Name/Title
Hyatt Quiet Roller Bearings Catalog, 1916Entry/Object ID
2012.042.001Description
1916 softcover, 97-page Hyatt Quiet Roller Bearings Company catalog.
From history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Hyatt_Roller_Bearing_Company : "Hyatt Roller Bearing Company was founded in 1892 by John Wesley Hyatt [NOTE: Hyatt was a Short Hills resident who also invented celluloid]. Hyatt eventually established itself as the key bearing supplier to companies providing General Motors with automobile components from axles to transmissions. William Durant, president of General Motors, sensing the importance of bringing critical parts suppliers in house, acquired Hyatt in 1916 for $13.5 million,,,"Acquisition
Accession
2012.042Source or Donor
Lynne Ranieri