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OBJECT TYPE: DESK/ELECTRIC
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0557.001

MANUFACTURER: Robbins & Myers
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON BASE & HOUSING/ CAST WHITE METAL FAN GUARD/ PRESSED STEEL BLADES/ BRASS MFR'S LOGO PLATE/ FIBRE CORD COVERING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Height: 32.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Environment control
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Robbins Myers
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: In the first decades of the 20th c. manufacturers of electric appliances redesigned their products to attract upper class customers. This Art Deco fan is a good example of this process.
Function: TO PRODUCE A STREAM OF MOVING AIR FOR COOLING PURPOSES
Technical: An example of a technology that was first disseminated at the end of the 19th century as office technology and then rebranded in the early 1900s as a domestic appliance.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERS ON SLIGHTLY CONVEX, ROUND MFR'S PLATE ON BASE READ: 'R & M' (INTERTWINED)
Missing: PLUG OR SOCKET CONNECTOR/ PIECES OF FAN GUARD From CA of 03/07/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing much of front of blade guard
Finish: BASE, MOTOR HOUSING, BLADES & FAN GUARD PAINTED BLACK/ MFR'S LOGO PLATE BRASS UNFINISHED/ FIBRE CORD COVERING BLACK
Decoration: BRASS PLATE ON BASE CONTAINS MFR'S INITIALS SUPERIMPOSED OVER RIPPLING FLAG, SURROUNDED BY GEOMETRIC BORDER DESIGN/ STEPPED PROFILE TO BASE MIRRORS ART DECO SHAPE

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Robbins & Myers, Fan, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.0557, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.0557.001/

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