After electrolysis and a bit of soaking, I can see the following inscribed all around the barrell of this item IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER
TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE
MANUFACTURED BY
SCHRADERS SON, INC
BROOKLYN NEW YORK
SUPPLIED TO
THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY
FISK TIRES
TIRE SUNDRIES
CHICOPEE FALLS MASS
PATD JULY 1909 ----------- (many numerals) PATENT PENDING
SCHRADERS UNIVERSAL
MANUFACTURED IN USA
I researched on the net and found a couple of pics and some info on this tire pressure gauge:
Here's pics and a bit of info for those who may be interested
the Fisk Tire Company's logo was : "TIME TO RE-TIRE?"
thanks for looking
magz
The origins of the Fisk Company are somewhat obscure, but, as far as is known, Noyes W. Fisk purchased a company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1898. The firm he bought had produced bicycle tires and other rubber items. He continued the business under his own name, and branched out with-his first automobile tire in 1899. By 1916 the Fisk plant at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts was making some 5,000 tires a day. The tire business, along with numerous other enterprises, fell upon hard times during the depression. Nevertheless, Fisk introduced its new Safti,Flight tire in 1930, and it proved to be an impressive success.
On June 7 2006 the newspaper The Republican published this (as part of the history of Chicopee Falls): Chicopee's industrial history was highlighted by business leaders who captured national attention at the turn of the century. Noyes Fisk purchased a small soap factory, and in less than 20 years, employed 3,000 people. Fisk was selling the most popular passenger car tire in America - the fabled Red Top.
In 1940 Fisk was acquired by the U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal, Inc.), which continued to make and market passenger car tires under the respected Fisk name. Among the memorabilia U.S. Rubber took over from Fisk was a greatly retouched oil painting portraying the Fisk Tire boy. Later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art restored the trademark picture to its original form.
TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE
MANUFACTURED BY
SCHRADERS SON, INC
BROOKLYN NEW YORK
SUPPLIED TO
THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY
FISK TIRES
TIRE SUNDRIES
CHICOPEE FALLS MASS
PATD JULY 1909 ----------- (many numerals) PATENT PENDING
SCHRADERS UNIVERSAL
MANUFACTURED IN USA
I researched on the net and found a couple of pics and some info on this tire pressure gauge:
Here's pics and a bit of info for those who may be interested
the Fisk Tire Company's logo was : "TIME TO RE-TIRE?"
thanks for looking
magz
The origins of the Fisk Company are somewhat obscure, but, as far as is known, Noyes W. Fisk purchased a company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1898. The firm he bought had produced bicycle tires and other rubber items. He continued the business under his own name, and branched out with-his first automobile tire in 1899. By 1916 the Fisk plant at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts was making some 5,000 tires a day. The tire business, along with numerous other enterprises, fell upon hard times during the depression. Nevertheless, Fisk introduced its new Safti,Flight tire in 1930, and it proved to be an impressive success.
On June 7 2006 the newspaper The Republican published this (as part of the history of Chicopee Falls): Chicopee's industrial history was highlighted by business leaders who captured national attention at the turn of the century. Noyes Fisk purchased a small soap factory, and in less than 20 years, employed 3,000 people. Fisk was selling the most popular passenger car tire in America - the fabled Red Top.
In 1940 Fisk was acquired by the U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal, Inc.), which continued to make and market passenger car tires under the respected Fisk name. Among the memorabilia U.S. Rubber took over from Fisk was a greatly retouched oil painting portraying the Fisk Tire boy. Later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art restored the trademark picture to its original form.