Finding aid for the Dales Family Collection, 1895-1972


Title:
Dales Family Collection, 1895-1972
Repository:
Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, The University of Akron
Phone: 330-972-7670
http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives
Creator:
Dales Family
Dates:
1895-1972
Quantity:
.86 cubic feet (1 document case boxes, 3 boxes of glass plates)
Abstract:
The George S. Dales Company was founded by George S. Dales Sr. in 1876. Known for selling jewelry, instruments, and Victrola's, it was handed down to George S. Dales Jr. and then to Gerald L. Dales and lasted until 1969. George Dales Jr's other son, George Franklin Dales, founded the George Franklin Dales company in 1946. Working with Mechanical Industries Production Company, he invented the Mighty Mite Thermostat.
Identification:
99/181
Language:
The records are in English
Sample Image:
View the Dale's Glass Plate Negatives from the collection.