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Stewart Warner Corp.; Chicago (IL)

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Name: Stewart Warner Corp.; Chicago (IL)    (USA)  
Brand:
Ferrodyne
Abbreviation: stewart-wa
Products: Model types Others Tube manufacturer
Summary:

Stewart-Warner Corp.; 1826 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Illinois - Trade names Aeromaster, Alemite, Ferrodyne, Stewart-Warner.
Vertretung Schweiz: Agema AG (vorm. J. Kaufmann); Zürich

Founded: 1905
Production: 1925 - 1954
History:
The Stewart-Warner Corp. began as the Stewart and Clark Co., founded by John Stewart, and made automotive parts, particularly speedometers.  In 1912, the Alemite Co. (led by Edgar Bassick) and the Warner Instrument Co. merged with Stewart, forming the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corp. (later known as the Stewart-Warner Instrument Co.).  The firm had a huge factory on Diversey Parkway in Chicago. Radio production began in 1925, and to support its radio products, Stewart-Warner bought the O&T tube factory in New York City, which had previously made Silvertone tubes.  Although its tube manufacturing business was not very successful, Stewart-Warner was building radios at the rate of 1,000 units per day by 1926.  Designers included Leonard E. Parker, Sylvan Harris, and C.P. Mason.Stewart-Warner was sued by Westinghouse in 1926 over claims that Stewart-Warner sets could oscillate under certain circumstances and thereby violated patents for regenerative receivers.  Eventually all patent disputes were settled in 1927 when Stewart-Warner got a license for the RCA patent pool.  The company suffered from overproduction and had to sell off excess inventory at low prices on several occasions.  Fortunately, the company's automotive parts business did better and kept the company healthy.In addition to automotive parts, radios, and TVs, Stewart-Warner also produced refrigerators for a time.  Today, the Stewart-Warner brand continues on, with the original company now part of Maxima Technologies, a supplier of automotive parts, which is owned by Actuant Corp.  The clock tower of the original Stewart-Warner factory complex still stands on Diversey Parkway in Chicago as the only remaining monument to what was once there. Sources:1.  Alan Douglas, "Radio Manufacturers of the 1920s," Vol. 3, The Vestal Press Ltd., Vestal, NY (1991).2. Company history and current information at www.stewartwarner.com.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
USA  41/42 Porto-Baradio Ch= 9008A [walnut] 12SA7  Color Walnut, ivory grille and ivory handles. Was made in Black, Ivory and Walnut. Similar... 
USA  32 102-A (102-B) (102-E) chassis 24  102 A is for 115 V, 60 cycles 102 B is for 115 V, 25 cycles 102 E is for 220 V, 50 cycle... 
USA  33 R-116 series chassis 6A7  Chassis R116 is employed in several models. The chassis R-116 series can only be from 193... 
USA  31 Metropolitan Midget R-101-B 51  mit Plattenspieler 
USA  31 Metropolitan Midget R-101-A 51    
USA  38 010-52 series chassis 6A8G  Chassis 010-52 is employed in several models; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push... 
USA  38 010-521 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-521 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 
USA  38 010-522 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-522 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 
USA  38 010-523 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-523 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 
USA  38 010-524 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-524 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 
USA  38 010-525 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-525 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 
USA  38 010-526 Ch= 010-52 6A8G  Model 010-526 uses chassis 010-52; mains supply 100-240 V (40-133 cycles); push button tun... 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

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The old factory building just before it was pulled down. Note the already missing clock face in the clock tower (left).tbn_stewartwarner.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing August 1937.tbn_stew_warn_prom1_aug37.jpg
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August 1936 Radio Today magazinetbn_usa_stewartwarner_1936ad1.jpg
August 1936 Radio Today advertisementtbn_usa_stewartwarner_1936ad0.jpg
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Scanned from the Stewart-Warner Folder for 1937.tbn_stewartwarner_folder_1937_title.jpg
Scanned from the Stewart-Warner Folder for 1938.tbn_stewartwarner_folder_1938_title.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1927 page 206.tbn_rr_june27_p206_ad_stewartwarner.jpg
Scanned from the Radio Retailing June 1939 page 12.tbn_rr_june1939_ad_stewartwarner_p12.jpg
Stewart Warner Console radio - 1931 advertisement on Italian magazine (Le Vie d'Italia)tbn_us_stewart_warner_1931_ad.jpg
Advert from "The Country Gentleman", Dec. 1926. Own collection.tbn_stewart_warner_reproducer.jpg
Stewart Warner label used on multiple sets in 1939. Were placed on the backboard.tbn_usa_stewart_warner_model_campus_various_label.jpg
Stewart Warner label used on multiple sets in 1939. Were placed on the backboard.tbn_usa_stewart_warner_model_varsity_senior_various_label.jpg
Stewart Warner label used on multiple sets in 1939. Were placed on the backboard.tbn_usa_stewart_warner_model_varsity_various_label.jpg

  

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