Collection:
Round Oak
Description:
Book. White soft paper covers, black plastic comb binding on left side. Front cover has trade brochure illustration of "The Round Oak" stove (c. 1895) on left; "Identification and Dating of Round Oak Heating Stoves" on right. 73 pages with primarily catalog reproductions from 1895 through 1941 with copy identifying key features of the different designs.
Dimensions:
H—15.75 L—11.75 D—0.28 inches
Date:
1995
Notes:
Written by Michael Breza and Craig R. Olson, SMC Museum. This is the first publication by the museum and the first publication for the college. This is one of a very few identification guides for heating stoves. Round Oak Co. was a producer of stoves, furnaces and kitchen ranges in Dowagiac, Mich. and helped make it known at "The Furnace City of the World.
Object ID:
1996—0012.0001
Object Name:
Book
Search Terms:
Round Oak
Year Range from:
1995
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Identification Round Oak
Identification Round Oak