Dedicated To A Practical Talk On Range Values. The Birthplace Of The Round Oak Stove. The Question Is, How Shall You Know What Range To Buy? If This Story Were Printed On A Government Bond, It Could Scarcely Be More Valuable To You Than The Message It Now Contains

ROUND OAK STOVE COMPANY, DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN

Publication: PD Beckwith, Inc, 1915, Dowagiac, Michigan

12" x 9" in bright, colorful pictorial wrappers and showing an illustration of Chief Doe-Wah-Jack cooking over a camp fire on the front wrapper and a display of Indian equipment on the rear wrapper. 16pp. Illustrations. The Round Oak Stove Company was founded in Dowagiac, Michigan, in 1871 by Philo D. Beckwith. Beckwith died in January 1889. At that time the official company name was changed to The Estate of P.D. Beckwith Incorporated. Most stoves produced after 1890 carry the mark of “Estate of P.D. Beckwith” along with “Round Oak.” Around 1900 the company introduced its mascot - Chief Doe-Wah-Jack. Chief Doe-Wah-Jack, a fictional Native American Indian, appeared on most Round Oak Stove Company and Estate of P.D. Beckwith Inc. advertising and stoves until the company's demise in 1946. Chief Doe-Wah-Jack was introduced when, with the spread of the telephone, customers had trouble pronouncing Dowagiac when asking the operator for a connection. Chief-Doe-Wah-Jack remedied that problem by providing the town's phonetic spelling. Information about and pictures of the Round Oak Chief Copper-Fused Boiler- iron Range both with and without a leg base. Information about and pictures of the Round Oak Chief Copper-Fused Boiler-Iron Range both with and without a leg base and of the Copper-Fused Chief Broiler-Iron 3-Fuel combination Range (which uses coal and gas). Discusses the fire box and grates; the building of the top of the range; a three-ply flue bottom; the ash pan and chutes, the range’s doors; the broiler door; the rounded corners of the range; etc. Illutrations showing every detail of the range. Finally, the company has patented their design for the perfect means employed in heating the water in the ample copper reservoir and baking at the same time. "Other manufacturers shall not steal it." Light soiling and wear to the extremities. Very Good. A nicely produced brochure.

Inventory Number: 50955