Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Paints
odd: label: Brand Name Index
content: The following is a list of brand names for various paints and related names that appear on this list is a compilation of those found on materials in the vertical document boxes. It is not a complete list of all the brand names for paints. The list is intended to assist researchers locate desired materials when only the brand name is known.

Brand Name Index

Manufacturer -- Brand Name

Acme	 -- Acme Paint

Alabastine	 -- Seeley Bros.

Alcolac -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.	

Amalie	 -- L. Sonneborn Sons Inc.

Amsterdam	 -- Kelloggs & Miller

Anchor	 -- E & F King & Co.	

Aquarine -- Muzzy Bros.	

Aquatite -- Edward Smith & Co.	

American Seal	 -- Wm. Connors Paint Manufacturing

American Seal	 -- Troy Paint & Color Works 

American Seal	 -- Higgins & Gilgore	

Arco	 -- Atlantic Refining Co.

Atlas -- Geo. D. Wetherill & Co

Averill	 -- Seeley Bros.	

Barreled Sunlight -- U.S. Gutta Percha Paint Co. 

Bessemer -- Rinald Bros.	

Blue Ribbon		 -- Beckwith-Chandler Co.

Bull's Eye -- Wm.Zinnser & Co.

Caboose  -- Beckwith-Chandler Co.

Calendar 	 -- Chas. H. Winkleman & Co.	

Calcimo  -- Montgomery Ward & Co

Cempro 	 -- Asphalt Products Co.	

Chalcol  -- H.B.Chalmers Co.	

Champion 	 -- King Paint Mfg. Co.	

Chi-Namel  -- Ohio Varnish Co.	

Chilton 	 -- G.A.Reeve & Co.	

Cliff 	 -- Frank S. DeRonde Co.	

Collier	 -- National Lead Co.	

Country Gentleman  -- M.G. Stoneman & Son

Colotec -- Western Auto Supply

Conservo -- Samuel Cabot Inc

Coverall	 -- Montgomery Ward & Co.	

Creo-Dipt -- J.W.Stonebeck & Sons

Creolite -- Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co.	

Cup Defender	 -- Edward Smith & Co.

Deco Electro -- Elmquist-Hannan Co.	

Degrah	 -- Keystone Varnish	

Detro	 -- Detroit Whitehead Works

Duco -- Dupont DeNemours Co.

Duragloss  -- Ackerman Corp.	

Duramant	 -- Mayer & Loewenstein	

Durotone -- Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co.	

Elastic	 -- Atlantic Refining Co

El Dorado -- Rambo & Specht	

Effecto	 -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.

Escolac -- Edward Smith & Co.	

Expedite -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.

Flooralas -- Cincinnati Varnish	

Genasco -- Barber Asphalt Paving Co.	

Glasbrite	 -- Benjamin F.Forbes Co.

Gold Seal -- S.P. Van Duzer & Co.	

Golden Rule 	 -- Robinson's

Golden Shield 	 -- John G. Willits & Co

Graf-Tonic  -- Grafton & Son	

Gray's Ferry  -- Harrison Bros. & Co

Home Comfort  -- Wrought Iron Range Co.	

Haddonfield 	 -- John G. Willits & Co.	

Hilo  -- Moller & Schumann Co.

Hydrofugol  -- Central Chemical Co.	

Imperial  -- John Lucas Co

Ingersoll  -- Patron's Paint Works.	

Ironore  -- Prince Bros

Isolatine -- Roessler & Hasslackher  Chemical Co.			

I.X.L.	 -- Edward Smith & Co.	

Japalac  -- Glidden Varnish Co.

Japalac  -- Lowe Bros.

Jellitac  -- Arthur S. Hoyt	

Jigtime  -- Merkin	

Kemicoris  -- Eclipse Paint & Mfg. Co.	

Keystone  -- Keystone Varnish Co.	

Klenzer 	 -- Detroit Whitehead Works	

Kyanize -- Boston Varnish Co.	

Little Blueflag		 -- Lowe Bros.

Lu-co  -- John Lucas Co.

Luxeberry	 -- Berry Bros.	

Lux-o-lite -- Longman & Martinex	

Lawson	 -- Valentine & Co.

Lythite	 -- Frank S. DeRonde Co.	

Magnite -- J.A. & W. Bird & Co.

Monarch -- Senour Mfg.Co.

Monitor -- S.Wolf's Sons	

Mountain Torrent -- E.J. Sanford & Co.	

Mura lo -- Bowers Bros.	

Muresco -- Benjamin Moore & Co

Nava lite -- Chicago Varnish Co.	

Neals	 -- Acme White Licard & Color Works		

Nukote	 -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.

Opal-Gloss -- David B.Crockett Co.	

Opal-Lac -- David B.Crockett Co.	

Paragon -- Charles H. Connors Co.

Paragon -- Charles H.Connors Co. Paint Mfg. Co.

Petrol	 -- J.A. & W. Bird & Co

Pilgrim -- Vaughan Paint Co.

Primelac -- David B.Crockett Co.		

Railway -- Beckwith-Chandler Co.

Raven	 -- Berry Bros.	

Red seal	 -- National Lead Co.	

Royal	 -- A. Wilhelm Co.	

Royal	 -- King Paint Mfg. Co.	

Ruberoid	 -- Ruberoid	

Ruskilla	 -- Atlas Preservative Co. of America

Sani-Flat -- Benjamin Moore & Co.

Sapolin -- Gerstenderfer Bros.

Seroco	 -- Sears Roebuck Co.

Shel-Lite	 -- Excelsior Varnish Works	

Star -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.	

Suncota -- F.O.Pierce Co.	

Sun Proff -- Patton Paint Co.

Sunshine -- Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co.	

Superior -- Detroit Graphite Mfg. Co.

Super-Tex	 -- Tex Products Inc.

Surpaco -- St. Louis Surfacer & Paint Co.	

Thermalite -- Hascall Paint Co. 

Town & Country -- Harrison Bros. & Co. 	

Town & Country -- Sager & Jennings	

Trade	 -- Harrison Bros. & Co.		

Trinidad -- Thomas Mfg. Co.	

Valdura -- American Asphalt Paint Co.

Valspar -- Valentine & Co.

Velvex	 -- Barret Mfg. Co.

Vitralite  -- Vaughan Paint Co.	

Vitrolite -- Pratt & Lambert Inc.

Wadsworth 	 -- King Paint Mfg. Co.	

Wax-Lac -- Detroit Whitehead Works

Wheeler's	 -- Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co.

Florence White  -- A. Wheeler & Co.

Watco	 -- Wm. Waterall & Co.	

Zinolin		 -- Keystone Varnish Co.
name: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Enamel and enameling
label: Topic
content: Consumer goods -- Catalogs
label: Topic
content: Trade associations
label: Topic
content: Retail trade
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Paints is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
creator: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Paints
abstract: label: Summary
content: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.19 Cubic feet (consisting of 9 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, 1 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material. )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1803-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Paints
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Printed ephemera
label: Type
content: Publications
label: Type
content: Business letters
label: Type
content: Business ephemera
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Periodicals
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Illustrations
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Printed material
label: Type
content: Trade cards
label: Type
content: Commercial correspondence
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Receipts
label: Type
content: Commercial catalogs
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Advertising
label: Type
content: Catalogues
label: Type
content: Business cards
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content: Printed materials
label: Type
content: Mail order catalogs
label: Type
content: Sales catalogs
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content: Letterheads
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Advertising cards
label: Type
content: Advertising fliers
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Print advertising
label: Type
content: Trade literature
label: Type
content: Manufacturers' catalogs
label: Type
content: Advertising mail
label: Type
content: Samples
label: Type
content: Invoices
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections.

For this subject, minimal processing included arrangement to the folder level, based on prior processing and preservation action, with retention of the pre-existing arrangement when possible, if applicable. Otherwise, an order was imposed by the Processing Archivist. Some materials were consolidated to eliminate excess bulk, but items within folders were not arranged further. The guide may or may not include a more refined list of folder contents. Nonarchival housing was replaced for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have
not all been removed.

Minimal level processing and machine-readable finding aid completed by Max Howell, March 2017.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Printed ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications
label: Genre/Form
content: Business letters
label: Genre/Form
content: Business ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Reports
label: Genre/Form
content: Periodicals
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrations
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications -- Business
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed material
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercial correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Receipts
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercial catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogues
label: Genre/Form
content: Business cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed materials
label: Genre/Form
content: Mail order catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sales catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterheads
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising fliers
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Print advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade literature
label: Genre/Form
content: Manufacturers' catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising mail
label: Genre/Form
content: Samples
label: Genre/Form
content: Invoices
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Material within the subject category Paints relates to the production and sales of interior and exterior paint in the United States. 

The series contains business records and advertisements generated by manufacturers and distributors of paints, enamels, and varnishes in the form of receipts for goods and services, price lists, paint samples, import and export documents, advertising catalogues and pamphlets. No complete or substantial number of records exists for any single company. 

Additional material includes guides and scrapbooks manufactured by paint companies, educational material about painting and interior decorating, types and qualities of paint, and literature discussing select histories of paints.

The oversize items are comprised of paint and color swatches, can labels, printed advertisements, brochures, related publications, and images. Images include houses, rooms, painters, and families. 

There is no detailed information fNo particular depth is present for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of paint, the paint industry, and home or furniture decoration and alteration.
relatedmaterial: label: Forms Part Of
content: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material