Object Details
Variant company name
also in New Jersey
Company Name
Parr Paint & Color Co.
Date
1900s
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_28876
Type of material
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Notes content
Three Parr Paints of Quality paint sample books (wall, floor, porch). A duplicate pair of brochures entitled "Arrest Rust with Rust-O-Lene". A duplicate pair of circa 1936-1940 brochures for radiator paint, entitled "Silver-Tint The Hot Surface Coating". A 1936 brochure entitled "Aluminum Paint Modern Alchemy". An undated flyer for Alumilastic cauking compound. A 1936 brochure promoting Alumilastic for use in the automotive , railroad , ship building , airplane construction and commercial building industries, as well as for civil engineering purposes such as bridges. A circa 1952 brochure for Parflex compounds for caulking, glazing, weather stripping, pointing, patching and seaming. A 1952 brochure for Alumiseal pressure-sensitive tape for glazing thermopane windows. A 1958 flyer entitled "Description of Alumiseal". A duplicate pair of circa 1948-1952 brochures for Alumilastic entitled "Wherever a Water-tight Corrosion Free Joint is Required."
Includes
Trade catalog, manual and samples
Types of samples
3 sets of paint samples (chips) from 1938, 1940 and 1952
Includes
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description
15 pieces; 1 box
Place
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Location
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic (Romaine term)
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)
Architectural designs and building materials
Paint; varnishes; adhesives; coatings; etc.
Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)
Chemicals and chemical products
Topic
"Decoration and ornament, Architectural"
Adhesives
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Airships
Architectural design
Automobiles
Balloons
Boats and boating
Building materials
Chemicals
Marine machinery
Motor vehicles
Paint industry and trade
Railroad equipment industry
Ships
Street-railroads
Subways
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_28876