Philadelphia Library - Drawer Y120 & Y121
Name/Title
Philadelphia Library - Drawer Y120 & Y121Entry/Object ID
2025.4.64Scope 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. ***Speedometer*** Auto Improvement Company Casgrain Speedometer Cleveland Speed Indicator Company Electric Speedometer Co. E.T. Kimball Co. Hoffecker Company Instrument Jos. W. Jones Instrument United Manufacturers Jos. W. Jos. W. Jones Markt & Company R.H. Smith Mfg. Co. Standard Thermometer Co. Stewart & Clark Manufacturing Co Stewart & Clark Manufacturing Co. United Manufacturers Warner Instrument Company William S. Jones ***Windshields*** "J.H." Tonneau Shield Co. 239 West 56th Street C. A. Mezger, Inc. Detroit Auto Visor Co. G. Beaton & Son Garage Equipment Mfg. Co. Gartley-Weston Company Hamilton Products Co. Holland Park Ideal Wind Shield Company Kinsey Manufacturing Company Newark Rivet Works No manufacturer's name or address Novelty Mfg. Co. Polson Manufacturing Company Royal Wings Company Sprague Umbrella Co. Thoroughfare Building Troy Carriage Sun Shade Co. Universal Wind Shield Co. Vanguard Manufacturing Co ***Lamps and Lighting*** "Acetylene Illuminating Co. Ltd." B. & L. Auto Lamp Mfg. Co. Badger Brass Mfg. Co. Bostwick-Braun Company C.T. Ham Mfg. Co. Custer Detroit Auto Visor Co. Edmunds & Jones Manufacturing Co. Gray & Davis Inc. Hofacker Manufacturing Company Luce Manufacturing Co. Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Manhattan Screw and Stamping Works National Automobile Lamp Co. R.E. Dietz Company Rose Mfg. Co. Rose Mig. Co. Rushmore Dynamo Works Saxon Lamp Co. Scheu-Dexter Mfg. Co. Scranton Automobile Equipment Company Sure Number Lamp Company U.S. Auto Lamp Mfg. Co. Ward Leonard Weldhen & Bleriot Ltd. Willard Storage Battery Co. ***Starters*** John R. Price & Co. Keen Starter Co., Inc. Start-Lite Company Standard Starter Company Thurber Rotary Starter Co. Volkmar Auto Starter Co. Warner Gear Co. ***Bal Bearings and Gears*** American Bronze Company Baldwin Chain & Mfg. Co. Bower Roller Bearing Company Fafnir Bearing Company Gemmer Manufacturing Company General Electric Company Gurney Ball Bearing Co L. Sonneborn Sons, Inc. New Departure Mfg. Co Norma Company of America R.I.V. Co. S.K.F. Bal Bearing Company Schafer Ball Bearings Spicer Universal Joint Manufacturing Co. Warner Differential Gear Co. Warner Gear Co.Collection
Simeone - Sales Literature, Philadelphia Library CollectionCategory
Automotive Sales Literature