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1915 - The first Electrical World reference is Sept 4, 1915 - Thanks to Jeff Lumsden for this:

I finished this a few weeks ago and posted these pics on the FB site. Never got around to taking better ones. I do like Tanks. It came out pretty good. Powder coat and restoration by me. Darrell Koller base cover. Tony Clayton head wire. Been using it to dry my veggies and meat, but going up on the shelf soon. IMG_1917.MOV

Westinghouse Elect. & MFD Co cast brass.

Friends, how does one straighten a bent pedestal? Bought a 12” Vader ped, and when I opened the box, found the pedestal pole bent noticeably off from center. Never messed with these before, is it repairable? Looks like it bent right as it enters the deco base. All help welcomed, thanks!

Edgar T. Ward was one of the Chicago, Illinois area's more stylish circulator and fan manufacturers, starting out in a number of business endeavours, mostly manufacturing goods involving government contracts. He came from an upper middle class family, being born in February 14, 1892 to his parents, Dr. E.J. and Mrs. Harriet Ward. He moved to Chicago, where he grew up and received his higher education. Around the mid-Thirties, he established the factory at 7777 South Lake Street in River Forest, Illinois and 1757 North Kimball Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, and began production not only for his own company, Edgar T. Ward Industries, Inc. but as a sub-contractor manufacturing parts and brand re-badge Ward circulators for Westinghouse, DeVry Co., Signal Electric, Arctic-Aire. After a successful and lucrative number of years selling his circulator and ventilation fans, the factory apparently suffered a fire and after an apparently unsuccessful look around the South for another factory, he decided he had had enough, and retired. He and his first wife left Chicago and moved to Lake Ozark, MO, and in 1957, Mrs. Ward died from a heart-attack. Later, in 1959, Ward remarries a divorcee with two sons and a daughter. Both he and Mrs. Ward were well-liked in their community, both leading and participating in many philanthropic activities, such as fund-raising for various causes, charities and boy and girl community activities. In 1972, Mr. Ward passed away at 80 years of age, his wife and adopted children surviving him, Mr. Ward being one of the few manufacturing heads to not die on the job or have the firm bought out from under him. He retired well-funded at the top of his market game, and actually had a good life....