This little fan was built during the depths of the Great Depression and no doubt provided a bit of relief for somobody during the scorching hot Dust Bowl days. This denotes the National Recovery Administration (not the National Rifle Association) which dates this fan from 1933 to 1935. Notice the NRA eagle trademark on the label on the bottom of the base. It is complete, unrestored and in good working condition. (Pun intended.) The catalog number of this fan is 27X840. Here's a cool little non-oscillating 8' GE desk fan. At this stage of the project, I had completed most of the paint and wiring, and had begun reassembly. All original rubber feet are intact, as is the original plug (with new reproduction wire).
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Welded) blade guard, cast-iron base (later models used stamped steel), brass blades (post-WWI/pre-1930's models had these), and NO SERIAL NUMBER!!! They never bothered to stamp a number in the 'serial number' field. This particular fan is a 75423 AOU model, form V5, manufactured in 1918 or 1919.
The original maintenance and spec label is still affixed to the bottom plate. I picked this fan up at the Tulsa flea market in the mid-1990's.
This fan was made in the later 1920's, around 1927 or 1928. Shown here is an Emerson 29646, a brass-blade 12-inch fan. Junior fans will not have serial numbers, only a date code. I received this fan in poor condition it had not been maintained in decades, the paint was ruined (and covered in silver spray paint), the wire blade guard was slightly twisted (fixed as of now), the wiring was a mess (but it did run).