Danger-Proof: A History of the Samson Safe-Flex Fan
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Before air-conditioning, electric fans provided
Before air-conditioning, electric fans provided brought cool breezes and new comfort, as well as new dangers, to homes and businesses across the country. Join me as I explore the hazards of early fans and put the "danger-proof" Samson Safe-Flex Fan to the test.
Sources:
Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything, Salvatore Basile, 2014
30,000 Years of Inventions, Thomas Craughwell, 2012 (via the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/30000year...)
“Cool Comfort: Innovations in Electric Cooling,” Museum of Innovation & Science, Google Arts & Culture (https://artsandculture.google.com/exh...)
“Electric Fans,” Yonkers Statesman, Oct 22, 1884 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fan Wires Carried Deadly Current,” The Times, Jul 25, 1897 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fans,” Pittsburgh Daily Post, Jul 30, 1887 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fans in Theaters,” Lincoln Evening News, Aug 10, 1893 (via newspapers.com)
“Lady Clerk Injured in Very Peculiar Accident,” Appleton Post, Aug 1, 1907 (via newspapers.com)
“Finger Caught in Electric Fan,” The Salina Daily Union, Jul 10, 1908 (via newspapers.com)
“Fingers Chewed in Electric Fan,” The Morning Call, Jul 15, 1908 (via newspapers.com)
“Mr. Hatfield Met with Accident,” The Daily Mail, Jul 14, 1909 (via newspapers.com)
“New Electric Fan Unique,” The Cassville Index, Oct 17, 1912 (via newspapers.com)
“Samson Safe-Flex: Silence! Safety!: Now a Safe-Flex Fan for Every Need,” Samson-United Corporation, 1938 (via the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/samsonsaf...)
“Net Loss Reported by Samson United,” Democrat and Chronicle, Mar 24, 1950 (via newspapers.com)
“New Head Elected at Samson-United,” Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 6, 1950 (via newspapers.com)
“Court Awards Samson Assets to Bickford Co.,” Democrat and Chronicle, Apr 21, 1953 (via newspapers.com)
“How Many Own – Household Penetration,” Housewares MarketWatch, Vol. 3, No. 4, ca. 2004 (https://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/mw_...)
“Ceiling Fans Return,” Joan Kron, The New York Times, Apr 28, 1977 (https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/28/ar...)
“The Ceiling Fan: Updated and Popular,” Daryln Brewer, The New York Times, Jul 2, 1987 (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/02/ga...)
“Whirlwind History of Ceiling Fans,” Los Angeles Times from the Washington Post, Jul 12, 1997
“Bringing in the Big Fans,” Michael Tortorello, The New York Times, Jun 15, 2011 (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/ga...)
“Air Conditioning and Other Appliances Increase Residential Electricity Use in the Summer,” U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), May 22, 2017 (https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...)
“Stay Cool and Save Energy,” Kendra Pierre-Louis, Henry Fountain and Lisa Friedman, The New York Times, Jun 6, 2018 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/cl...)
Sources:
Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything, Salvatore Basile, 2014
30,000 Years of Inventions, Thomas Craughwell, 2012 (via the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/30000year...)
“Cool Comfort: Innovations in Electric Cooling,” Museum of Innovation & Science, Google Arts & Culture (https://artsandculture.google.com/exh...)
“Electric Fans,” Yonkers Statesman, Oct 22, 1884 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fan Wires Carried Deadly Current,” The Times, Jul 25, 1897 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fans,” Pittsburgh Daily Post, Jul 30, 1887 (via newspapers.com)
“Electric Fans in Theaters,” Lincoln Evening News, Aug 10, 1893 (via newspapers.com)
“Lady Clerk Injured in Very Peculiar Accident,” Appleton Post, Aug 1, 1907 (via newspapers.com)
“Finger Caught in Electric Fan,” The Salina Daily Union, Jul 10, 1908 (via newspapers.com)
“Fingers Chewed in Electric Fan,” The Morning Call, Jul 15, 1908 (via newspapers.com)
“Mr. Hatfield Met with Accident,” The Daily Mail, Jul 14, 1909 (via newspapers.com)
“New Electric Fan Unique,” The Cassville Index, Oct 17, 1912 (via newspapers.com)
“Samson Safe-Flex: Silence! Safety!: Now a Safe-Flex Fan for Every Need,” Samson-United Corporation, 1938 (via the Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/samsonsaf...)
“Net Loss Reported by Samson United,” Democrat and Chronicle, Mar 24, 1950 (via newspapers.com)
“New Head Elected at Samson-United,” Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 6, 1950 (via newspapers.com)
“Court Awards Samson Assets to Bickford Co.,” Democrat and Chronicle, Apr 21, 1953 (via newspapers.com)
“How Many Own – Household Penetration,” Housewares MarketWatch, Vol. 3, No. 4, ca. 2004 (https://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/mw_...)
“Ceiling Fans Return,” Joan Kron, The New York Times, Apr 28, 1977 (https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/28/ar...)
“The Ceiling Fan: Updated and Popular,” Daryln Brewer, The New York Times, Jul 2, 1987 (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/02/ga...)
“Whirlwind History of Ceiling Fans,” Los Angeles Times from the Washington Post, Jul 12, 1997
“Bringing in the Big Fans,” Michael Tortorello, The New York Times, Jun 15, 2011 (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/ga...)
“Air Conditioning and Other Appliances Increase Residential Electricity Use in the Summer,” U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), May 22, 2017 (https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/det...)
“Stay Cool and Save Energy,” Kendra Pierre-Louis, Henry Fountain and Lisa Friedman, The New York Times, Jun 6, 2018 (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/cl...)
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