National Carbon Company - NCC (1886)

American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company - AENMC (1898)
American Ever Ready (1905)

Eveready (?)

Tubes are known of the brand Eveready-Raytheon by National Carbon (EX120). 

The company also produced a range of standard radio panel/dial lamps.

See also the brand Energizer.

Eveready history goes back to 1886, when former Brush Electric Company executive (W. H. Lawrence) formed the National Carbon Company (NCC), today Energizer. In 1896, Eveready marketed the very first battery for consumer use - The Columbia - six inches tall and used to power home telephones.

Two years later in New York City, a Russian immigrant named Conrad Hubert founded the American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company (AENMC) to market battery powered novelties. Hubert filed two patents in 1899 for his "Electric Hand Torch," a dry cell battery within a paper tube, with a bulb inside a rough brass reflector on one end of the tube-the building blocks for the world's first flashlight. 

In 1905, AENMC changed its name to American Ever Ready, focusing on the dependability of its flashlight products.

American Ever Ready became part of the National Carbon Company in 1914, forming the only manufacturer specializing in both batteries and lighting products. The National Carbon Company merged with Union Carbide Company in 1917, and began expanding across the United States and into Canada and Mexico.

Over the next 32 years, Union Carbide became known as the only full-line supplier of flashlights and batteries of all sizes. As Union Carbide expanded, the "Eveready" brand name became associated with the reliable power and performance needed to keep up with the rapid development of battery-powered devices.

In time, the company re-branded its products, introducing Energizer batteries and flashlights.

On June 1st, 1929 the National Carbon Company entered into an agreement with the Raytheon Manufacturing company of Cambridge, Massachusetts to become exclusive distributor of Raytheon receiving tubes. Factory space was increased considerably to allow for increased production. The brand name was changed to Eveready Raytheon and tube boxes reflected the Eveready print style and colours. The agreement was active until at least May - August of 1933, according to advertisements but officially lapsed by the National Carbon Co. in 1938. Tube type number prefixes were changed to ER--- and from information located, there were about 50 tube types made with the prefix. Almost all of these used the patented "four pillar" element mounting. A small number of tubes have been located with the regular "pinch" element mounting.