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Diehl Mfg. Co. 9" Ornate Base DC Fan Circa 1906 9” ornate base DC fan one of only a few examples of this great fan in the small 9” size.  In addition, the original condition is stellar making it one of my favorite fans in my collection.

Diehl Mfg. Co. 16" Ornate Base DC Fan Circa 1906 Insert Text

Diehl Mfg. Co. 12" Ornate Base DC Fan (tagged GEC Magnet) Circa 1907 This Ornate base DC 12” Diehl Fan was rebadged and sold by GEC Ltd. Of The UK.  A really nice fan with one of my favorite logos on the badge.  Interestingly, if you notice the catalog image from GEC in this gallery, you will see this particular fan on a Shedd Vane Table.  Yes, that’s right, mine is also sitting on my Shedd Vane Table.  Pretty lucky to have them together after all these years.

Diehl Mfg. Co. 16" Oscillating Fan Wood-grain Finish Circa 1925 When I came across this fan on eBay several years ago, I couldn’t believe my eyes.  In fact, I had to ask a friend to take a look to see if he also believed the finish to be original and he stongly agreed.  When the auction ended, I was the high bidder for $200 and I was shocked as I believed it to much more valuable.  I later learned most of the collectors I know had never even noticed the fan so I was indeed lucky.  When I received the fan and carefully cleaned the paint, I was simply amazed at the quality of the ‘faux bois’  paint  from the mid 1920’s.  This is another of my all-time favorite fans in my collection.

Diehl Mfg. Co. 8" Oscillating Fan w/ ‘faux’ copper-oxide finish Circa 1925 This is a really clean oscillating fan by Diehl which appears to be from the same time as the Wood grain 16” from my collection. It also has an interesting finish which is more of a mottled paint giving it a slight copper oxide like appearance. Also, it features the same rather unique oscillating mechanism as the 16” model, albeit smaller. This is the first model like it I have seen.