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GALLERY: Vintage HVAC Advertisements, 1931

Aug. 21, 2014
Advertisements from 1931, the third year of HPAC Engineering magazine, then called Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

1931 was a year of great American classics: Charlie Chaplin in the theaters, baseball legends Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, the first Dracula movie, and convicted gangster Al Capone. But the classics in the heating, piping, and air-conditioning industry belong to our advertisers! Take a walk through history with these vintage ads.

National Regulator Co.

National Regulator Co. ad from the January 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Detroit Stoker Co.

Detroit Stoker Co. ad in the January 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Propellair-Inc.

Propellair-Inc. ad in the February 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

The Dayton Rubber Mfg. Co.

The Dayton Rubber Mfg. Co. ad in the February 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Nichols Products Corp.

Nichols Products Corp. ad in the March 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditoning.

York Ice Machinery Corp.

York Ice Machinery Corp. ad from the March 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

The Herman Nelson Corp.

The Herman Nelson Corp. ad from the April 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Diehl Manufacturing Co.

Diehl Manufacturing Co. ad in the April 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Jenkins Bros.

Jenkins Bros. ad in the May 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Multicell Radiator Corp.

Multicell Radiator Corp. ad in the May 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Modine Manufcturing Co.

Modine Manufacturing Co. ad in the June 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Illinois Engineering Co.

Illinois Engineering Company ad in the June 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ad in the July 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

National Radiator Corp.

National Radiator Corp. ad in the July 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Spang, Chalfant & Co. Inc.

Spang, Chalfant & Co. Inc. ad in the August 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

L.J. Wing Mfg. Co.

L.J. Wing Mfg. Co. ad in the August 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Republic Steel Corp.

Republic Steel Corp. ad in the September 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers

American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers ad in the September 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Hoffman Specialty Co. Inc.

Hoffman Specialty Co. Inc. ad in the October 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Bonney Forge and Tool Works

Bonney Forge and Tool Works ad in the October 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Barber-Coleman Co.

Barber-Coleman Co. ad in the November 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

The V.D. Anderson Co.

The V.D. Anderson Co. ad in the November 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Johnson Service Co.

Johnson Service Co. ad in the December 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

The Carbondale Machine Co.

The Carbondale Machine Co. ad in the December 1931 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.