Post by fancollector12 on Nov 2, 2016 1:39:36 GMT -5
Post stories here of your childhood fans! Here's mine:
42" Hunter Low Profile: When I was 2 years old (1997), I asked for a ceiling fan for the bedroom of my old house. For Christmas that year, I got one: a 42" white Hunter Low Profile with a Hunter 4-bullet spotlight kit. My parents put train pull chains on it. When I was about 4 years old, I stood on my bed to change the speed (it was installed by an electrician, and there was no light switch for it), and broke the pull chain. My dad replaced it, but from then on, it only had 2 speeds, instead of 3. We moved out of that house in 2001 and into our current house, but in 2014, I got a fan just like it as a trade from another collector. Recently I got the aforementioned Hunter spotlight kit, so now it's complete.
52' Hunter Low Profile V: In 2001, we moved into our current house. All of the bedrooms were prewired for a ceiling fan or light fixture, and I asked for a ceiling fan for Christmas that year. This time, I know to ask for a Hunter Low Profile, since I liked the one in my old bedroom at my old house, and got a white Hunter Low Profile V with the same Hunter 4-bullet spotlight kit that my old 42" Low Profile had. That fan stayed in my bedroom for a few years, and I eventually added a Hunter remote kit to it. I painted my bedroom gold and painted the blades gold to match my bedroom. When I replaced it with a white Hampton Bay Huntington III in 2005, we moved it to the spare bedroom. In 2007, the motor got bent and made the fan wobble, so we threw the fan out and replaced it. But the first time I ever saw a Hunter Low Profile V was at a friend I had in kindergarden's (2001-2002)'s basement. It was AB, and had square-tipped blades. In 2014, I got a white white Hunter Low Profile V NIB off of eBay.
52" FASCO Charleston, 3rd-Generation: My family would go to Ocean City, MD every year for vacation for a week, and there was a department store on the boardwalk called Edward's. The store had 2 floors. Over the balcony overlooking the 1st floor, there hung 2 AB 52" 3rd-Gen Fasco Charelestons. One was choked by a balloon, and eventually both fans were replaced by Barbecue Black Emerson Designers mounted on long down rods (the old fans just used standard down rods, so they were very ineffective). Upstairs, there were more AB 52" 3rd-Gen Fasco Charlestons, but with schoolhouse globes, mounted on long down rods. The whole place got turned into a surf shop in 2011, and all fans were removed. the balcony fans being replaced by fluorescent strip lights, and the upstairs fans being replaced by drum-style pendant lights. In fact, many stores and restaurants in Ocean City, MD feature Fascos of all types installed, or did at one time, so it was a GOLD MINE for vintage ceiling fans at one time, still is to this day. Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL also has a TON of 52" Fasco Charlestons installed in their hotels and them parks, or did at one time. In 2015, Mark Welker sold me a Charleston just like the ones I remember.
52" Emerson Northwind: My grandparents have a vacation condo, and we stay in it sometimes. The 2 back bedrooms each had a 52" Appliance White Emerson Northwind from the early-mid 1990's with a schoolhouse light kit (the front bedroom had a generic 42" white hugger with a schoolhouse light kit and stencil, which got replaced by a 52" white Hampton Bay Glendale in 2008). I decided to replace them with white 52" Hampton Bay Glendales about 5 or so years ago, and they are now in my collection. The local Carvel ice cream shop had 2 52" Appliance White Emerson Northwinds from the early-to-mid 1990's as well, but Carvel went out and the fans were removed.
42" Emerson Traditional Snugger: In the front room of my grandparents' vacation condo, there was a 42" Appliance White Emerson Traditional Snugger from 1990, according to the owner's manual I found for it. It had a 4-light mesh bullet spotlight kit on it. In 2012, I decided to replace it with a white Hampton Bay Lyndhurst, and it is now in my collection. The local Hallmark store in my local mall had 4 of the 52" Appliance White Emerson Traditional Snuggers from the mid-1990's, removed in a 2007 remodel, but then they put up 3 white 52" Harbor Breeze Classic Styles (the new ones) in 2013 in place of the old Emersons, you can still see the rings where the Emersons one hung, and they didn't replace the frontmost one because they have banners hanging up where it would be.
Hampton Bay Littleton: My preschool installed some Hampton Bay Littletons in the classrooms when I attended it in the mid-to-late-1990's. A local car dealership had 4 at the parts/accessories counter: 2 over the front counter, and 2 randomly placed in the back where the parts were, all installed without light kits, from the mid-1990's. The 2 back ones were never on, and I thought they were 42" Emerson Contemporary Snuggers back when I was little. That dealership closed in 2013, was vacant for 2 1/2 years and became dilapidated, and then was finally knocked down to make room for another dealership, so obviously they don't remain anymore. The reason why this fan is so sentimental to me is that it was my first collected ceiling fan, which I still have, and got brand new from Home Depot in 2005, and the fact that I saw it both on display at Home Depot and in Home Depot ceiling fan catalogs when I was little in the 1990's.
Ornate FASCO Great Room: The elementary school I attended and "graduated" from in 2007 had a white Ornate Fasco Great Room in every classroom, and that was before I even knew they were Fascos. There were some replacement fans, which were also Fascos, but white 52" GEV builder fans, as well as some 52" Marley Gulf Streams, and all fans were on a Fasco wall control (variable speed). The school was recently torn down because the building was in poor shape and a new building was opened in its place. My neighbor (who was also my 5th grade teacher) is a teacher there, and I contacted her in attempt to get the fans, but she said that they weren't allowed to give away or sell anything from the buildings, so these fans saw the wrecking ball.
Back in 1998, we went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, and stayed at the Grand Floridian. Above the elevators, in the restaurants, and in the rooms (including ours), there were also some white Ornate Fasco Great Rooms controlled by 3-speed Fasco wall controls, some of which were AB instead of white, but they've since been replaced by new crap in a sort-of-recent remodel (the ones above the elevators still remain, however, to my knowledge). I had a 1997 Emerson catalog back in the 1990s and at the time I thought those fans were Emerson Provences, but I later found out that I was wrong. I am actively looking for one, so if you find one, please let me know.
42" FASCO Charleston, 3rd-Generation: This was another fan I remember from my elementary school. I had speech therapy when I was in 1st and 2nd grade (2002-2004), and the speech room had a White 3rd-Gen 42" Fasco Charleston installed oddly in the small room at the entrance to the room. It was always on every time I was in there. It was controlled by a Fasco variable speed wall control. The same fate applies to it as does the white Fasco Great Rooms.
38" FASCO Parlor Fan: This was the third fan I remember from my elementary school. Two of the smaller rooms had White 38" FASCO Parlor Fans installed in them. The two rooms turned into a single, larger room when they knocked down the wall between the two rooms, but both fans remained installed. They were both controlled by Fasco variable speed wall controls. The same fate applies to these as does the white Fasco Great Rooms and white 3rd-Gen 42" Fasco Charleston.
Hunter Infiniti: I have many memories of Hunter Infinitis, but my biggest memory has to be this one: when I was little, near where my grandmother lived (moved from there in 2003) was a small strip shopping center, which contained a dance studio, a bank, and a Dunkin' Donuts. We'd walk from her house up to the Dunkin' Donuts. The dance studio had a few Gloss White Hunter Infinitis installed, and I think they're still there to this day, despite it now being a laundromat. There was also a restaurant that had both Gloss Black AND Gloss White Hunter Infinitis on long down rods, always running. Anyway, in 2010, my dad, who is a subcontractor, happened to be working on an old Saturn dealership that was being renovated into an Infiniti dealership (ironic, isn't it?) , and there were 6 Gloss White Infinitis installed, mounted on 48" down rods. My dad was able to get all 6 fans for me, 5 of which are down at his shop, and 1 of which hangs in my basement on a close mount.
52" Hunter Classic Original: There was a grocery store near me called Super Fresh that my parents frequented. It had 10 white 52" Hunter Classic Originals installed in 2 rows of 5 over the checkouts. The salad bar had 2 of the same fan installed on very long down rods, almost touching the salad bar itself (the ones over the checkouts were very ineffective, due to the fact that they hung on standard down rods on a high ceiling). The store closed in 2009, and I attempted to get the fans to no avail.My local TGI Friday's had a bunch of 52" black Hunter Classic Originals installed throughout the restaurant up until the early 2000s when they remodeled. My local Chuck 'E' Cheese's had 2 Black 52" Hunter Classic Originals mounted upside down, with the lead wiring run through the switch housing, and the switch housing attached to a black pole, which was in turn attached to counters. The fan near the entrance had its blades cut to about 38" or so to fit the space, and was never turned on. The one in the back/kiddie ride area was ALWAYS running. The one near the front entrance was removed early on, but the one in the back/kiddie ride area remained. I haven't been there since I was at least 11 (2006), so I don't know if it's still there or not (probably not). The Uno Chicago Grill nearest me had a bunch of 52" black Hunter Classic Originals (5B in the restaurant, and 4B in the bar and over the entrance, plus Weathered Brick Hunter Sea Airs on the patio), but it became a Famous Dave's BBQ in 2011 after it closed in 2010, and only the bar fans remain, the patio Hunter Sea Airs being replaced by new black outdoor builder fan junk. Finally, Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL was CHOCK FULL of Hunter Originals of all sizes, models, and types, but they're slowly getting replaced by new junk, or otherwise removed entirely. However, I have my Great Uncle Vince's old 52" Chestnut Brown Hunter Original, and a Black 52" Hunter Classic Original as well. I also happen to have a White 52" Original from 2016.
52" Ornate Evergo/Montgomery-Ward GEV: My late grandfather (passed away before I was born) worked as a truck driver for Montgomery-Ward, and in the late 1980's, he got a fan for my grandma's old living room of her old house. It was a 52" AB Evergo-made (Montgomery-Ward branded) ornate GEV with a bell canopy. It also had a schoolhouse fitter with floral glass. It had cane on one side of the blades, but my grandma wanted the plain side facing down. The light was controlled by a dimmer knob on the wall. This was the only fan in her old house. She moved out of that house in 2003, and I never thought to remove or replace the fan. It's probably gone now.
Hampton Bay Grayton: When I was 17, I had an internship with my high school that turned into a summer job (aka my first job). It was at a computer repair shop, and they had 6 Hampton Bay Graytons without globe lights mounted throughout the store, including 3 oddly-placed ones in the employee-only area. They were never turned on because they were very dusty. Another memory would be a Boy Scout camp that I attended for a few days back in 2007 or so... the pool shed had a Hampton Bay Grayton installed, again without the shade. The counselors who had worked there wrote their names on the blades, and I never saw it running, so maybe it didn't work. Finally, I remember seeing the Hampton Bay Grayton on display at Home Depot and in Home Depot ceiling fan catalogs back in the 90s when I was little. Recently I came across one while fan hunting, and bought it for $15 for sentimental reasons.
Emerson/Alaska Northwind Designer: There was a Ruby Tuesday near me that was built in 1994. Over the entrance, over the salad bar, and in the restaurant and around the bar, there were several PB 52" Emerson/Alaska Designers with 4-arm light kits and frosted tulip shades on long down rods. There was also a Gloss Black one in the glass enclosed bar. Back when I was a kid, I thought they were just regular Emerson Northwinds. They removed the fans in a remodel in 2004, but kept the Gloss Black one in the bar, adding a light kit from one of the old fans onto it. For a short time in 2012, Ruby Tuesday became a Marlin and Ray's (a short-lived Ruby Tuesday-owned seafood place), and they installed bronze Minka Aires (Rainmans and Gyros) in where some of the old Northwinds used to be (removing the bar Designer). Those fans were removed when the place became an IHOP in 2013. The bar then became the server's/drink fountain area, I'm actively searching for one of the PB ones, so if you find one, let me know!
As I think of more, I'll add them, and I'd love to hear your stories .
42" Hunter Low Profile: When I was 2 years old (1997), I asked for a ceiling fan for the bedroom of my old house. For Christmas that year, I got one: a 42" white Hunter Low Profile with a Hunter 4-bullet spotlight kit. My parents put train pull chains on it. When I was about 4 years old, I stood on my bed to change the speed (it was installed by an electrician, and there was no light switch for it), and broke the pull chain. My dad replaced it, but from then on, it only had 2 speeds, instead of 3. We moved out of that house in 2001 and into our current house, but in 2014, I got a fan just like it as a trade from another collector. Recently I got the aforementioned Hunter spotlight kit, so now it's complete.
52' Hunter Low Profile V: In 2001, we moved into our current house. All of the bedrooms were prewired for a ceiling fan or light fixture, and I asked for a ceiling fan for Christmas that year. This time, I know to ask for a Hunter Low Profile, since I liked the one in my old bedroom at my old house, and got a white Hunter Low Profile V with the same Hunter 4-bullet spotlight kit that my old 42" Low Profile had. That fan stayed in my bedroom for a few years, and I eventually added a Hunter remote kit to it. I painted my bedroom gold and painted the blades gold to match my bedroom. When I replaced it with a white Hampton Bay Huntington III in 2005, we moved it to the spare bedroom. In 2007, the motor got bent and made the fan wobble, so we threw the fan out and replaced it. But the first time I ever saw a Hunter Low Profile V was at a friend I had in kindergarden's (2001-2002)'s basement. It was AB, and had square-tipped blades. In 2014, I got a white white Hunter Low Profile V NIB off of eBay.
52" FASCO Charleston, 3rd-Generation: My family would go to Ocean City, MD every year for vacation for a week, and there was a department store on the boardwalk called Edward's. The store had 2 floors. Over the balcony overlooking the 1st floor, there hung 2 AB 52" 3rd-Gen Fasco Charelestons. One was choked by a balloon, and eventually both fans were replaced by Barbecue Black Emerson Designers mounted on long down rods (the old fans just used standard down rods, so they were very ineffective). Upstairs, there were more AB 52" 3rd-Gen Fasco Charlestons, but with schoolhouse globes, mounted on long down rods. The whole place got turned into a surf shop in 2011, and all fans were removed. the balcony fans being replaced by fluorescent strip lights, and the upstairs fans being replaced by drum-style pendant lights. In fact, many stores and restaurants in Ocean City, MD feature Fascos of all types installed, or did at one time, so it was a GOLD MINE for vintage ceiling fans at one time, still is to this day.
Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL also has a TON of 52" Fasco Charlestons installed in their hotels and them parks, or did at one time. In 2015, Mark Welker sold me a Charleston just like the ones I remember.52" Emerson Northwind: My grandparents have a vacation condo, and we stay in it sometimes. The 2 back bedrooms each had a 52" Appliance White Emerson Northwind from the early-mid 1990's with a schoolhouse light kit (the front bedroom had a generic 42" white hugger with a schoolhouse light kit and stencil, which got replaced by a 52" white Hampton Bay Glendale in 2008). I decided to replace them with white 52" Hampton Bay Glendales about 5 or so years ago, and they are now in my collection. The local Carvel ice cream shop had 2 52" Appliance White Emerson Northwinds from the early-to-mid 1990's as well, but Carvel went out and the fans were removed.
42" Emerson Traditional Snugger: In the front room of my grandparents' vacation condo, there was a 42" Appliance White Emerson Traditional Snugger from 1990, according to the owner's manual I found for it. It had a 4-light mesh bullet spotlight kit on it. In 2012, I decided to replace it with a white Hampton Bay Lyndhurst, and it is now in my collection. The local Hallmark store in my local mall had 4 of the 52" Appliance White Emerson Traditional Snuggers from the mid-1990's, removed in a 2007 remodel, but then they put up 3 white 52" Harbor Breeze Classic Styles (the new ones) in 2013 in place of the old Emersons, you can still see the rings where the Emersons one hung, and they didn't replace the frontmost one because they have banners hanging up where it would be.
Hampton Bay Littleton: My preschool installed some Hampton Bay Littletons in the classrooms when I attended it in the mid-to-late-1990's. A local car dealership had 4 at the parts/accessories counter: 2 over the front counter, and 2 randomly placed in the back where the parts were, all installed without light kits, from the mid-1990's. The 2 back ones were never on, and I thought they were 42" Emerson Contemporary Snuggers back when I was little. That dealership closed in 2013, was vacant for 2 1/2 years and became dilapidated, and then was finally knocked down to make room for another dealership, so obviously they don't remain anymore. The reason why this fan is so sentimental to me is that it was my first collected ceiling fan, which I still have, and got brand new from Home Depot in 2005, and the fact that I saw it both on display at Home Depot and in Home Depot ceiling fan catalogs when I was little in the 1990's.
Ornate FASCO Great Room: The elementary school I attended and "graduated" from in 2007 had a white Ornate Fasco Great Room in every classroom, and that was before I even knew they were Fascos. There were some replacement fans, which were also Fascos, but white 52" GEV builder fans, as well as some 52" Marley Gulf Streams, and all fans were on a Fasco wall control (variable speed). The school was recently torn down because the building was in poor shape and a new building was opened in its place. My neighbor (who was also my 5th grade teacher) is a teacher there, and I contacted her in attempt to get the fans, but she said that they weren't allowed to give away or sell anything from the buildings, so these fans saw the wrecking ball.
Back in 1998, we went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, and stayed at the Grand Floridian. Above the elevators, in the restaurants, and in the rooms (including ours), there were also some white Ornate Fasco Great Rooms controlled by 3-speed Fasco wall controls, some of which were AB instead of white, but they've since been replaced by new crap in a sort-of-recent remodel (the ones above the elevators still remain, however, to my knowledge). I had a 1997 Emerson catalog back in the 1990s and at the time I thought those fans were Emerson Provences, but I later found out that I was wrong. I am actively looking for one, so if you find one, please let me know. 42" FASCO Charleston, 3rd-Generation: This was another fan I remember from my elementary school. I had speech therapy when I was in 1st and 2nd grade (2002-2004), and the speech room had a White 3rd-Gen 42" Fasco Charleston installed oddly in the small room at the entrance to the room. It was always on every time I was in there. It was controlled by a Fasco variable speed wall control. The same fate applies to it as does the white Fasco Great Rooms.
38" FASCO Parlor Fan: This was the third fan I remember from my elementary school. Two of the smaller rooms had White 38" FASCO Parlor Fans installed in them. The two rooms turned into a single, larger room when they knocked down the wall between the two rooms, but both fans remained installed. They were both controlled by Fasco variable speed wall controls. The same fate applies to these as does the white Fasco Great Rooms and white 3rd-Gen 42" Fasco Charleston.
Hunter Infiniti: I have many memories of Hunter Infinitis, but my biggest memory has to be this one: when I was little, near where my grandmother lived (moved from there in 2003) was a small strip shopping center, which contained a dance studio, a bank, and a Dunkin' Donuts. We'd walk from her house up to the Dunkin' Donuts. The dance studio had a few Gloss White Hunter Infinitis installed, and I think they're still there to this day, despite it now being a laundromat. There was also a restaurant that had both Gloss Black AND Gloss White Hunter Infinitis on long down rods, always running. Anyway, in 2010, my dad, who is a subcontractor, happened to be working on an old Saturn dealership that was being renovated into an Infiniti dealership (ironic, isn't it?) , and there were 6 Gloss White Infinitis installed, mounted on 48" down rods. My dad was able to get all 6 fans for me, 5 of which are down at his shop, and 1 of which hangs in my basement on a close mount.
52" Hunter Classic Original: There was a grocery store near me called Super Fresh that my parents frequented. It had 10 white 52" Hunter Classic Originals installed in 2 rows of 5 over the checkouts. The salad bar had 2 of the same fan installed on very long down rods, almost touching the salad bar itself (the ones over the checkouts were very ineffective, due to the fact that they hung on standard down rods on a high ceiling). The store closed in 2009, and I attempted to get the fans to no avail.My local TGI Friday's had a bunch of 52" black Hunter Classic Originals installed throughout the restaurant up until the early 2000s when they remodeled. My local Chuck 'E' Cheese's had 2 Black 52" Hunter Classic Originals mounted upside down, with the lead wiring run through the switch housing, and the switch housing attached to a black pole, which was in turn attached to counters. The fan near the entrance had its blades cut to about 38" or so to fit the space, and was never turned on. The one in the back/kiddie ride area was ALWAYS running. The one near the front entrance was removed early on, but the one in the back/kiddie ride area remained. I haven't been there since I was at least 11 (2006), so I don't know if it's still there or not (probably not). The Uno Chicago Grill nearest me had a bunch of 52" black Hunter Classic Originals (5B in the restaurant, and 4B in the bar and over the entrance, plus Weathered Brick Hunter Sea Airs on the patio), but it became a Famous Dave's BBQ in 2011 after it closed in 2010, and only the bar fans remain, the patio Hunter Sea Airs being replaced by new black outdoor builder fan junk. Finally, Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL was CHOCK FULL of Hunter Originals of all sizes, models, and types, but they're slowly getting replaced by new junk, or otherwise removed entirely.
However, I have my Great Uncle Vince's old 52" Chestnut Brown Hunter Original, and a Black 52" Hunter Classic Original as well. I also happen to have a White 52" Original from 2016.52" Ornate Evergo/Montgomery-Ward GEV: My late grandfather (passed away before I was born) worked as a truck driver for Montgomery-Ward, and in the late 1980's, he got a fan for my grandma's old living room of her old house. It was a 52" AB Evergo-made (Montgomery-Ward branded) ornate GEV with a bell canopy. It also had a schoolhouse fitter with floral glass. It had cane on one side of the blades, but my grandma wanted the plain side facing down. The light was controlled by a dimmer knob on the wall. This was the only fan in her old house. She moved out of that house in 2003, and I never thought to remove or replace the fan. It's probably gone now.
Hampton Bay Grayton: When I was 17, I had an internship with my high school that turned into a summer job (aka my first job). It was at a computer repair shop, and they had 6 Hampton Bay Graytons without globe lights mounted throughout the store, including 3 oddly-placed ones in the employee-only area. They were never turned on because they were very dusty. Another memory would be a Boy Scout camp that I attended for a few days back in 2007 or so... the pool shed had a Hampton Bay Grayton installed, again without the shade. The counselors who had worked there wrote their names on the blades, and I never saw it running, so maybe it didn't work. Finally, I remember seeing the Hampton Bay Grayton on display at Home Depot and in Home Depot ceiling fan catalogs back in the 90s when I was little. Recently I came across one while fan hunting, and bought it for $15 for sentimental reasons.
Emerson/Alaska Northwind Designer: There was a Ruby Tuesday near me that was built in 1994. Over the entrance, over the salad bar, and in the restaurant and around the bar, there were several PB 52" Emerson/Alaska Designers with 4-arm light kits and frosted tulip shades on long down rods. There was also a Gloss Black one in the glass enclosed bar. Back when I was a kid, I thought they were just regular Emerson Northwinds. They removed the fans in a remodel in 2004, but kept the Gloss Black one in the bar, adding a light kit from one of the old fans onto it. For a short time in 2012, Ruby Tuesday became a Marlin and Ray's (a short-lived Ruby Tuesday-owned seafood place), and they installed bronze Minka Aires (Rainmans and Gyros) in where some of the old Northwinds used to be (removing the bar Designer). Those fans were removed when the place became an IHOP in 2013. The bar then became the server's/drink fountain area, I'm actively searching for one of the PB ones, so if you find one, let me know!
As I think of more, I'll add them, and I'd love to hear your stories .
Anyways, he moved 2 doors down in 1999 or so and took 2 fans with him (removed them) but left 1 of them mounted in the waiting area. His old shop became a nail salon, and I think the fan still remains, last I checked, though it was rarely used once the nail salon moved in. He later told me he bought them at 84Lumber, so they've got to be Palm Air, since that was 84Lumber's CF brand at the time. 