Museum Artifact: Bowman Cottage Cheese container, c. 1950s
Made By: Bowman Dairy Company, 140 W. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL + Numerous plant locations
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Andrew Clayman
The Standard Brewery, est. 1892
Museum Artifact: Standard Brewery “OaKay” Export Beer Bottle, c. 1910
Made By: The Standard Brewery, W . Roosevelt Rd. and S. Campbell Ave., Chicago, IL
It might seem like we’re currently living in the golden era of the regional micro-brewery, what with upwards of 3,000 “craft beer” producers now in operation in the U.S., and about 70 inside the Chicago city limits alone. The “brew-pub” phenomenon,
Essanay Film MFG Co., est. 1907
Museum Artifact: Charlie Chaplin Collectible Postcard, Essanay No. 1 , 1915
Made By: Essanay Film MFG Co. / Essanay Studios, 1333 W. Argyle St., Chicago, IL
On a quiet, tree-lined street in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, just north of the old St. Boniface Cemetery and around the corner from the Green Mill jazz club and the long-shuttered Uptown Theatre (once one of the world’s great movie palaces),
M. J. Holloway & Co., est. 1920
Museum Artifact: Holloway’s Milk Duds, 5-cent box, c. 1940s
Made By: M. J. Holloway & Co., 308 W. Ontario St., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Thor Power Tool Co. & Speedway MFG Co., est. 1886
Museum Artifact: Thor Speed Drill, type 201, c. 1956
Made By: Speedway Manufacturing Co. (division of Thor Power Tool Co.), 1834-1875 S. 52nd Ave. (Laramie Ave.)., Cicero, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Arrco Playing Card Co., est. 1927
Museum Artifact: Century of Progress Playing Cards, 1933
Made By: Arrco / Arrow Playing Card Co., 734-54 Mather Street (W Lexington St.), Chicago, IL
A promotional tie-in with Chicago’s “Century of Progress” World’s Fair in 1933-34 also marked a major point of progress for the city’s Arrow Playing Card Co., as it introduced its new identity as ARRCO—a name that would soon be familiar to amateur magicians,
Orange Crush Co., est. 1911
Museum Artifact: 8-Pack of Orange Crush (with 6 Glass Bottles), c. 1965
Made By: Crush International, Inc. / Orange Crush Company, 2201 Main Street, Evanston, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Mall Tool Company, est. 1921
Museum Artifact: Mall Electric Drill model no. 380, 1940s
Made By: Mall Tool Company, 7740 S. South Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Annell Typewriter Co., est. 1922
Museum Artifact: Annell’ Typewriter, Model No. 3A, 1922-23
Made By: Annell Typewriter Company, 230 E. Ohio Street, Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Marrow’s Inc., est. 1919
Museum Artifact: Marrow’s Mar-O-Oil Shampoo, 1928
Made By: Marrow’s, Inc. / Marrow MFG Co., 3037 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Gunk Laboratories, Inc., est. 1959
Museum Artifact: Gunk S-C Degreaser Can, c. 1960s
Made By: Gunk Laboratories, Inc. / Gunk Chicago Co., 5829 W. 66th Street, Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Unity MFG Co., est. 1918
Museum Artifact: Unity Model S-3 Safety Light, c. 1940
Made By: Unity Manufacturing Company, 2909 S. Indiana Ave., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Weber-Stephen Products Co., est. 1893
Museum Artifact: Weber Barbecue Accessories Starter Set 8801, 1970s
Made By: Weber-Stephen Products Co., 100 N. Hickory St., Arlington Heights, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Rival Packing Co., est. 1923
Museum Artifact: Rival Dog Food Coin Banks, 1950s
Made By: Rival Packing Co., 4500 S. Tripp Ave., Chicago, IL
Gimme Ri-val Dog Food, Arf Arf, Arf Arf!
Gimme Ri-val Dog Food, Woof Woof, Woof Woof!
Your Dog’s Eyes Will Shine—Coat Look Fine
On Nourishing Ri-val Dog Food,
Denoyer-Geppert Company, est. 1916
Museum Artifact: Denoyer-Geppert Cartocraft Globe, 1938
Made By: Denoyer-Geppert Company, 5235 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL
“You now have one of the best globes made,” L.P. Denoyer wrote in the preface to his 1931 guide book, A Teacher’s Manual for Cartocraft Globes, “but we are not satisfied with simply having made the sale, for we want you to get the greatest possible value from your purchase.”
Well,
Swift & Co., est. 1875
Museum Artifact: Swift’s Soybean Oil Meal, 100LB Burlap Sack, c. 1940s
Made By: Swift & Company, 4179 Packers Avenue, Union Stockyards., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Morrison-Atlas Products, Inc., est. 1932
Museum Artifact: Atlas Shoe Polish – Tan, c. 1930s
Made By: Morrison-Atlas Products, Inc., 10160 Franklin Ave., Franklin Park, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Twinplex Manufacturing Co., est. 1910
Museum Artifact: Twinplex Stropper / Razor Blade Sharpener, c. 1940s
Made By: Twinplex Manufacturing Company, 1800 W. Roscoe St., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Allied Radio Corp., est. 1928
Museum Artifact: Knight Radio Tube, c. 1940s
Made By: Allied Radio Corporation / Allied Electronics, 833 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
United Razor Blade Corp., est. 1930
Museum Artifact: Box of Blue Steel United Blades, c. 1937
Made By: United Razor Blade Corporation / United Blade Co., 222 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL
Like the warm analog tone of a vinyl record, sometimes a bit of obsolete technology comes back around again and proves its worth to the modern age. The good old double-edge safety razor blade might be another such example,
Solo Cup Company, est. 1936
Museum Artifact: “Dairy Treat” Paper Cups, 1967
Made by: Solo Cup Company, 1501 E. 96th Street, Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Andes Candies, est. 1921
Museum Artifact: Andes Candies Tin, c. 1960s
Made By: Andes Candies, Inc., 4430 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Pyle-National Company, est. 1897
Museum Artifact: Industrial Drop Light Cage, 1920s
Made By: Pyle-National Co., 1334 N. Kostner Ave., Chicago, IL
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.