Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2004 2:17:06 GMT -5
Today I took my camera out to capture some pictures of some of the
cool fans that reside in downtown Madison. This means I was with my
digital camera, snapping pictures of fans in crowded public places. I
only got yelled at once.
The following galleries have been updated with cool fans:
Casablanca
Dayton Industrials
Evergo/Envirofan
Homestead
Hunter
Moss/Ritz/Etc
Murray Feiss
Nutone
SMC
Unknown
There have also been several recent updates to the "Dan's Collection"
gallery.
Also in the files section there are two closeups of
a Hunter Original and one of a very old Homestead.
Lastly, there are plenty of cool fans in the Unknown Gallery that I,
at least, have no idea who made them. Take a look, see if you can
identify any. Here are today's additions:
"blades1&2" . . . this fan looks like an SMC from the motor and
canopy. However it has two pullchains (one for reverse) and the vent
holes are smaller than most SMC. More importantly, the blades are the
most similar to the blades on my famed Tara fan than I've seen on any
other fan. Notice those blade tips. See how unusual those are? The
Tara's were like that, or at least very similar. Anyhow these fans
have no lable on them anywhere as to who made them (the owner of the
store they were in was very nice, we had a long chat about the fans).
Can anyone identify them?
There's also two pictures in there "nutoneold" of an idustrial fan
with a plastic motor housing and cane blades. I called them Nutone
because the blades look very similar to the first Nutone fans, however
I have no idea if these are actually Nutones or not. They're very
very unusual fans though. The building they're in is being torn down
next week, I am making arrangements to get the fans, God willing.
Lastly there's a fan "bkvari". I pulled 7 of these out of an
abandoned Burger King today. Yes they're covered in grease. They're
variable speed, spinner motor . . . I recognise those blade brackets
but cant remember what company made them. Anyone know?
And of course there are tons of cool fans in said Gallery that have
been there for ages that no one has tried to identify. I understand
that with import fans it's really hard, as often times they were made
by one company, imported, and labeled something completely different
(that might even be the same brand name as another fan made by a
different company) but we can at least give it a shot. That Sears
fan, can we tell from the box who made it? The AEfan, whatever that
is, is incrediably weird and cool looking. And so on. Anyone got a clue?
-Dan
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
groups.yahoo.com/group/vintageceilingfans/
cool fans that reside in downtown Madison. This means I was with my
digital camera, snapping pictures of fans in crowded public places. I
only got yelled at once.
The following galleries have been updated with cool fans:
Casablanca
Dayton Industrials
Evergo/Envirofan
Homestead
Hunter
Moss/Ritz/Etc
Murray Feiss
Nutone
SMC
Unknown
There have also been several recent updates to the "Dan's Collection"
gallery.
Also in the files section there are two closeups of
a Hunter Original and one of a very old Homestead.
Lastly, there are plenty of cool fans in the Unknown Gallery that I,
at least, have no idea who made them. Take a look, see if you can
identify any. Here are today's additions:
"blades1&2" . . . this fan looks like an SMC from the motor and
canopy. However it has two pullchains (one for reverse) and the vent
holes are smaller than most SMC. More importantly, the blades are the
most similar to the blades on my famed Tara fan than I've seen on any
other fan. Notice those blade tips. See how unusual those are? The
Tara's were like that, or at least very similar. Anyhow these fans
have no lable on them anywhere as to who made them (the owner of the
store they were in was very nice, we had a long chat about the fans).
Can anyone identify them?
There's also two pictures in there "nutoneold" of an idustrial fan
with a plastic motor housing and cane blades. I called them Nutone
because the blades look very similar to the first Nutone fans, however
I have no idea if these are actually Nutones or not. They're very
very unusual fans though. The building they're in is being torn down
next week, I am making arrangements to get the fans, God willing.
Lastly there's a fan "bkvari". I pulled 7 of these out of an
abandoned Burger King today. Yes they're covered in grease. They're
variable speed, spinner motor . . . I recognise those blade brackets
but cant remember what company made them. Anyone know?
And of course there are tons of cool fans in said Gallery that have
been there for ages that no one has tried to identify. I understand
that with import fans it's really hard, as often times they were made
by one company, imported, and labeled something completely different
(that might even be the same brand name as another fan made by a
different company) but we can at least give it a shot. That Sears
fan, can we tell from the box who made it? The AEfan, whatever that
is, is incrediably weird and cool looking. And so on. Anyone got a clue?
-Dan
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
groups.yahoo.com/group/vintageceilingfans/