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Trade catalogs from Paine Company

Object Details

Data source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1900s
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_27418
Variant company name
Founded 1912 in Chicago and later moved to Addison, IL. The company's 25th anniversary catalog (1937, No. 52) claims that Paine "invented and marketed the Original spring wing toggle bolt."
Company Name
Paine Company
Type of material
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Notes content
A circa 1925 catalog advertises that Paine manufactures electrical, plumbing and hardware. A 1938 three-fold brochure featuring Paine products. A 1939 price list for toggle bolts. A 1940 catalogue (No. 53) is printed in chrome yellow, dark blue and black.) A 1946 catalog is also in color (red, silver and black). Two net price sheets from June 1969 (No. 60 and No. 60R) called "Hanging and Fastening Devices for the Building Trades". Terms used include : spring type toggle bolts , expansion shells , outlet boxes and fixture hangers , springler hanger , pipe rings , hangers rings bolts and rods , split ring hangers , I-beam clamps , hexagon iron nuts , nickel plated cap nuts , square iron nuts , washers , stove bolts , machine screws , star drills , hanger bolts , lag screws , U hangers , conduit clamp , screw anchors , threaded rod , Romex straps , switch boxes , radiator bracket , perforated hanger iron.
Includes
Trade catalog, price lists and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description
8 pieces; 1 box
Place
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Location
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Topic (Romaine term)
Electrical apparatus and equipment
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )
Hardware and hand tools
Architectural designs and building materials
Plumbing supplies and fixtures
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning
Topic
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"
Air conditioning
Architectural design
Building materials
Electric apparatus and appliances
Hardware
Heating
Heating and ventilation industry
Iron industry and trade
Plumbing equipment industry
Plumbing fixtures
Steel industry and trade
Tools
Ventilation
Language
English
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_27418
Usage
CC0

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