A Good Thing From Doe-Wah-Jack
Description:
The front cover has a wraparound drawing of a brick wall with shrubs behind the title on the front cover. "Do-Wah-Jack" is in yellow letters outlined in black. On the back cover, a man on a horse is looking at a green sign on a store: "See the name on the leg. Round Oak Heating Stoves Sold Here." At the bottom is "Well! Well! 1895 and the Round Oak still in the lead" in red lettering. The title page has black-and-white photographs of P.D. Beckwith, Inventor of the Famous Round Oak Heating Stove, and Fred E. Lee, General Manager, with the company name in an elaborate light brown drawing. At the bottom is a banner with "See the Name on the Leg." The text of the pamphlet tells about the design and construction of the stove with drawings of several models and parts. The centerfold has color drawings of two women cleaning stoves -- one "The common way, you've all been there," and the happier one, "Our cleanly way." There are no page numbers.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Round Oak Stoves
Publisher: (Estate of) P.D. Beckwith (Dowagiac, Mich.)
1895
16.6 x 10.2 cm
Pamphlets
Language: English
Key Terms:
- Coal Stoves
- Drawn Illustrations Color
- Drawn Illustrations Black and White
- Michigan
- Stoves
- Wood Stoves
- Furnaces
- Cleaning
- P.D. Beckwith
- Round Oak Stoves
- (Estate of) P.D. Beckwith
Copyright: This item is in the public domain.
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Citation: A Good Thing From Doe-Wah-Jack. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=6287

