B+W photo of rotary accelerator test area at U.S. Testing Co. facility, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1975-1980.
Entry/Object ID
2013.042.0006
Description
Black-and-white photo of rotary accelerator test area at United States Testing Co. facility, 1415 Park Ave., Hoboken. No date, circa 1970s.
8" x 10" wide print; documentation photograph taken by staff of the Photographic Department; company logo and department name at lower right corner. Ink notations in lower margin: Acceleration (Schaevitz) 8224. Reverse has ballpoint ink number: 8224
Two unidentified staff members are seen - one at the control panel to the left - the other on a rolling ladder using a viewing port.
The door to the large drum chamber has the maker's name plate:
Rotary Accelerator
Type G - 6 - A Serial No. 131
Schaevitz Machine Works
Camden, New Jersey
(see photo 2013.042.0007 for an interior view with this door open)
Donor Bill Willard (a long-time employee of the company)
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Engineering
Business & Commerce
Sciences
Interiors
Acquisition
Accession
2013.042
Source or Donor
Willard, Bill
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Bill Willard in tribute to United States Testing Co., Hoboken.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1970 - 1980
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1970-1980
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: United States Testing Co., Inc., 1415 Park Avenue, Hoboken. No longer in Hoboken.
Building was erected in 1918. (Initially occupied by B.F. Goodrich Co.) U.S. Testing signed lease Feb. 1, 1926 for building and grounds; company left Hoboken ca. 2000, for Fairfield, N.J., and building was converted to a parking garage; demolished winter 2013.
U.S. Testing was founded 1880 and located in New York City until it moved to Hoboken which became its new headquarters with several branches in other American cities. It became a subsidiary of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance, a Geneva based company founded in 1878) in 1963 (SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. filed as a Foreign for Profit Corporation on Wednesday, October 16, 1963 in the state of New Jersey.) In May 1996, the name was changed to SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc.
Subsidiaries of U.S. Testing that were located at the Hoboken address:
Nationwide Consumer Testing Institute (established circa 1963.)
Research and Testing Co., Inc.
Qualitest Inc.
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Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-06-27
