: Photographic Files, 1881-1956

Subseries 2.3: Spartanburg Office Photographic File, 1948-1974

Subseries 2.4: Spartanburg Office Photographic File, 1919-1999

Subseries 2.5: Project Negatives and Transparencies, 1956-1970

Subseries 2.6: Project Slides and Transparencies, 1985-2001

Subseries 2.7: Project Slides and Transparencies, Culls, 1974-2001

Subseries 2.8: Project Slides and Transparencies, Corporate Photography, 1976-1998

Subseries 2.9: Photograph Album Covers, 1920, undated

Series 3: Job Files, 1872-1957, undated

Subseries 3.1, Specifications, 1913-1942, undated

Subseries 3.2: List of Drawings, 1872-1951, undated

Subseries 3.3: Project Files, 1919-1969, undated

Subseries 3.4: Reports, 1913-1969

Subseries 3.5: Job Cost Records, 1913-1957, undated

Series 4, Corporate Records and History, 1881-2004, undated

Subseries 4.1: Meeting Minutes, 1913-1995

Subseries 4.2: Corporate Files, 1891-2004, undated

Subseries 4.3: Historical Research and Reference Files and Photographs, 1881-1983, undated

Subseries 4.4: Corporate Publications, 1917-2001, undated

Series 5, Non-Lockwood Greene Publications, 1910-1984, undated

Series 6, Audio-Visual, 1964

Biographical / Historical:

Lockwood Greene, one of the nation's oldest engineering firms, traces it roots to 1832, when Rhode Island native David Whitman began a machinery repair service. Riding the wave of the early industrial revolution in textile manufacturing, Whitman added mill design services to his repertoire, which formed the backbone of a flourishing consulting business for the rest of the century. Whitman was one of the first itinerant mill engineers or "doctors" that traveled throughout New England advising various industrialists on the placement, design, and construction of their factories and the layout of the complicated system of machinery and shafting that they contained. His largest commission was the design of the Bates Manufacturing Company complex in Lewiston, Maine, which was incorporated in 1850 and soon became one of the largest textile producers in New England.

Upon Whitman's death in 1858, his unfinished work was assumed by Amos D. Lockwood, a prominent mill agent and astute businessman who had built a name for himself in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The successful completion of the projects at Lewiston brought enough additional demand for Lockwood's services to prompt him to relocate to Boston, where he formally opened an independent consulting office with partner John W. Danielson in 1871. For the next ten years, A.D. Lockwood & Company was involved in a least eight major mill design projects, half of which were for new construction. One of these projects, the design and construction of the Piedmont Manufacturing Company in Greenville (now Piedmont), South Carolina was especially significant and is considered to be a prototype for the Southern textile industry.

In 1882, Lockwood established a new business, Lockwood, Greene and Company, with Stephen Greene, a professionally-trained civil engineer who had joined the firm in 1879. As the firm grew, it expanded its scope as consultants supplying all of the necessary architectural and engineering services a prospective owner needed to initiate, equip, and run a complete plant. Acting as the owners' representative, the company supervised construction and installation but did not directly act as builders or contractors. Lockwood

Greene's objective expertise was legendary and made it a leader in this emergent field. As Samuel B. Lincoln explains in his history of the company:

"The new firm's knowledge and experience in the textile industry enabled it to analyze samples of cloth and, from such samples, to provide everything necessary for a completed plant to make such goods in any desired quantity. It did not at any time act as selling agents for machinery or equipment, neither did it accept commissions or rebates from suppliers: by this policy it maintained a position as impartial and independent engineer." (pages 105-107)

Greene became president of the company upon Lockwood's death in 1884. Under his leadership, the company expanded into additional industries and designed an array of other industrial building types that would prefigure the diversity of later work. In 1893, the company revolutionized American industry by designing and constructing the first factory whose operating power was provided entirely over electric wires from a remote power plant, rather than relying upon a water source or a stockpiled fuel supply. The Columbia Mills project created a great deal of publicity for the firm and was a signal to other manufacturers that there were viable alternatives to the use of steam power.

As changing economic conditions led Lockwood Greene to move away from its traditional reliance upon the textile manufacturing industry, it was very successful at soliciting projects for a wide variety of structures, from newspaper plants and automotive factories to convention halls and schools. After 1900, Lockwood Greene expanded its operations and opened branch offices in other cities, including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta, and Charlotte. In 1915, Edwin F. Greene, president and son of Stephen Greene, reorganized the firm as Lockwood, Greene & Company, Incorporated This new entity served as the parent company and controlled three subsidiaries: one to own and operate cotton mills that Greene had acquired; one to manage other companies' textile mills; and one to provide engineering services.

Lockwood Greene expanded its operations tremendously as the textile industry boomed under wartime demand and in the years following. The severe textile depression from 1923 to 1928 caused the collapse of this structure, however, as Lockwood Greene continued to suffer deep losses in the textile mills that it owned. The parent company was dissolved in 1928 and the engineering subsidiary, which had remained profitable, was salvaged as Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated.

After a rocky start with the onset of the Depression, the company began to prosper during the Second World War and its growth continued steadily throughout the next several decades. In the late 1960s, as a result of declining business, the company's headquarters was transferred from Boston to Spartanburg, South Carolina. In 1981, Phillipp Holtzman USA, a subsidiary of Phillipp Holtzman AG of Frankfurt, Germany, acquired a majority interest in Lockwood Greene. In 2003, CH2M Hill, a global provider of engineering, construction, and operations services based in Denver, Colorado, acquired the company.

From its beginnings under David Whitman, Lockwood Greene has become one of the most diversified engineering firms in the United States. The firm is best known as a designer of industrial and institutional buildings, but the company has become a leader in many additional areas in recent years. Lockwood Greene dominates the market in the design and production of the germ- and dust-free "clean room" facilities required by the pharmaceutical industry and micro-electronics manufacturers. The company has also developed expertise in designing integrated security and networking systems for industrial plants, international port facilities, and military installations worldwide.

Banham, Raynor. A Concrete Atlantis: U.S. Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture, 1900-1925. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986.

Biggs, Lindy. The Rational Factory: Architecture, Technology, and Work in America's Age of Mass Production. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Bradley, Betsy Hunter. The Works: The Industrial Architecture of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Greene, Benjamin Allen. Stephen Greene: Memories of His Life, with Addresses, Resolutions and Other Tributes of Affection. Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1903.

Heiser, William J. Lockwood Greene, 1958-1968, Another Period in the History of an Engineering Business. Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated, 1970.

Lincoln, Samuel B. Lockwood Greene: The History of an Engineering Business, 1832-1958. Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press, 1960.

Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated The Lockwood Greene Story: One-Hundred-Fifty Years of Engineering Progress. Spartanburg, South Carolina: Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated; undated.

Related Materials:

Materials at the Smithsonian Instituion Libraries

"[Trade catalogs from Lockwood, Greene & Co.]", Trade Literature at the American History Museum Books, Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Lockwood Greene, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1997 (original drawings). An addendum to the collection was donated by CH2M HILL in 2007.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Architects  Search this

Architecture, Commercial  Search this

Architecture, Domestic  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Buildings  Search this

Construction industry  Search this

Company towns  Search this

Textile mills  Search this

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Industrial buildings -- Design and construction  Search this

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Engineering  Search this

Factories -- Power supply  Search this

Factories -- Design and construction  Search this

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Cotton textile industry  Search this

Commercial buildings  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Linen tracings

Paper flimsies

Business records

Design drawings

Blueprints

Patents

Specifications

Reports

Photograph albums

Photographs -- 21st century

Photographs -- 20th century

Trade literature

Photographs -- 1890-1900

Citation:

Lockwood Greene Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Preservation of this collection was made possible in part by a generous gift from CH2M HILL.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1113

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85090342a-0c7e-4667-8b37-fa0e8309b5ac

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1113

Sponsor:

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

99.3 Cubic feet (123 boxes, XX map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Blueprints

Correspondence

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Date:

1881-1950

Scope and Contents:

These records of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contain photographs of gas engines, steam turbines, machine tools, foundry and manufacturing methods, and automobile engines, 1896-1921; instruction books, bulletins, and catalogs, 1889-1950; engine lists for compound, junior compound, and standard engines, 1881-1913; blueprints, specifications, shop orders, and correspondence; record books for Corliss engines, turbines, pumps, 1900-1910; and drawings of Otto gas engines, 1900-1906, and Westinghouse pumps and engines, 1883-1921.

Arrangement:

The collection is unarranged.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Steam-engines  Search this

Internal combustion engines  Search this

Machine-tools  Search this

Steam-turbines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings -- 19th century

Blueprints

Correspondence -- 1880-1950

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0977

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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83fd63cb8-d53a-43be-8c3f-41810d82fc42

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0977

Collection Creator:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company  Search this

Collection Author:

Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884  Search this

Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878  Search this

Container:

Map-folder 42

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

3/21/1900

General note:

26" x 37"

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Digitization of Series 9: Negatives was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records / Series 7: Drawings / 7.43: Stations (general)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep826ce2104-4d57-485b-806d-5217476caede

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1086-ref2770

Collection Creator:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company  Search this

Collection Author:

Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884  Search this

Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878  Search this

Container:

Box 5, Folder 16

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1900

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Digitization of Series 9: Negatives was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records / Series 5: Business Records / 5.14: Business Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e3669c30-e410-4c48-a46e-af1c361b42de

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1086-ref970

Created by:

General Motors Corporation, founded 1908  Search this

Owned by:

Chuck Berry, American, 1926 - 2017  Search this

Medium:

steel, chrome, glass, rubber, plastic

Dimensions:

Overall with Weight: 53 x 83 x 236 in., 5400 lb. (134.6 x 210.8 x 599.4 cm, 2449.4 kg)

Type:

convertibles

Date:

1973

Topic:

African American  Search this

Identity  Search this

Musicians  Search this

Rock and roll (Music)  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donation of Charles E. Berry

Object number:

2011.137.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Vehicles

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a6683f1f-09b0-4f26-82f4-6354aeb134dd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.137.1

Creator:

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-06-13T17:34:32.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences  Search this

See more by:

airandspace

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

YouTube Channel:

airandspace

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_fWmjbusIqI8

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-04-05T15:30:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_fRPxNpHLvoA

Collection Creator:

Lockwood Greene Engineers, Incorporated  Search this

Lockwood-Greene Company  Search this

Whitman, David  Search this

Greene, Stephen  Search this

Lockwood, Amos  Search this

Container:

Map-folder 6, Drawer 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1928

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Lockwood Greene Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Preservation of this collection was made possible in part by a generous gift from CH2M HILL.

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Lockwood-Greene Records

Lockwood-Greene Records / Series 1: Project Drawings, Renderings, and Plans

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88b25c5d6-70eb-4ab2-9238-7cc029a9e5e5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1113-ref5201

Medium:

fabric (wool, cotton); leather

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 50 × 44 in. (127 × 111.76 cm)

Type:

Employee Gear

Place:

Illinois

Date:

c. 1915

Topic:

The Gilded Age (1877-1920)  Search this

Postal Employees  Search this

Object number:

0.234863.276

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b7d310b3-854c-4bc8-85a4-0470e4352166

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.234863.276

Painter:

Cuneo, Rinaldo 1877-1939  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Topic:

Cityscape--California--San Francisco  Search this

Cityscape--Street  Search this

Cityscape--Season--Winter  Search this

Cityscape--Weather--Snow  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Architecture--Vehicle--Automobile  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G390090

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_481377

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Roy Wilkins, 30 Aug 1901 - Sep 1981  Search this

Medgar Evers, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 19.4 x 24.2cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2")

Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4cm (8 1/8 x 10")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Mississippi\Jackson

Date:

1963

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Weapon\Gun  Search this

Equipment\Sign  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Exterior\Street  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Male  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Editorial writer  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Medgar Evers: Male  Search this

Medgar Evers: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2001.81

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Getty Images

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d76e6153-e0fa-4a45-92fa-ae325dc509e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.81

Created by:

Destini T. Riley, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm)

Type:

drawings

Place made:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

2013-2016

Topic:

African American  Search this

Animation  Search this

Art  Search this

Independent films  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Justice  Search this

Nature  Search this

Police brutality  Search this

Prisons  Search this

Youth  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company

Object number:

2018.94.2.22

Restrictions & Rights:

© Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

I, Destini Film Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50c330d21-afd6-4772-b01a-e49cfbda1178

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.94.2.22

Maker:

Stanley Motor Carriage Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 34 in x 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 86.36 cm x 41.91 cm x 29.21 cm

Object Name:

Engine

Other Terms:

Engine; Road; Automotive; Steam

Date made:

ca 1923

ID Number:

ZZ.RSN79546937

Catalog number:

310537

Accession number:

121968

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Work and Industry: Transportation, Road

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-81e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_840038

Company Name:

General Electric Co.  Search this

Related companies:

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

Notes content:

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

Black and white images

Color images

Types of samples:

Plastic ; silicone rubber

Physical description:

9915 pieces; 275 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Schenectady, New York, United States

Date range:

1800s-1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Appliances (household)  Search this

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

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Ceramics; pottery; glass; crystal; china; bricks; and stones  Search this

Chemicals and chemical products  Search this

Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)  Search this

Computers and computer equipment  Search this

Electrical apparatus and equipment  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Fairs and exhibitions  Search this

Furnaces and boilers  Search this

Garden and lawn equipment and supplies  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)  Search this

Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this

Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this

Machine tools and metalworking equipment  Search this

Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Mining machinery; equipment and supplies  Search this

Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this

Plastics and rubber  Search this

Pumping machinery and air compressors  Search this

Radios and radio equipment  Search this

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Refinery equipment  Search this

Scientific and optical instruments  Search this

Sound recording and playback equipment (including phonographs; microphones; and phonograph records)  Search this

Television  Search this

Topic:

"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this

Aeronautics  Search this

Air conditioning  Search this

Air-compressors  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Audio equipment industry  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Boilers  Search this

Cameras  Search this

Candles  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Chemicals  Search this

Clocks and watches  Search this

Computers  Search this

Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this

Engines  Search this

Fairs  Search this

Furnaces  Search this

Garden ornaments and furniture  Search this

Garden tools  Search this

Glass  Search this

Heating  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_11789

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_11789

Variant company name:

Windsor, Ontario, Canada ; Detroit, MI  Search this

Company Name:

DaimlerChrysler, Inc.  Search this

Related companies:

Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ; Daimler-Benz, AG ; Daimler Mfg. Co. and Daimler Motor Co. (Long Island City, NY) ; Chrysler Corp.: Marine Div. ; Marine and Industrial Div. ; Industrial Products Div. ; Airtemp Div. ; Amplex Div. ; Amplex Mfg. Co. ; Export Div. ; Fargo Div. ; Automotive Sales Div. Chrysler Boat Corp. ; Chrysler Motors Corp. ; Chrysler Corp. ; Plymouth Motor Corp. (Div. of Chrysler Corp.) ; Chrysler Corp. of Canada, Ltd. - Dodge Div., De Soto Div. ; Amplex Mfg. Co. - Marine Engine Div. (Div. of Chrysler Corp.) ; Mopar ; Dodge Brothers ; Dana Corp., Salisbury Div. (Fort Wayne, IN) ; East Coast Vans, Inc. (distributor?) ; DaimlerChrysler AG ; Chrysler Canada Ltd. ; DaimlerChrysler Corp. ; See also American - La France, Freightliner ; Global Electric Motorcars  Search this

Notes content:

Seven envelopes OVERSIZE. Mercedes-Benz cars and motors (German language materials) ; trucks ; marine motors ; buses ; racing and touring cars ; automobiles ; operating cost per mile for O309D buses . "Forward" magazine of the Daimler-Chrysler museum includes family tree and chronology. Marine motors, launches, yachts, and automobiles. Boats ; automobiles - Dodge, LeBaron, Cordoba, New Yorker, Fifth Avenue, Grand Wagoneer, E Class, Mopar, Imperial ; engines ; "Oilite" powdered metal products ; air conditioners ; Airtemp room air conditioners ; air cooled condensers ; gravity coal-fired furnaces ; boilers ; refrigeration equipment ; "Peacetime Enterprise put to War Work" ; railroad freight trucks ; etc. Dodge: Shadow, Diplomat, Lancer, Charger, 600, 400, Daytona, Ramcharger, Mirada, Dakota, Aspen, Omni, Aries, St. Regis. Vans, wagons, trucks, pickups. Plymouth: Voyager, Arrow, Trailduster, Fury, Reliant, Champ, Sapporo, Gran Fury, Horizon, Turismo/Scamp, Volare, Horizon America, Caravelle, Gran Fury Salon, Sundance, Plymouth Six. Plymouth Comparative handbook of automobiles. Fargo trucks. Chrysler minivans ; "Chrysler Group Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Minivan" 3-dimensional catalog in shape of minivan with accompanying small disc labeled "20th Anniversary of the Minivan Press Release & Photography" - UNIQUE.

Includes:

Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples, photographs and histories

Black and white images

Color images

Types of samples:

Color swatches for interior and exterior finishes for automobiles .

Physical description:

522 pieces; 26 boxes

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Date range:

1800s-2000s

Topic (Romaine term):

Appliances (household)  Search this

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

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Hardware and hand tools  Search this

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

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

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Refrigeration and ice-making equipment  Search this

Topic:

Air conditioning  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Hardware  Search this

Heating  Search this

Heating and ventilation industry  Search this

Household appliances  Search this

Ice -- Manufacture  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery  Search this

Ships  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Tools  Search this

Ventilation  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_12904

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_12904

Company Name:

A. & P. Roberts & Co.  Search this

Related companies:

Pencoyd Iron Works  Search this

Notes content:

OVERSIZE ; rolled and hammered car axles ; bridge iron ; channel iron ; angles ; T-iron and merchant bars ; I-beams ; no date, but looks to be late 1800's or early 1900's ;

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

Architectural designs and building materials  Search this

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

Bridges  Search this

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

Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies  Search this

Topic:

"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"  Search this

Architectural design  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Bridge construction industry  Search this

Building materials  Search this

Iron industry and trade  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Railroad equipment industry  Search this

Steel industry and trade  Search this

Street-railroads  Search this

Subways  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_15666

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_15666

Company Name:

General Motors Corp. (GMC)  Search this

Related companies:

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

Notes content:

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

Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)  Search this

Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)  Search this

Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.  Search this

Fairs and exhibitions  Search this

Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Airships  Search this

Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Balloons  Search this

Boats and boating  Search this

Engines  Search this

Fairs  Search this

Marine machinery  Search this

Military supplies  Search this

Military uniforms  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Motors  Search this

Ships  Search this

Trade shows  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_16107

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_16107

Company Name:

Erie Car Heating Co.  Search this

Notes content:

OVERSIZE ; Continuous steam heating system for automobiles

Includes:

Trade catalog

Black and white images

Physical description:

1 piece; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Date:

1800s

Topic (Romaine term):

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

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Topic:

Air conditioning  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Heating  Search this

Heating and ventilation industry  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Ventilation  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_16695

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_16695

Company Name:

W. A. Schleit Mfg. Co., Inc.  Search this

Notes content:

OVERSIZE ; Wasco garage heating system

Includes:

Trade catalog and price lists

Black and white images

Physical description:

8 pieces; 1 box

Language:

English

Type of material:

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Place:

Syracuse, New York, United States

Date:

1900s

Topic (Romaine term):

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

Heating; ventilation and air conditioning  Search this

Topic:

Air conditioning  Search this

Automobiles  Search this

Heating  Search this

Heating and ventilation industry  Search this

Motor vehicles  Search this

Ventilation  Search this

Record ID:

SILNMAHTL_17461

Location:

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_17461