Anthony Lindsey Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Need help and information. Looks like it is missing top. It is for sale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Scott Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 That looks awful dangerous to me. But I do like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 You need the right catalogue, Anthony. More than likely 30s. There are a few catalogues, but the ones I have seen I don't recall the pedestal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 What year would patent 1699201 be? Name says Edwin F. Guth Co. Was there a name change that might tell a before or after date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Found this so 1923 or later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Anthony Lindsey said: What year would patent 1699201 be? Name says Edwin F. Guth Co. Was there a name change that might tell a before or after date? 1498390150705010960-01699201 (storage.googleapis.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 The go to guy is Mike Kearns. Guth had a gazillion fixtures. If Mike hasn't seen it in old paper, patent design, or his piles of image files, unless someone else comes forward with one, you may have one of one to surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Dunaway Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I've got #2 and I think I've seen a 3rd one somewhere in the past 10 years. Guth did produce some fabulous fixtures with & without fans. I have wondered many times if there ever was a lighting adapter, Torchier style, that could have been had to place atop that motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I see pedestal mentioned in 1934-38 Google book snippets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kearns Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 As early as 1931, there is a version with a lamp, and without. Anthony's is the version with a lamp. From Bill Hoehn: These Guth "Portable Pedestal" fans are listed and pictured in their 1935 and 1938 catalogs. Without lights it is R 4810; "Portable GUTHFAN, adjustable from 5 to 7 feet high. Two speeds. Finished in English Brass (or Polished Chromium) and equipped with 18 foot cord and plug." With 3 lights it is R 4811; " same pedestal and fan as R 4810, but with the advantage of the efficient Guth Super Illuminator Indirect Lighting Unit. Pedestal and base in English Brass or Polished Chromium. Reflector is Satin and Polished Aluminum." Pictured pedestal with a lamp is chrome-finished from the Chuck Abernathy collection: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) The Guth ad was decadesbefore the Marilyn Monroeiconic "Flying Skirt" photo(1954). Edited April 7, 2023 by Jim Kovar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 High heels on an open-lattice sidewalk grate? Marilyn,... a true blondefor sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Would it spinn CCW or CW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anthony Lindsey Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Thanks Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Running 20230408_082632.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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