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  • Trade catalogs from Stearns Mfg. Co. (PA)

    Variant company name
    Established 1855 ; San Francisco, CA
    Company Name
    Stearns Mfg. Co. (PA)
    Notes content
    Saw mill machinery ; "The Woodbury," automatic self-contained high-speed steam engine ; Gill's water tube steam boiler. "General Principles Embodied in the Construction and Operation of Geared Locomotives." "Flat Valves vs. Piston Valves."
    Includes
    Trade catalog
    Black and white images
    Physical description
    10 pieces; 3 boxes
    Type of material
    Trade catalogs
    Trade literature
    Place
    Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
    Date range
    1800s-1900s
    Topic (Romaine term)
    Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)
    Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.
    Furnaces and boilers
    Mills and milling supplies
    Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
    Woodworking machinery and wood crafts
    Topic
    Advertising
    Boilers
    Business
    Commerce
    Engines
    Furnaces
    Marketing
    Milling machinery
    Motors
    Railroad equipment industry
    Street-railroads
    Subways
    Wood-carving
    Woodworking industries
    Woodworking machinery
    Woodworking tools
    Record ID
    SILNMAHTL_22469
    Location
    Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
    Collection
    Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
    Data source
    Smithsonian Libraries
  • Trade catalogs from Erie City Iron Works

    Variant company name
    Established 1840
    Company Name
    Erie City Iron Works
    Notes content
    Boilers ; "Unitype" pulverizers ; furnaces ; engines ; steam generators ; superheaters ; economizers ; air preheaters ; underfeed and spreader stokers ; oil and gas burners ; stokers.
    Includes
    Trade catalog, price lists and histories
    Black and white images
    Color images
    Physical description
    194 pieces; 9 boxes
    Type of material
    Trade catalogs
    Trade literature
    Place
    Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
    Date range
    1800s-1900s
    Topic (Romaine term)
    Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.)
    Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.
    Fuel (includes oil; petroleum; gas; coal; etc.)
    Furnaces and boilers
    Topic
    Advertising
    Boilers
    Business
    Coal
    Commerce
    Engines
    Fuel
    Furnaces
    Marketing
    Motors
    Petroleum
    Record ID
    SILNMAHTL_16067
    Location
    Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
    Collection
    Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
    Data source
    Smithsonian Libraries
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