Tail Vanes
This collection of Parris-Dunn silkscreens was saved for the Nodaway Valley Historical
Museum by M.O. Greiman who kept them after the wind charger section of the company was sold off to a
company in Sioux City, about 1950.
Henry Ankeny of Clarinda told me that many radio companies gave a
six-volt radio free, when they sold a windcharger. This accounts for so many different brand names.
He says the chargers were all the very same.**
No silk screen for Parris-Dunn was found in this group.
However, there is a blue print that shows the lettering, and this was used to re-create the lettering
on the tail of the Parris-Dunn Windcharger displayed by N.V.H Museum.
These silk screens all show use and measure 12" X 24".
- Armaster Charger
- Air-Lite Charger
- Air Elect________(damaged) Charger
- Arvin Charger (bought-out by Motorola)
- *Bee Radio (have two)
- Belmont Charger
- *Center Radio Service(Billings, Mont.)
- Co-op Charger
- *Coronado Charger(sold by Gambles)
- *Crosley Charger
- Doms Rondahl Charger
- *Emerson Charger
- Emjay Charger
- *FADA Radio
- Excelsior, Made in USA ( have two different)
- General Products DELCO Distributor
- Goldenton Charger
- *Grunow Charger
- *Hetro Radio, Chicago USA
- Howard Charger(have two)
- Lejay Charger
- Jim Brown, Brown Fence & Wire Co, Clevland Ohio & Memphis Tenn.
- Jumbo Charger
- Long Life Charger
- Lo-Tower Charger(have 2)
- Midwest Hy-Tower
- Montala Charger
- *Motorola(have 2)
- *Musicair, 6 Volt Charger
- *Musicair, Coast to Coast Stores
- Nordic, Broberg-Malmo, Made in USA
- Peerless Charger, Albany NY, Made in USA
- *Mfg by Peerless Radio Mfg. Co. Albany, NY USA
- Reliance Direct-Drive
- Roberts, Bismark N.Dak
- Ruralite, 6 Volt Charger
- Rurlpower, Chicago Ill. USA 2,026,828 Pant's 2,048,732
- Sears Windcharger
- *Sentinel Charger
- *Silvertone Air-Charger
- Silcox Charger
- *Sonora Charger
- *Spartan Radio
- *Stewart-Warner, Western Auto Stores
- *Truetone, 6 Volt Charger(sold by Montgomery Wards)
- Ultramar Charger (have 2)
- Watterson Charger
- Wind King Charger
* Radio Companies
** Parris-Dunn also built chargers for MacLeods hardware stores in western Canada under the 'MacLeods Windmaster' name.
Patent Information
Parris-Dunn machines were manufactured under the following patents:
2,026,828... Wind Driven Generator Structure
2,048,732... Wind Wheel Generator
2,052,816... Wind Driven Generator Structure
2,094,917... Wind Driven Generator Structure
2,102,309 ... Wind Driven Generator Structure
2,140,152 ... Wind Driven Generator Structure
Text and drawings are available at the U.S. Patent Office and can be accessed and read on-line.
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