Photograph
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| Nom de l'objet : | Photograph |
| Titre : | Gilson Automobile |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | 8: Communication Artifact |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Documentary Artifact |
| Médium : | Paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1984.42.2 |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1921 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1922 |
| Date absolue : | circa 1922 |
| Description : | Black and white copy from the original photograph. It is the full side view of an automobile, identified as a "Gilson automobile", parked on a lawn in front of a brick factory. Sign on the building (identified as Gilson Manufacturing Company) reads "Goes Like Sixty" Engines. Company. |
| Fonctions : | This automobile was built by Horace Mack and Robert Dawson, two mechanics at Gilson Manufacturing Company Limited, York Rd, Guelph. This car probably belonged to Horace Mack.The Gilson Company of Guelph was known mainly for their farm machinery and engines, but in 1910, they hired two mechanics, Robert Dawson and Horace Mack. They built two touring cars; a third was never completed and ended up being used for parts. Both Dawson and Mack drove the touring cars around Guelph, but Dawson's ended up being destroyed in a garage fire. The Gilson, a neatly designed car in the lower-middle price range, might have sold very well but was never put into regular production. After the completion of the two cars, Gilson's decided they couldn't afford the automobile business and decided to expand their farm machinery business. The Gilson Company, founded in 1850 in Port Washington, Wisconsin, carried on foundry and machine works until 1906 when an American, Edward Barelman, joined the company and started an engine-building department. The engines, known by the name "Goes Like Sixty", were built for boat and farm use and became very popular. In 1914, Barelman bought control of the company from the Gilson family. The Canadian branch of the Gilson Manufacturing Company was established in 1907 in Guelph. In 1914, Gilson's became an all-Canadian company and the plant was expanded; production increased to include heating and refrigeration appliances, as well as industrial products. The first home freezers ever made in Canada were produced by Gilson's before World War II. Washing machines were first produced in 1925; dryers and electric ranges were later added to the production line. Gilson's started to make warm-air furnaces in 1921. From 1961 on, Gilson's made only freezers. McGraw-Edison bought the company in 1972. They could not continue to compete with larger manufacturers of freezers and the company was liquidated in 1977. The Gilson building reached from York Road across the railway tracks to Huron Street in Guelph. |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Guelph |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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