Cook Electric Company, 2700 Southport Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 1937 to 1938

[Mike Kearns]

Cook Electric Company was originally formed in 1897, manufacturing terminal equipment as a major contractor for telephone companies around the world. By the late 1930's, Cook Electric briefly jumped on the air circulator fan bandwagon, actively marketing their incredibly styled circulator design both to industry and households for just two years.

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

The first circulators have three-winged, cast-aluminum blades.  From trade journal American Artisan, July 1937 -

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

1937 - From trade journal "American Artisan", July 1937, showing their counter model for that year -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

From the trade journal "Telephony", June 18, 1938 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

"Telephony", 1938 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

From the trade journal "Telephone Engineer", June 1938, showing the Cook De Luxe counter model -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

From the premier trade journal of Imperial India, "The Indian Listener", 1938 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

"Telephony", June 11, 1938 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

From the artful window display of member Stefan Osdene's Cambridge Gold and Antiques -

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

Various images of Cook circulators in the wild. Note the center black part of the motor housing is made from black-wrinkle finished cast aluminum. The yoke is chromed steel, tilting is by means of tightening/loosening the black plastic knobs. The upper and lower motor enclosure halves are made from a thin, brittle die-cast material, easily cracked or broken. The 1/6th horsepower Westinghouse motor is controlled by a remote 8-speed control. presumably a rheostat type of mechanism. An example has not presented itself to date. The four legged, green wrinkle pedestal base (Illustrated below) is an unverified construction.

Edited October 30 by Mike Kearns

[Mike Kearns]

This space reserved for images of long-time member Terry Fisher's restored Cook De Luxe pedestal circulator, which I could use images of if anyone has them to share. It's a shame the old forum is toast.

[Mike Kearns]

A beautiful reproduction of the Cook De Luxe Air Circulator cage badge by the incredibly talented Donald Coleman:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

[Mike Kearns]

Residual left-over stock is liquidated as late as 1941:

[Arjun Saini]

That is one weirdo air circulator

[Russ Huber]

The top and bottom covers if memory serves right were die cast. I believe it had a Westinghouse motor. I passed this one on to Dan Wyatt.  It's been a long time.

 

Edited October 30 by Russ Huber

[Russ Huber]

Terry Fisher restoration.

[Mike Kearns]