Fan finds as of 12/27/08

[Cole S.]

Yesterday I went to a thrift store and low and behold, this Edison in fine condition was there waiting for me. ;D I've never had an Edison, and I find them interesting. I only paid $6 for it.

Here are the pics, they kind of got out of order because Photobucket had issues while loading:






Today I was downtown, trying to go to Habitat (which was closed) and stopped in an antique store and found this Eskimo with its little sales pamphlet, for $8:


In the same store, I got these two Westinghouse's, $40 for both together. Though they may not be in the best condition, $20 each isn't bad for bigger fans:

[Cole S.]

Sorry, the Eskimo one came out as a thumbnail, I'm too lazy to change it right now.

[Jean Lemieux]

Dec 27, 2008 19:37:19 GMT -5 Cole S. said:

Sorry, the Eskimo one came out as a thumbnail, I'm too lazy to change it right now.

No its OK.

Great finds. There are many videos of those late 1980s Toastmaster/Edison 20'' box fans on You Tube.

I agree about the prices on the Westinghouse's. The first one is call Power Aire from the 1950s. The second one looks like an Arctic Aire from the 1940s.

Its cool that the Eskimo still have its original pamphlet!

[Cole S.]

Yep, I knew the Power Aire, I haven't determined the other yet.

[Cole S.]

I just figured out from DT that it is the Westinghouse "Standard" from 1946 or 1947 which had previously been the "Pacemaker".

And yes, the Power Aire is from 1950-1956

[Deleted]

I love Poweraires. Never been crazy about those Toastmaster box fans with the skinny blades.

[tonyt]

great fans

[Rick M.]

Wow, this is an old thread! Cool fans you got there Cole; love the old Westinghouse.

[tonyt]

i was bored and deicided to go digging theres only 4 pages? lol ;D

[Cole S.]

Aug 3, 2010 16:41:21 GMT -5 tonyt said:

i was bored and deicided to go digging theres only 4 pages? lol ;D

Well, the portable section here is pretty young, only a few years old. This site was strictly ceiling fans until a few years ago, when this area was set up (thus the name, Vintage Ceiling Fans). Until about a month or two ago, it's been pretty dormant in here, but suddenly we got a bunch of people posting in here so it's picked up a lot.

This was one of my earlier posts in here, back when we had only a few posting members who were somewhat serious about portable fans.

[tonyt]

well i am more porable fan

[Chris H.]

Nice Cole!