Electric Launch and Navigation Company, later known as Electric Launch Company
("Elco"), may be said to have been born at the Colombian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. 55
launches, each 36 feet long and powered by battery-powered electric motors, carried over a
million passengers on the waterways of the Exposition from April 15th through October 31st,
1893.
From 1892 through two World Wars and up to the time of its closing in 1949, Elco
designed and built - or had built - more than 6,000 pleasure boats ranging in size from an 18 foot
gig or yacht tender to cruising power boats up to 127 feet in length. It also built craft for the
government of the United States and of other countries including lifeboats for the U.S.Coast
Guard, launches and tenders for various navies, anti-submarine motor launches in World War I,
and PT boats in World War II.
It is not known precisely who founded Elco. Electric motors that could be used for marine
application had been invented by William Woodnut Griscom of Philadelphia in 1879, and in
1880 he started the Electric Dynamic Company. In 1892 Griscom's electrical company went
bankrupt, and Electric Dynamic Company was bought by Isaac Leopold Rice who founded
Electric Storage Battery Company ("Exide"). Rice had become interested in Electric Launch
Company; they had been buying his storage batteries. He also was interested in Holland Torpedo
Boat Company. He purchased the latter and merged it, along with Elco, into the Electric Boat
Company in 1899. In 1900, Elco, which had previously acted as middleman by farming out the
hull contracts and installing Griscom's motors and Rice's batteries, built its own boat-building
facility at Bayonne, NJ.
Henry R. Sutphen joined Elco in 1892, and may have been one of its founders. It was he,
more than any other person, who built the pleasure boat interest. He ran Elco from 1895 to 1949.
In 1906 he hired Irwin Chase, a young naval architect. It was Chase who designed the 550
sub-chasers for the British in 1915, and he created the famous Elco "Cruisette". In 1922 Chase
became General Manager of Elco. His assistant in World War I was a designer, Glenville Sinclair
Tremaine, who became the chief naval designer in 1923. The latter was joined by Alfred "Bill"
Flemming. This team worked together during World War II building PT boats. After the war,
Elco went back to building pleasure boats, but by 1948 it was just a small branch of the Electric
Boat Conglomerate handled by John Jay Hopkins. Hopkins felt that Elco was not a profitable
enterprise, and in December of 1949 the work force was let go, and the equipment, supplies and
plant in Bayonne were sold.
Reference:Swanson, William C., Introduction and notes to Launches and Yachts, the 1902
Elco Catalog,1984.
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Spear, Lawrence Y. (Lawrence York), 1870-1950
Sutphen, Preston L.
Coll. 213, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum,
Inc.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Electric Launch and Navigation Company Papers ca.
1901-1949
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Elco Customer Correspondence & Related Papers |
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Box
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Folder
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Testimonial Letters; ca. 1901-1916 |
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2 |
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Testimonial Letters; ca. 1922-1933 |
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3 |
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Customer
correspondence; 1930 |
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4 |
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Hull #2974 |
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5 |
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Hull #3051 |
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6 |
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Hull #3229 |
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7 |
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Hull #3231 |
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8 |
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Hull #3232 |
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9 |
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Hull #3233 |
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10 |
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Hull #3234 |
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11 |
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Hull #3236 |
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12 |
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Hull #3237 |
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13 |
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Hull #3238 |
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14 |
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Hull #3239 |
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15 |
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Hull #3240 |
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16 |
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Hull #3241 |
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17 |
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Hull #3242-3245 |
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18 |
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Hull #3246 |
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19 |
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Hull #3247 |
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Box
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Folder
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1 |
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Hull #3248 |
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2 |
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Hull #3249 |
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3 |
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Hull #3251 |
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4 |
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Hull #3252 |
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5 |
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Hull #3253 |
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6 |
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Hull #3255 |
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7 |
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Hull #3256 |
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8 |
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Hull #3257 |
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9 |
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Hull #3258 |
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10 |
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Hull #3259 |
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11 |
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Hull #3260 |
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12 |
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Hull #3311 |
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13 |
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Hull #3530 |
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14 |
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Hull #3952 |
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15 |
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Hull #4020 |
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16 |
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Hull #4108 |
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17 |
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Correspondence and
orders, with Seabrook Shipyard, Seabrook, Texas; 1946-1948 |
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Miscellaneous Business Files; 1929-1939, ca. 1945-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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Correspondence &
memos re. publicity photos; 1929-1931 |
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2 |
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Shop Orders; 1939 |
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3 |
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Accounts paid; Paris
& Peart (advertising); 1938 |
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4 |
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Accounts paid; Paris
& Peart (advertising); 1939 |
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5 |
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Accounts paid;
Morris Rosenfeld (photographer); 1934 & 1938 |
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6 |
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Accounts paid;
Morris Rosenfeld (photographer); 1939 |
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Box
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Folder
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27' Sport Cruiser,
Memos, Adv., and data; l946-1948 |
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2 |
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Master Carpenter's
Certificates, Elco Boats; ca. 1945-1949 |
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3 |
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Memos &
Correspondence re. Plant Restaurant & Food Service; ca. 1940-1947 |
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4 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Plant Reconversion & Repairs; 1945-1949 |
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5 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Lamont Property; 1946-1949 |
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6 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Howard Place Property; 1947 |
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7 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Proposed Rental of Building #21 by Merritt Chapman & Scott; 1948 |
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8 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Plant Property; Taxes, Bayonne; 1947-1948 |
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9 |
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Electric Boat Co.;
Plant Property-General; ca. 1947-1949 |
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10 |
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Correspondence re.
capital appropriations for Elco Divisions; 1947-1949 |
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11 |
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Correspondence re.
Executive Committee Meetings; 1949 |
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12 |
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Minutes, Industrial
Relations Conference; 1948 Jun 10 |
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13 |
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Correspondence &
reports re. Senior Advisory Committee of Electric Boat Co.; 1948 |
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14 |
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Memos re. Sales
Catalogs & Literature; 1946-1948 |
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15 |
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Miscellaneous
papers, memos, etc.; ca. 1947-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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1 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Jan |
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C. J. O'Neill correspondence and memos; 1934-1940 |
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Box
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Folder
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Jan |
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2 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Feb |
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2 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Feb |
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3 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Mar |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Mar |
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4 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Apr |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Apr-May |
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5 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Jun-Jul |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 May |
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6 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Jun |
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6 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Aug |
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7 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Sep |
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7 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Jul |
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8 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Aug |
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8 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Oct |
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9 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Sep |
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9 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Nov |
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10 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Oct |
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10 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1935 Dec |
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11 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Nov |
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11 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 Jan-Feb |
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12 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1934 Dec |
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12 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 Mar-Apr |
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13 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 May |
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14 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 Jun |
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15 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 Jul-Aug |
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16 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1936 Sep-Dec |
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17 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1937 Jan-May |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1938 |
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19 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1939 |
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20 |
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C. J. O'Neill
correspondence; 1940 |
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Lawrence Y. Spear, President of Electric Boat Co.; Correspondence; 1940-1947 |
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Box
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Folder
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Lawrence Y. Spear;
General Correspondence re. production of motor torpedo boats and PT boats during war and
business Post War; 1940-1947 |
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Lawrence Y. Spear;
Reports of boats built, personnel, trial runs, progress reports and labor costs; 1946-1947 |
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Lawrence Y. Spear;
Reports on expenses, losses, labor hours, production of pleasure boats; 1947 |
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Lawrence Y.
Spear-Business reports and sales of pleasure boats; 1947 |
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Preston L. Sutphen, Vice President & General Manager, Electric Boat Co.,
Correspondence, Reports, Memos, etc.; 1944-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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Correspondence
regarding general business and prospects for Post War production; 1944-1949 |
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2 |
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Memos, reports, and
correspondence; 1946 |
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3 |
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Memos, reports, and
correspondence; 1947 |
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4 |
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Memos, reports, and
correspondence; 1948 |
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John J. Hopkins, President of Electric Boat Co., correspondence, memos,
reports, etc.; 1947-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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1 |
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Memos, reports to
Mr. John J. Hopkins containing estimates of construction of one PT boat, laminated bowling pins
and yachts. Recommendations contained in Armstrong Report as to Post War production.
Correspondence between Preston L. Sutphen, Vice President and General Manager-Elco
Divisions, Bayonne, N.J. and John J. Hopkins, President of Electric Boat Co.; 1947-1948 |
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Correspondence
between John J. Hopkins, President of Electric Boat Co., Preston L.Sutphen, Vice President &
General Manager of Elco Divisions and Ivon R. Ford,President of Ford Factory Built Homes
concerning purchase and construction of a Ford house on John J. Hopkins farm in Virginia.
Electric Boat considering going into the manufacture of Ford houses; 1948-1949 |
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John J. Hopkins,
Preston L. Sutphen-correspondence re. Navy Procurement Bill to come up in Congress to be
utilized in case of national emergency (another war), reports of sales, advertising expenditures,
general operating cost estimates; 1947-1949 |
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4 |
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John J.
Hopkins-contributions from Electric Boat Co. to YMCA, Red Cross, Community Chest, Navy
League, etc.; 1947-1949 |
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5 |
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John J.
Hopkins-Inventories, reports on stock, plant machinery and equipment, boats; 1948 |
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6 |
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John J.
Hopkins-monthly reports of Elco operations and correspondence relating to them; 1947 Aug-1948 Jun |
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7 |
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John J.
Hopkins-monthly reports of Elco operations and correspondence relating to them; 1948 Jul-1949 Dec |
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8 |
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John J.
Hopkins-Reports and correspondence re. production of pleasure boats, one PT boat and bowling
pins; 1947-1949 |
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9 |
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John J.
Hopkins-Contract with U.S. Navy for experimental PT Boat, and correspondence relating to it.
Also bowling pin manufacturing; 1947-1948 |
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Elcowood Division, Car Bodies; ca. 1946-1948 |
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Box
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Folder
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Station Wagon
Bodies; Dodge Desoto; 1946-1947 |
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2 |
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Station Wagon
Bodies; Plymouth; 1945-1947 |
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3 |
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Elcowood
Division-Disposal of Ash; 1947 |
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4 |
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Elcowood
Division-General Papers; ca.1947-1948 |
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Elcowood Division; Bowling Pins & "Elco-Bowl"; 1947-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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Elcowood
Division-"Elco-Bowl"; 1948 |
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2 |
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Elcowood
Division-"Elco Bowl"; 1949 |
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3 |
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Bowling Pins;
Adjustment Policy; 1948-1949 |
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4 |
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Bowling Pins; AMF
Contract; 1948-1949 |
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5 |
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Bowling Pins;
American Machine & Foundry (AMF); 1948-1949 |
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6 |
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Bowling Pins; Fibre
Bottoms-Hoffman, C.M.; 1948 |
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7 |
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Bowling Pins; Fibre
Bottoms-General; 1948-1949 |
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8 |
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Bowling Pins;
Kimber Bottoms; 1948-1949 |
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9 |
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Bowling Pins; Prices;
ten pins & duck pins; 1947-1949 |
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10 |
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Bowling Pins;
Shipping Schedules; 1949 |
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11 |
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Bowling Pins;
Tests, American Bowling Congress; 1948 |
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12 |
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Bowling Pins;
Tests-AMF; 1947-1949 |
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13 |
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Bowling Pins;
Tests-General; 1948-1949 |
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14 |
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Bowling Pins-Tests
(Instructions regarding); 1948 |
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15 |
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Bowling Pins-Costs
& Cost Estimates; 1947-1949 |
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16 |
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Bowling
Pins-Tests-Dropping Machine; 1948 |
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17 |
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Bowling Pins-Alley
Tests; 1947-1949 |
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18 |
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Bowling
Pins-Advertisements, testimonials, etc.; 1947-1949 |
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Retirement Plan and Employee Information; 1942-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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Retirement Plan; 1946 |
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2 |
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Retirement Plan; 1948 |
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3 |
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Retirement Plan &
General Employee data; ca.1945-1948 |
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4 |
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Retirement; reports,
memos, etc.; ca.1947-1949 |
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Papers re. employee
invention; ca.1942-1947 |
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6 |
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Retirement dinner
for Electric Boat Employees; 1948 |
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7 |
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Misc. papers re.
Electric Boat Employees; ca.1945-1949 |
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Elco Business & Production Reports, Statistics, etc.; 1946-1949 |
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Box
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Folder
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Accounting
Report-Arthur Andersen & Co., N.Y.; 1947 |
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2 |
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Reports-Elco Boat
Business, 1946 and estimates for 1947 |
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Reports-Elco Boat
Business; 1947 Jul |
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4 |
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Reports-Profit and
Loss Estimates of Elco Boat Division; 1947-1949 |
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Electric Boat
Co.-Reports of Monthly overhead; 1947 Jul-1949 Oct |
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Elco Boat Orders; 1947 Feb-1949 Apr |
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7 |
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Weekly reports of
Elco boats delivered; 1946-1949 |
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Report on Elco Division of Electric Boat Co.; 1947-1949 |
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Elco Division
Report by Geo. S. Armstrong & Co., Inc.; 1947 Nov 20 |
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Confidential
memorandum by Geo. S. Armstrong & Co., Inc.; 1947 Dec 17 |
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Correspondence
with George S. Armstrong & Co.; 1947-1949 |
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Reports, etc., Regarding the Termination of Yacht Building Business; 1947-1949 |
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Folder
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Report: Subject of
Continuing or discontinuing Building of ELCO Boats; 1947 Apr 11 |
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Memo "Re.
Termination of ELCO Activities"; 1949 May 24 |
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Papers re. laying up
of plant; 1949 |
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Sale of boat parts
service; 1949 |
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Auction sale data
and related papers; 1949 |
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Nelseco Information and Elco history material |
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Folder
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Nelseco, photos |
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Nelseco, contract
with The New London Marine Iron Works Co. for "two small tow boats"; 1914 |
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Nelseco, "Report
on Building of Four Warships, Based on War in Europe." U.S. Dept of the Navy; 1915 |
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Nelseco, "Naval
Appropriation Bill", Hon. James L. Slayden; 1915 |
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Nelseco, "Nelseco
Siren"; 1918 Nov 1 |
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Nelseco, "Nelseco
Diesel Engines"; ca. 1924 |
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Nelseco,
NELSECO II specifications; 1920 |
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Nelseco,
MADELEINE specifications; 1914 |
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Nelseco, Status
sheet; 1936 |
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10 |
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"Speed-Up"
official weekly of the Submarine Boat Corporation; 1919 Sep 14, 1920 Apr 10, 1920
Sep 14, 1920 Oct 16 |
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11 |
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Xerox copy of
article regarding Submarine Boat Corporation; undated |
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12 |
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Articles and
advertisements regarding Elco yachts and launches; 1970-1990 |
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13 |
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Pamphlet,
"Presentation of the New Army-Navy 'E' to Elco Naval Division"; 1942 |
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Port Elco Club,
newsletters and miscellaneous materials; 1971-1985 |
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Xerox copy of
Scope article, "Arvid Ohlin Remembers EB's Biggest Diesel"; 1955 |
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Xerox copy of
Life article, "PT Squadron in the South Pacific"; 1943 May 10 |
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Xerox copy,
"Elco, the Inside Story of Motor Torpedo Boats", Elco Naval Division; undated |
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Postcards and
Brochures, "From Stem to Stern", Elco; 1990 |
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Electric Launch and Navigation Company Printed Materials; ca. 1908-1940
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Elco Boat & Engine Circulars, Brochures, and Catalogs; ca.1908-1940 |
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Brochure-MARINETTE |
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Brochure-MARINETTE 24 |
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Brochure-MARINETTE 27 |
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Brochure-ELCO 27
Sport Cruiser |
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Brochure-ELCOETTE 30 |
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6 |
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Brochure-VEEDETTE 30 |
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7 |
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Brochure-VEEDETTE 31 |
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8 |
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Brochure-ELCOETTE 32 |
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9 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE |
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10 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE 32 |
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11 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE 34 |
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12 |
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Brochure-ELCO
38 |
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13 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE 38 |
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14 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE 41 |
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Brochure-ELCO
42 |
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15 |
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Brochure-CRUISETTE 44 |
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Brochure-ELCO
50 |
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16 |
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Brochure-Elco
Motor Yacht 53 |
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17 |
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Brochure-Elco
Motor Yacht 57 |
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18 |
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Catalog-Elco
Motor Boats; l908 |
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19 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
catalog; ca.1920 |
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20 |
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(transferred to Box
13a/10) |
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21 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
"Marine Views", catalog; ca. 1914 |
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22 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
catalog; ca. l923 |
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23 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
"Marine Views", catalog; ca. 1923 |
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24 |
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Port Elco, circular; l924 |
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25 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
catalog; ca. 1924 |
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26 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
"Marine Views", catalog; ca. 1925 |
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27 |
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Elco Motor Boat,
catalog; 1922 |
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28 |
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Elco Motor Boats,
catalog; l928-1929 |
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29 |
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Elco catalog; l929 |
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30 |
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Elco catalog; l930 |
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31 |
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Yearbook of Elco
Motor Boats; l930 |
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32 |
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"Story of Elco
Cruisers"; ca. l930 |
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33 |
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"What is the
Modern Cruiser?"; ca. l935 |
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34 |
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"Why Your Next
Cruiser Should Be An Elco"; ca. l935 |
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35 |
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Elco catalogs, (3
pieces); 1938, 1939, & 1940 |
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36 |
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Elco "Angler"
Models; ca. 1940 |
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37 |
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"Better Boats...and
How to Build Them"; ca. 1940 |
|
38 |
|
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"The New Elco
Fleet"; ca. 1941 |
|
38a |
|
|
Elco catalog; 1948 |
|
39 |
|
|
"Southward
Bound", Elco Cruisers & Motor Yachts; 1941 |
|
40 |
|
|
Catalog Circulars,
Elco Marine Engines; undated |
|
41 |
|
|
Instructions, Parts
Price List, for Elco F Marine Engines; 1926-1927 |
|
42 |
|
|
Instructions, Parts
Price List, for Elco F-6 Marine Engine; 1926 |
|
43 |
|
|
Instructions, Parts
Price List, for Elco 4 cyl. F-42, & 6 cyl. F-62 Marine Engines; 1929 Jun |
|
44 |
|
|
Elco Marine
Engines catalog; ca. 1935 |
|
45 |
|
|
Elco A.B.
Gasoline Engines catalog; undated |
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|
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|
Elco Product Price Lists & Specifications; ca. 1910-1940 |
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Box
|
Folder
|
| 15 |
1 |
|
|
Elco Price Lists; 1911-1946 |
|
2 |
|
|
Information re.
price lists and prices of Elco Boats; 1946-1948 |
|
3 |
|
|
Specifications for
various Elco boat models; ca. 1929-1935 |
|
4 |
|
|
Elco Cruisers and
Motor Yachts, General Service manual; ca. 1946 |
|
|
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|
|
Miscellaneous Printed Material; ca. 1920-1940 |
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Box
|
Folder
|
| 16 |
1 |
|
|
Inventory of Elco
Product Catalogs; 1918 Dec |
|
2 |
|
|
Elco Cruisers:
Outboard profiles & cabin plans; ca. 1940 |
|
3 |
|
|
"Elco Boating",
(several copies); 1929 Aug ed. |
|
4 |
|
|
(Transferred to Box
13a/6) |
|
5 |
|
|
"The Sailplane",
Yachting; 1934 Feb |
|
6 |
|
|
"Development of
Modern Cruisers", Motor Boating; 1937 Jul |
|
7 |
|
|
Electric Boat Co.,
"By Laws"; 1947-1949 |
|
8 |
|
|
"Smart World
Afloat", Vanity Fair; 1928 Aug |
|
9 |
|
|
"Cruising or
Touring-Which?", Motor Boat; 1915 Mar 10 |
|
10 |
|
|
"Graduating from
the Motor Car"; undated |
|
11 |
|
|
Elco
miscellaneous catalog covers; undated |
|
12 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
Elco publicity, advertisements, etc.; ca. 1940 |
|
13 |
|
|
Elco stationary,
business forms, etc.; undated |
|
14 |
|
|
Miscellaneous
printed material |
|
|
|
|
|
Elco Boat & Engine Circulars, Catalogs, etc.; (duplicates of material in Box
14, and vols. #1 and #2) |
|
Box
|
Folder
|
| 17 |
1 |
|
|
Elco Boat
circulars-Duplicates |
|
2 |
|
|
Elco small circulars
for cruisers-Duplicates |
|
3 |
|
|
Elco color
brochures for cruisers-Duplicates |
|
4 |
|
|
Illustration &
specifications, Elco Cruisers-Duplicates |
|
5 |
|
|
Elco Boat, printed
Specifications-Duplicates |
|
6 |
|
|
Elco Engine
Catalogs, Specifications, etc.,-Duplicates |
|
7 |
|
|
Elco Service
Manuals-Duplicates; ca. 1946 |
|
|
|
|
|
Elco Product catalogs & Price Lists; ca. 1921-1947 (duplicates of material
found in vols. 3- 25) |
|
Box
|
Folder
|
| 17A |
1 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1923 |
|
2 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1925 |
|
3 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1926 |
|
4 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1928 |
|
5 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1929 |
|
6 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1931 |
|
7 |
|
|
Elco product
catalog information; 1939 |
|
8 |
|
|
Elco product price
lists; ca. 1920-1940 |
|
|
Electric Launch and Navigation Company Volumes 1892-1949
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production Records (Box 18 also on MR 207); 1892-1949 |
|
Box
|
Folder
|
| 18 |
1 |
|
|
Launch orders, etc.,
hull nos. 1-707; ca. 1892-1915 |
|
2 |
|
|
Lifeboat list, nos.
328-838 (+1416); ca. 1905-1916 |
|
3 |
|
|
List of "Elco
Express" Owners; ca. 1905-1919 |
|
4 |
|
|
Vol. A: Production
Book, Shop nos. 1-540; 1894-1909 |
|
5 |
|
|
Vol. B: Production
Book, Hull nos. 541-2480; 1909-1930 |
|
6 |
|
|
Vol. C: Production
Book, Hull nos. 2481-3683; 1930-1949 |
|
|
|
|
|
Xerox copies of vols. A, B and C production books; |
|
Box
|
Folder
|
| 18A |
|
|
|
Xerox copies of
vols. A, B and C production books |
|
|
|
|
|
Circulars; ca. 1900-1935 |
|
Volume
|
|
1 |
|
|
Elco Boat Catalog
Circulars, nos. 1-100 (+un-numbered circulars): Archival Set; ca. 1900-1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
Price List of
Gasoline Launches ca. 1911 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
18' Electric
Launch |
|
2 |
|
|
|
25' Electric
Launch |
|
3 |
|
|
|
36' Electric
Launch |
|
4 |
|
|
|
30' Electric
Passenger Launch |
|
5 |
|
|
|
Electric
Launch Power Equipment |
|
6 |
|
|
|
Electric
Launches |
|
7 |
|
|
|
High-Speed
Cabin Launches |
|
8 |
|
|
|
Motor Yachts |
|
9 |
|
|
|
60-70' Motor
Yachts |
|
10 |
|
|
|
Gasoline
Bunting Cabin Launches |
|
11 |
|
|
|
Elco
Gasoline Cabin Launches |
|
12 |
|
|
|
47' De
Lux |
|
13 |
|
|
|
40' Elco
Express |
|
14 |
|
|
|
Hunting
Cabin Launches |
|
15 |
|
|
|
35'
Elco-Peerless |
|
16 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Motor Boats |
|
17 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Yacht Tenders |
|
18 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Yacht Tenders |
|
19 |
|
|
|
30'
Elco-Peerless |
|
20 |
|
|
|
35'
Elco-Peerless |
|
21 |
|
|
|
Raised Deck
Cruising Boats |
|
22 |
|
|
|
Raised Deck
Cruising Yachts |
|
23 |
|
|
|
91' Cruising
Yacht |
|
24 |
|
|
|
Elco Shops
and Facilities |
|
25 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Yacht Tenders |
|
26 |
|
|
|
26' Elco
Express |
|
27 |
|
|
|
35' Elco
Express |
|
28 |
|
|
|
40' Elco
Cruiser |
|
29 |
|
|
|
Elco-de-Luxe Motor Yacht |
|
30 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Gasoline Motors |
|
31 |
|
|
|
United States
Power Life Boats |
|
32 |
|
|
|
Twin Screw
Motor Yachts |
|
33? |
|
|
|
Elco Motor
Boats |
|
34 |
|
|
|
Elco Motor
Boats |
|
35 |
|
|
|
Main Office
and Works |
|
36 |
|
|
|
A Marine
Railway Always At Hand |
|
37 |
|
|
|
98' Motor
Yacht |
|
38 |
|
|
|
62' Motor
Yacht |
|
39 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Yacht Tenders |
|
40 |
|
|
|
28' Elco
Express |
|
41 |
|
|
|
35' Elco
Express |
|
42 |
|
|
|
Elco-de-Luxe Motor Yacht |
|
42 |
|
|
|
Elco De Lux
Motor Yacht |
|
43 |
|
|
|
40' Elco
Cruiser |
|
43 |
|
|
|
40' Elco
Cruiser |
|
44 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Gasoline Engines |
|
45 |
|
|
|
Raised Deck
Elco Cruising Yachts |
|
46 |
|
|
|
Electric
Launches |
|
47 |
|
|
|
New Elco
Electric Launch |
|
48 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Cabin Launches |
|
49 |
|
|
|
16 & 20 Foot
Elco-Planes |
|
50 |
|
|
|
84' Motor
Yachts |
|
51 |
|
|
|
Raised Deck
Cruising Yachts |
|
52 |
|
|
|
36' Elco
Cruiser |
|
53 |
|
|
|
75' Motor
Yacht |
|
54 |
|
|
|
Elco Express
Yacht Tenders |
|
55 |
|
|
|
16 & 20 Foot
Elco planes |
|
56 |
|
|
|
High Speed
Gasoline Engines |
|
57 |
|
|
|
45' Elco
Cruiser |
|
58 |
|
|
|
36' Elco
Cruiser |
|
59 |
|
|
|
28' Elco
Express |
|
60 |
|
|
|
35' Elco
Express |
|
61 |
|
|
|
84' Motor
Yacht |
|
62 |
|
|
|
Elco Motor
Boat |
|
63 |
|
|
|
Elco Marine
Views, Elco Motor Boats |
|
64 |
|
|
|
Main Office
and Works |
|
65 |
|
|
|
16 & 20 Foot
Elcoplanes |
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