This 1937 catalog has many of the cast-iron convectors made by the American Radiator Company, including the Corto Radiators, Arco Radiators, Fantom Radiators, Indirect Ra...
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Here is a nice mailer from American-Standard Heating and Plumbing with lots of information about their radiators and convectors from 1946. Thanks to Kirby Slear for scann...
This is a circa-1956 installation manual for American-Standard Radiantrim baseboard panels.
Here is a colorful brochure from American Radiator in 1930 announcing the Arco Radiator. Thanks to Robert Reape for sharing this with us.
Arco's Ventilorad Radiator Booster was an electric heat booster for ordinary radiator. Here is the literature from 1937, along with a letter to wholesale distributors fro...
This book featuring Bundy Radiators for Steam and Hot Water heating was published in 1894 in New York by the A. A. Griffing Iron Co.
This circa-1926 booklet from Central Radiator Company showcases their radiators for steam and hot-water heating. Some of these radiators had a unique torch and flame deco...
Corto, the Radiator Classic, was the creation of Louis Courtot - a French artist engineer long affiliated with the American Radiator Company. This radiator was meant to b...
This booklet from 1952 about Crane Radiant Baseboard Panels covers more than just the baseboard radiators. It also gets into system engineering, Crane boilers, and even s...
Here is an excerpt from the 1925 edition of The Ideal Fitter (from the American Radiator Company) featuring Peerless curved, corner, 45-degree angle, pantry, and circular...