Wise (yellow)
Details
- Tag mount:
- Screwed on
- Tag material:
- Aluminum
- Tag dimensions:
- 2-1/8in Tall x 5-1/4in Wide
- Manufacture location:
- Akron, OH
- Manufacture date:
- 1930 – 1950
History
The Wise Furnace Company got it's start back in 1890. It was incorporated 1904 by W. G. Wise, J. W. Myers, Crannel Morgan and others. The officers are : President, J. W. Myers ; vice president and general manager, W. G. Wise ; treasurer, D. C. Siegfried ; secretary, Atlee Wise.
This company ships its product to all parts of the United States where heating apparatus is needed, and is recognized as one of the leading firms in its line.
– source
W. G. Wise was somewhat of an inventor with his first furnace patent of 1904: US818398A.
Mr. Wise had other furnace patents, but he also had one for a golf bag that incorporated a "kick-stand."
Additional Resources
Wise Employees
Wise building
In the Wise Employees image you'll see ten men posing with an advertisement that says,
Wise People Buy Wise Furnaces made by the Wise Furnace Co. Akron, O. For Sale Here.
The image source: summitmemory.org
c. 1925 Catalogue No. 16
See also: