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Makers of High Grade Coach, Carriage and Wagon Lamps [Warner Lamps]

Warner Manufacturing Company

Philadelphia: Warner Manufacturing Company, N.D.

Illustrated by Illustrated. Pamphlet. Good with no dust jacket. Item #16527

Pencil writing on last page, 1" spine head tear, corner creasing, top corner chip on page 11/12 affecting item title, wear. Solid paperback stapled pamphlet. ; Undated (probably 1890s) trade catalog for Warner Lamps, offering full range of Coach, Carriage, Wagon and Stable Lamps. "We build our lamps for both Oil [kerosene]and Candle burning ... Any of our lamps can be equipped electrically at a slight additional cost." Warner lamps were known as high quality, solidly built from premium materials. Founded in 1877 and serving the Victorian-era carriage trade, Warner made the successful transition triggered by the "horseless carriage." By 1900 the founder's son, Thomas W Warner, Jr, expanded into the growing automotive business, making gears, a two-cylinder engine, and other auto parts, opening a major manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio, and the Muncie Gear Works in Muncie, Indiana for speedometers and automobile transmission gears. In 1915, Warner Jr sold the Toledo operation to Walter Durant and its operations were integrated into GM's Chevrolet Division. The Muncie plant became "Warner Gear", continuing to supply other car makers, and was one of four companies merged in 1928 to form Borg-Warner. The trade catalog features eighteen different priced models, for a wide range of horse-drawn vehicle types and needs. Quite uncommon late Victorian vehicle lighting trade catalog, with no copies present in OCLC, and a corporate history that continued onward in the automotive industry. ; 20 pages.

Price: $199.95