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 Posted: Sat Sep 4th, 2021 11:18 pm
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Ed Teach
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 Wizard is a name used by Western Auto. I can not find anything on it but the Wizard name on the badge. Its 12 inch box fan in very good condition.

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 Posted: Sat Sep 4th, 2021 11:19 pm
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 Posted: Sun Sep 5th, 2021 01:54 am
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 Don't know who actually made it, but Wizard was a Western Auto brand.

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 Posted: Sun Sep 5th, 2021 01:56 am
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 edision by mcgraw?
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 Posted: Tue Sep 7th, 2021 12:51 pm
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 THOSE WERE MADE BY BERSTED UNDER MANY NAMES, ESKIMO, ZERO, LIDO SUPER JET, TOASTMASTER, CORONADO ...I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SEARS VERSION...
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 Posted: Tue Sep 7th, 2021 01:18 pm
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 I love these little fans. They put out a good amount of air for the size. I will oil and repaint it same color.
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 I have the 20" version of that fan, badged as an Eskimo, its early 1960's vintage and mine was one I picked up from Goodwill for $5 they were going to scrap it out so I bought it from the scrap heap when I worked there half a decade ago. I replaced the power cord and oiled up the motor and straightened out the blade and it is one of my best running box fans in my collection with a 1 minute and 20 second spindown time.  :clap: :D :dude:
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 Ed, they came as Edison, McGraw Edison and other names as well, ,but it also came as a 14" and there was a 12" with a 3 wing blade that turned CCW and a later version with plastic front grille and 3 wing smoke blade and also a 5 wing blade version in 12 or 14" ...they got a lot of mileage out of this box design 
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