One Book
Inventory number: 3547
Title: The Ohio Public Service Company. Accomplishments.
Publisher’s location: [Ohio]
Publication date: 1923
Price: $3,500
Description: A large portfolio containing eight thin fascicules in printed wrappers. They range from 6 to 16 pages each of mounted gelatin silver photographs, charts, texts, facsimiles, advertisements and pamphlets. In all there are 48 photographs, most 61⁄2 x 91⁄2 inches (165 x 241 mm). Folio, 201⁄2 x 131⁄2 inches (521 x 343 mm). Modern cloth portfolio with original leather cover laid-on.
The portfolio was created to promote the use of electricity for signage, night time display, and home electrical appliances. Many of the photographs depict the turbines, towers, and transformers employed in the production and transmission of electricity. Numerous appealing images of shop windows full of home electrical appliances of the day such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners tempt consumers to increase their use of electrical power.
The portfolio is organized into eight sections: Development of Electric Light & Power; Analysis and Forecasting; Efficiency of Organization; Improvements in Construction Practice; Efficiency of Generation and Distribution; Extension of Service and New Customers; Customer Ownership; Introducing Domestic Appliances.