Philadelphia Library - Drawer Y120 & Y121
Name/Title
Philadelphia Library - Drawer Y120 & Y121Entry/Object ID
2025.4.62Scope and Content
Drawers Y120 & Y121 are part of the Philadelphia Free Library collection. Per agreement, when the library decided to remove the donated sales literature collection, the items were to be sent to a Pennsylvania library or museum. The Simeone Museum shared the collection with the AACA Library. These images represent companies that provided the parts that go together to build an automobile. Due to the number of items in this drawers, they will be broken into several parts. The index provided by the Philadelphia Library is attached as a PDF. It will provide some additional information about the companies listed here. ***Springs and Axles***: A.O. Smith Company Automobile Supply Mfg. Co. Bassick Mfg. Co. Clark Equipment Company Columbia Axle Company Dasco Spring Cover Co. Houdaille Co. J.H Sager Co. Kilgore Manufacturing Company Perfection Spring Co. Philadelphia Spring Works Sheldon Axle Company TJ. Lindsay Company Timken-Detroit Axle Co. Ventilated Cushion and Spring Company ***Horns and Signaling Devices*** Albert Storrer Auto Indicator Company Automobile Supply Mfg. Co. Beacon-Lite Auto Signal Co. Co. Connecticut Tel. and Electric Co. Inc. E.A. Warning Signals Gabriel Horn Manufacturing Co International Aerial Navigation Co. Lovell-McConnell Mfg. Company Nightingale Whistle Nonpareil Horn Mfg. Co. Randall-Faichney Company S. Smith & Son, Ltd. SirenO Company ***Carburetor*** Alfred C. Stewart Machine Works Black & Krueger Byrne, Kingston & Co. Culver Novelty Company Incorporated F.H. Wheeler (sales agents) Findeisen & Kropf Mfg. Co Homo Company of America Stromberg Motor Devices Co Stromberg Motor Devices Co Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Co., Inc Zenith Carburetor Company ***Ignition*** A-B-C Starter Company Detroit, American Bosch Magneto Corporation Apollo Magneto Co. Inc. Byrne, Kingston & Co. C.F. Splitdorf E.T. Kimball Co. Motor Mart, Eisemann Magneto F.H. Wheeler (sales agents) Findeisen & Kropf Mfg. Co Geiszler Bros. Storage Battery Co. Hess-Bright Mig. Co. Homo Company of America Ideal Switch Company Independent Battery Co. K-W Ignition Co. Kokomo Electric Company Kokomo Electric Company Kokomo Lavalette & Co Marburg Bros. Motsinger Device Mfg. Co. Motsinger Device Mig. Co. National Carbon Company New York Coil Co. Paris Electric Starter Co. US Light & Heat Corporation Unras Specialty Co. Weston Electrical Instrument Company Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company Westinghouse Union Battery Company Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Co., Inc Witherbee Igniter Co. Zenith Carburetor CompanyCollection
Simeone - Sales Literature, Philadelphia Library CollectionCategory
Automotive Sales Literature