Battery Fans

[Jeff Lumsden]

On 4/20/2023 at 9:05 AM, Jeff Lumsden said:

They were certainly a small affair...from the 1893 factory inspection report

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924055997708&view=1up&seq=192&q1=De Mott

 

De Mott Motor Co not listed in the Factory inspection report taken in 1894.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/y1c-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Edited April 22, 2023 by Jeff Lumsden

[Terry Fisher]

Nice finds.

Would rather hear the fans run than hear the music.

[Jeff Lumsden]

On 4/21/2023 at 11:21 PM, Russ Huber said:

So where were the older male and the teenager making the De Mott motors?

If you Google map it, the address looks to have been across the street from from where the World Trade Center buildings were built.

The factory report lists that address, so I'd assume that's where they made them.

[Russ Huber]

30 minutes ago, Jeff Lumsden said:

The factory report lists that address, so I'd assume that's where they made them.

 

[Russ Huber]

16 hours ago, Jeff Lumsden said:

If you Google map it, the address looks to have been across the street from from where the World Trade Center buildings were built.

The factory report lists that address, so I'd assume that's where they made them.

I learned that lesson a long time ago. You have to be really careful doing your homework distinguishing the actual factory location address as opposed to sales office address.  136 Liberty St. New York (example) was a large building loaded with manufacturer's (elsewhere) sales offices and independent agencies.  In some cases, like the De Mott concern, you may or may not pin down the actual factory (shed) location.  This has been a very common stumbling block on this website through the years.  Agencies and electrical contractors late 19th and early 20th century were a manufacturers lifeline to get marketing foothold in various locations.

Edited April 24, 2023 by Russ Huber

[Jeff Lumsden]

3 hours ago, Russ Huber said:

I learned that lesson a long time ago. You have to be really careful doing your homework distinguishing the actual factory location address as opposed to sales office address.  136 Liberty St. New York (example) was a large building loaded with manufacturer's (elsewhere) sales offices and independent agencies.  In some cases, like the De Mott concern, you may or may not pin down the actual factory (shed) location.  This has been a very common stumbling block on this website through the years.  Agencies and electrical contractors late 19th and early 20th century were a manufacturers lifeline to get marketing foothold in various locations.

In De Mott's case, the State of New York Factory Inspection Report is listing 173 Greenwich St as the De Mott factory address. I give a little more weight to this report than, to your point, what gets listed in the trade magazines.  I think the 173 Greenwich St address was both the home/sales office and the 'shed'.

Also from the inspection report...

 

Edited April 24, 2023 by Jeff Lumsden

[Russ Huber]

I am trying to find an image of the building at 173 Greenwich St back then. It must of been decent sized. Yes, IF.....De Mott was actually 2 people slapping those mighty mouses together, factory & sales could be sandwiched in one big room.

[Russ Huber]

On 4/19/2023 at 10:01 PM, Jeff Lumsden said:

A lil earlier now...

Madden's agency was established just days/weeks prior to the De Mott motor being advertised under his roof.  Madden's agency was not necessarily specific to the De Mott motor immerging on the market.

Electricity - Google Books

Edited April 25, 2023 by Russ Huber

[Ed Frank]

I did a little work on the Battery Fans 

Here's the ACME

[Ed Frank]

And the DeMott

[Mel Lagarde]

Great post, Ed.   Thank you for posting this for us.   Not too many of these around.   Great adds to your collection.