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This very rare, circa-1897 catalog from the American Radiator Company comes to us by way of Frank "Steamhead" Wilsey. It's filled with hard-to-find radiator ratings. Than...
This article about the development of the radiator, written by Ara Marcus Daniels, appeared in Domestic Engineering magazine on January 11, 1930.
This catalog from the American Radiator Company is from 1920. It contains ratings for the American Peerless (formerly Rococo) Wall radiators, as well as many nice photos.
This catalog from the American Radiator Company from 1922 features the Corto radiator, which they called The Radiator Classic. Thanks to Bob Moore for scanning and sharin...
This 1937 catalog has many of the cast-iron convectors made by the American Radiator Company, including the Corto Radiators, Arco Radiators, Fantom Radiators, Indirect Ra...
Here is a nice mailer from American-Standard Heating and Plumbing with lots of information about their radiators and convectors from 1946. Thanks to Kirby Slear for scann...
This is a circa-1956 installation manual for American-Standard Radiantrim baseboard panels.
Here is a colorful brochure from American Radiator in 1930 announcing the Arco Radiator. Thanks to Robert Reape for sharing this with us.
Arco's Ventilorad Radiator Booster was an electric heat booster for ordinary radiator. Here is the literature from 1937, along with a letter to wholesale distributors fro...
This book featuring Bundy Radiators for Steam and Hot Water heating was published in 1894 in New York by the A. A. Griffing Iron Co.
