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Convention

UpdateThe ADCA 1992 year reaches its

peak August 1-4 when Lillianand Dick Balasa host the 1992ADCA National convention at theRamada Inn in Elgin, Illinois.The facility features a restau­rant and lounge, plenty ofspace to relax, socialize andtalk doorknobs.

A change in the auctionschedule is being made thisyear. Normally held in theevening, often running wellpast 11:00 p.m., the auctionwill start at 9:00 a.m. onTuesday and should be completedin time to enjoy the picnicthat afternoon.

The Display contests and the"open to the publ Lc " time willbe done the first full day ofthe official convention, Sunday.

Photo by Art Paholke

Buying, selling and trading,the backbone of the convention,will be done on Sunday and Mon­day.

Planned for Monday during theday are four-one hour presenta­tions that should be very in­teresting to all collectors anddealers.

The annual business meetingwill be Monday evening. Annualreports are presented and busi­ness is transacted as neces­sary.

A visit to Chicago, taking inthe Kane County flea market, avisit to the Nemecs (and of­fices of The Doorknob Collec­tor) and the many fine arearestaurants should help add upto a great time at the 1992convention .•

ADCA Convention, Elgin, IL, August 1-4,1992

THE OPEN DOOR_e _by ra nemec

It has been threeyears since the lastADCA convention washeld in the Midwest.We are hoping to seea lot of friends whocould not make theEast or West Coastconvention plus allthe members from theMidwest who havejoined since 1989.

Let us make the1992 convention atElgin a huge suc­cess. The way to dothat is to come andbe a part of it.

Last year at SouthLake Tahoe, we foundthat members attend­ing their first con­vention were a bitapprehensive aboutbringing displays,traders or knobs forsale. Once theyfound out what afriendly and helpfulgroup members ofADCA are they real­ized there was noneed to be con­cerned.

Whether you justwant to come andlook at knobs andchat with fellowcollectors or getinvolved in the auc-July-August 1992

tion, buy from deal­ers, trade with fel­low members or learnfrom the many infor­mative presenta­tions, the conven­tion is a greatplace to be.

For those who wantto have an informalget together beforethe convention getsinto full swing,Loretta and I areinviting you to ourhome Friday evening(July 31, 1992).This is where we dothe newsletter,which, for many mem­bers, may be theonly source of door­knob information be­tween conventions.We will also haveour accumulation ofknobs on display .•

New book

Maude L. Eastwoodwill be issuing anew book in the nearfuture. Major set­backs including mov­ing out of state,family health prob­lems, endless annoy­ing delays includingeyestrain and pro­duction problems,have accompanied herefforts.

Confident that the"worst is behindher," Eastwood looksforward to marketingher book through the

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ADCA office. Detailswill be following.

The A TO Z GUIDETO HISTORICBUILDERS' HARDWAREwill be a comprehen­sive guide to out­dated hardware thatshould answer themost often askedquestions as well asthose you didn'task, but shouldhave. Dealers andthe trade shouldalso find this guidehelpful.

If you draw ablank on most of thefollowing--you needthis book. Was East­lake a style or aschool of architec­ture? What has abracket bearing todo with a doorknob?What major manufac­turer of paperweightdoorknobs recentlypassed away? What isthe difference be­tween modern Colo­nial and Old-TimeColonial door hard­ware? What is Colo­nium, a finish or ametal? Is the term"Cremorne," or"Cremone" correctand what does it re­fer to?

(f (jJ1Jr llloorknob <rollrrtorPublished six times a year by AntiqueDoorknob Collectors of America. Inc.P.O. Box 126, Eola, Il 60519-{)126.Raymond and Loretta Nemec, Editors.Phone: 1-708-357-2381FAX: 1-708-357-2391Printed by Sun Pr1ntJng, Naperville. IlAnnual Membership In USA: $20.00Foreign rates on requesl

Their labor our love by Art Paholke

The following wordsare from Emile deLaveleye in his bookon LUXURY. He wrote,"Might not the man ofthe people, on whomthe curse of matterweight with so heavy aload, find the bestkind of alleviationfor his hardcondition, if his eyeswere open to whatLeonardo da Vincicalls la bellezza delmondo- the beautifulthings of the earth?"

I am sure we all, atone time or another,wondered who madethese beautiful worksof ART we now hold ingreat esteem.

History has taughtus that these people,that made these worksof ART, must have hada very nard anddifficult life. Unlessone has worked in asteel mill, foundry,metal stamping ormetal casting job, onecould not appreciatethe labor and/or thepain in the metalcasting industry. Iwas once told that ifan evil person workedin a foundry a while,he would soon give uphis evil ways becausehe would know whatHELL would be like.Just think of all thedirt, dust, hazardousand toxic materialsthey were exposed too.

Can anyone imaginewhat it would be liketo work ten or twelvehours a day, six day aweek, at filing,scraping, sanding or

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polishing these worksof ART?

Remember, at th i stime there were noFederal or state lawsthat would protect theworkers. There was noOSHA (Occupational,Safety and HealthAct), no minimum wagelaw, (Union Scale ofWages-1912 Molder-iron.38 cents an 'hour , La­borer .37 cents anhour, Blacksmith .40cents an hour), nochild Labor law, orbenefit law, such asUnemployment Compen­sation, and if theboss fired a workerthat was it. Theworker had no right toappeal.

Life at this timecould also be a livinghell for thewomen/housewife. Amongthe daily chores ahousewife faced in the1880's were choppingwood, lugging heavypails full of waterinto the house,emptying chamber pots,ironing with la-pound

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flatirons and makingall the family foodfrom scratch. Thewomen also sewedeverything their fami­lies wore, andfighting the soot fromkerosene lamps andcoal or wood-burningstoves was anothergargantuan job.

We owe these peopleso very much. May Isuggest that thisupcoming convention bededicated to theseunknown persons thatmade contributions toour collectable trea­sures, and they willnever be recognizedfor it.

The Matriarch of ourassociation, MaudEastwood, has sharedwith us a great dealof information aboutthechicagu HardwareManufacturing Company,and I humbly submitthe additionalfollowing informationthat you may find ofvalue.(continued page 4)

The i r lab 0 r 0 u r l 0 v e(continued from page 3)

THE CHICAGO HARDWAREMANUFACTURING COMPANY

1878-1906

On June 25, 1878,chicago real estatedealer Milton C. Nilesand his son, sidney S.Niles, received aunited states patentfor an innovativedirect-actionreversible latchlockset which wasunique to the Americanbuilders industry. HowNiles and his son cameto create this unusualvariation in hardwaretechnology is unknown,as Chicago citydirectories for theearly 1870's showMilton C. Nilesoperating a downtownreal estate business,while his son islisted in 1876 asbeing a "student".

The Niles marketedtheir new inventionthemselves, estab-lishing the lockmanufacturing firm ofNiles & Son by 1879.The firm's off ice andshowroom occupiedMilton Niles' formerdowntown Chicago realestate. No indicationgiven that the firm ofNiles & Son had itsown manUfacturingfacility atthis early stage ofdevelopment, suggest­ing that the actuallocksets were probablyfabricated for thefirm by outsidefoundries. Milton C.Niles applied for anadditional patent forJuly-August 1992

the reversible latchsystem in 1879, whichwas granted on May18th of the followingyear.

By 1880, the firmwas reorganized andrenamed the Gray IronCompany, securing afactory site at thenortheast corner ofErie and Kingsburystreets, amanufacturing districtnear downtown Chicagopopulated by otherfoundries and semi­heavy industries.Milton Niles withdrewfrom the reorganizedfirm, but his son,Sidney, remained assecretary. Thepresident of the newfirm was F. T. June,who had previouslybeen in the businessof manufacturingschool furniture. Thename, "Gray IronCompany," isdeceiving, as locksetsusing the Nilespatents seem to havebeen the firm'sprincipal product,advertising in the1881 city directory asthe "sole

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manufacturers ofNiles' patent MortiseDoor Knobs and Locks."An additional locksetpatent was secured bythe Milton C. Niles onMay 18, 1880.

By 1882, the firmwas renamed theChicago HardwareManufacturing Company,a name which wasretained throughoutits subsequent quartercentury of operation.As with the Gray IronCompany, F. T. Juneremained as presidentof the renamed companyand Sidney Niles assecretary. In subse­quent years, the of­f icers of the companychanged several times,although Sidney Nilescontinues to appear asan official throughoutlistings in the1890's.

Throughout its op­erations, the ChicagoHardware ManUfacturingCompany maintained anoffice and showroom indowntown Chicago,occupying suites invarious officebuildings. The factory(continued page 5)

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30, 1885. This schoolat 3527 South WallaceStreet, Chicago,Illinois was myMother's alma materand years later it wasalso mine (ill. nbr.4) •

Advertisements forthe Chicago HardwareManufacturing Companywere prominentlydisplayed in contem­porary architecturaljournals and trademagazines, particu­larly those of localorigin. The firmplaced an impressivetwo-page illustratedadvertisement in thefirst edition of thenow famous "Sweet's"Catalogue of BuildingConstruction,published in 1906, butwithin a year the firmclosed its doors,ending Chicago's majorparticipation in thebuilder's hardwareindustry. (continued page 6)

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were from the PabstBuilding, 609 Broad­way, Milwaukee, Wis­consin (S. S. Beman,Architect 1894)(ill. nbr , 2), Thephiladelphia, Penn-sylvania criminalCourts Building (ill.nbr. 3), and theWallace street PublicSchool 1881renamed George B.McClellan, December

~ remained at Erie andKingsbury streetsuntil 1895, when thefirm's manufacturingfacilities were movedto the suburb of NorthChicago.

Like the majorhardware companies ofthe East, the companymaintained animpressive catalogueof stock patterns,which by 1895reflected a wide va­riety of styles andschools of design.These patterns wereoffered in an exten­sive choice of mate­rials and finishes,including an autho­rized Bower-Barfffinish for cast-iron,licensed from theoriginal British

I patent-holders.The firm also so­

licited custom designorders, among itsprominent orders beingthe Schiller Building,Chicago (Adler &Sullivan, Architects1892). Chicago's mostimpressive example ofa pUblic structure wasthe Federal Building,constructed between1898 and 1905 tohouse the cities mainpost office, theunited States courtsand various governmentbureaus (Henry IvesCobb, Architect). Thedoor knobs boldly boreaU. S . or do lIarsign.,.. (ill. nbr.1). This unabashedexpression of civicpride was destroyed in1965-1966. Othersignificant orders

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How true thisstatement is, espe­cially if you areresearching the his­tory of the ChicagoHardware ManufacturingCompany, Many yearsago I made a trade ofcatalogs with the lateEmil Miller, and I ac­quired the companies1895 catalogue. I wasable to identify a fewof the knobs andescutcheons that arein my collection. Notlong after, Pat andHarvey Sass gave methe companies December1888 catalogue and somany more identi­fications were made.

with these catalogsand the informationthey contained Ibecame a dedicated andattentive student ofthe Chicago HardwareManufacturing Company.

The more I learnedthe more questionsbecame apparent. Isoon learned thatthere was little ifany other availablecatalogs, architec­tural journals ortrade magazines that

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would help me in myresearch.

I would like toshare with you some ofmy observations, frus­trations andquestions (unanswered)that I haveencountered in re­searching the historyof the ChicagoHardware ManufacturingCompany.

How did the Nilesdevelop their radicallocking device? Thefather in real estateand the son a student.

Why they did not tryto integrate theirlocks with theconventional locks ofthe times?

Why they hadcylinders larger thanthe standardcylinders? ChicagoHardware ManufacturingCompany cylinders are1-3/8" and thestandard cylinders are1-1/8".

Why their Sample andSales room in the u.S.Express Building, 87Washington Street,Chicago, representedby George J. Adam, hadhours only between 11am and 1 pm.

I could go on,"but" .-

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Resource Information:Tim Samuelson -Commission on Chicago LandmarksHandbook for Architects and Builders1902Sweets - The Architectural RecordCo., 1906City of Chicago Directory, 1881Official Gazette, June 25, 1878u.S. Patent Office, May 1880Chicago Hardware ManufacturingCompany Catalogue, December 1888Price List No.7, December 15, 1888Price List No.8, May 1, 1890Catalogue No.6, Dec, 1, 1895Antique BuiLders' Hardware Knobs &Accessories - Maud L. EastwoodChicago History - The Magazine ofthe Chicago Hi storicaL Society,Spring 1981Industrial Chicago, 1891Iron Age Hardware, April 18, 1912Early American Ironware, Henry J.KauffmanLost Chicago, David Lowe - 1979The Doorknob CoLlectorPhotography for article by Art Paholke

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The rest of the storyby Charlie Wardell

~ In 1941, a pitcherfor the Chicago cubssuffered a broken toecaused by a wild ball.He altered his pitch­ing style and broughton a more serious in­jury that was to spellthe end of a career asa player. The new de­livery and strain onhis arm caused bursi­tis to develop and heplayed only one moregame for the Cubs. Hecoached some and be­came a broadcaster ofmuch fame. He washeard by millions onradio who enj oyed his"delivery" of the En­glish language as muchas they did of thegame he was descr ib­ing. Rules of grammarwere discarded and hisludicrous and humorousobservations were histrademark. Dizzy wasan apt name and fortwenty years "Dizzy"Dean was welcomed intoeveryone's home andheart as the most col­orful analyst of theAmerican pastime.

To follow Dean's ca­reer as a pitcher, aChicago schoolboybought his first copyof the Sporting Newsand entered upon a ca­reer of his own thatresulted in an archiveof baseball lore thatis unmatched anyplace.Baseball historiansand sport wr i ters areusing the material tofill in voids, verifytales and to discoverthe forgotten. Formany years, the earlyrecords of Casey Sten-

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gel were consideredlost forever but theChicago boy had themfiled away safely inhis collection ofstatistics.

From sometimes ob­scure or remotesources such as oldnewspaper accounts,conversations with andletters from old play­ers, library files ofbaseball writings anda sharp mind for de­tails the boy was inpossession of a mount­ing treasure of factsabout the early daysof baseball . By goingthe "extra mile" hewas able to discoverwhat others of lesspatience had missed.He proved that John(BUd) Fowler was thefirst black man toplay professional ball(1871) and MosesWalker, Toledo (1884),was the first black toplay for the majorleagues.

Focus ing on the mi­nor leagues, where theinformation is sparse,in these archives isthe complete list ofthe minors before 1909and every player'srecord, minor and ma­jor, for the last 48years. Most any infor­mation desired aboutthe game can be foundhere. The boy respon­sible, of course a ma­tured man now, lives anormal life and sayshe would rather work(research) a game thango see it.

Who is this remark­able man? Well, to

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keep your attentionand "learn you somemore", we must waitfor the rest of thestory. Don't touchthat there dial andturn the page.

We will learn that heis a good citizen andfamily man who hasworked full time sincehigh school days forthe same company. Heand his wife haveraised a family offour, lived in thesame city or it'ssuburbs for a lifetimeand enjoy theactivities of the com­munity and church.

Collecting somethinghas always been a signof intelligence (ahem)and this man and wifedo it with zest. Amongthe things in theirhome are collectionsof old-time radioshows, beer cans andVictorian doorknobs.

The baseballarchives are in thebasement, well pro­tected from atomic at<continued on page 8)

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tack or sonic boomsthat could come if theArabs discover theyaren't represented inthe documents.

The man has beencalled a walking ency­clopedia of baseballknowledge and the lateLee Allen, of theBaseball Hall of Fame,called his lithe fore­most authority on mi­nor league players."There are over 100,000player records on handhere and, without allthe computer equipmentthat would be handy, aruler must be used tomeasure.

The sheer volume isastounding and whenyou consider there wasno underwriting ofcost, it shows what adedicated effort canachieve worthy of anedifice of it's own,near a park or li­brary, it remains inthe home and a beatenpath is made here bybaseball researchers.

Yes, a doorknob col­lection was mentionedand now, maybe cankeep our minds alertjust before breaktime. I also have adoorknob collection sothis man must be anexceptional person. Irelate to him and re­call that he and hiswife are sharptraders. As a cautionI say be fair in ap­praising your hardwareand you will be re­turned the courtesy.

Now, for the revela­tion of our mysteryman (if you were obe-

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dient and didn't turnthe page) with the ac­quisitive bent and ob­session for facts. Heis Ray Nemec, ourbeloved co-editor ofthe ADCA newsletterand fellow doorknobcollector. He has leda well balanced lifein community affairsand church activitiesand is now retired todo what he wishes. Heand Loretta were mar­ried in 1954 and theirfour children, Thomas,Allen, Alice and Jen­nifer are a close fam­ily unit. They havetwo grand-daughterswho may meet us at El­gin.

Loretta, after a pe­riod of child rearing,returned to collegecourses and was em­ployed 1973 at FermiNational AcceleratorLaboratory, where shestill works. Sewing isher hobby and she isskilled at making herown clothes,draperies, upholstererand costumes for Bar­bie dolls that seem togrow wherever thereare little girls. Gar-

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dening, painting(walls that is), wall­papering and gourmetcooking are otherskills possessed bythis little woman withthe motto: I AM WOMAN,HEAR MY CALL EVENTHOUGH I'M FIVE FEETTALL - I CAN DO ANY­THING!

Walking all day at aflea market with herbuddy of 38 years isher idea of an abun­dant life. with otherattributes, too numer­ous to mention, shehas sincerity whenI istening and humorwhen speaking.

This couple (eventhough damn Yankees)are pretty nice folks.Keeping busy has beenthe answer for the ac­complishment in theirlives and a recipe forhappiness. With allthis talent in a fam­ily, we should expecta book (or books) rel­ative to the grand eraof baseball and finehardware. They bothhave their beginningsabout 1871 and eachdisplay the beautythat men can contrivewhen inspired .•

The Bosco - Milligan collectionby Don Shreve

In Maud Eastwood'sbook liThe AntiqueDoorknob I she creditsa number of the knobsand hardware picturedas being from theBosco-Milligan collec­tion. Maud had brieflymentioned the collec­tion to me severaltimes but since bothowners were deceased,I had always assumedthat the collectionhad long ago been dis­posed of. It thereforecame as a pleasantsurprise to learn thatthe collection wasstill located here inPortland and that itis virtually intact.

Jerry Bosco and BenMilligan were two ec­centric individualsthat operated a busi­ness devoted to sal­vaging and selling allsorts of pieces andparts from many oldand historic build­ings. They dealt inevery aspect of archi­tectural artifacts in­cluding doorknobs,stained glass windowsand even entire castiron facades from oldbuildings.

When they died, theyleft the bulk of theirestate to the HistoricPreservation League ofOregon. The estate in­cluded a number of oldhouses plus severalwarehouses filled withtheir collection ofartifacts. The Leagueaccepted several ofthe properties butthey were so over-

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whelmed with the hugesize and scope of theremaining bequest thatthey declined to ac­cept it. Instead, thebalance of the proper­ties and all of theartifacts were turnedover to a foundationthat was formed by agroup of persons in­terested in preservingthe bulk of the col­lection and establish­ing a resource and ed­ucation center dedi­cated to the preserva­tion and restorationof old buildings.

The Bosco-MilliganFoundation determinedthat they needed todispose of the dupli­cates and non-archi­tecturally relateditems in , r de r toraise funds for theresource center. Thismeant that the entirecollection had to besorted, matched, cata­logued, and pricedprior to holding ahuge garage sale.

Maud Eastwood, LindaSmeltzer and I wererecruited to sort thedoorknobs, plates, andhinges in an attempt

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to determine whatshould be retained inthe collection andwhat should be dis­posed of. We spent anumber of days workingin a dirty, unheatedwarehouse trying tosort through the manythousands of pieces ofdoor hardware. Maudestimated that therewere at least fourdozen categories andat least 8, 000 piecesof building hardwarealone.

For me it was like atreasure hunt, withalmost every box orbag revealing some new"treasure". Imaginedumping out a largebox of mixed hardwareand finding severalhummingbird knobs andmaybe a doggie drawerpUll or a bag full ofabout 30 different or­nate victorian screendoor hinges or a num­ber of complete match­ing sets of old doorand window hardwarefor an entire house. Iwas just like a childcoveting all the good­ies in a candy store.

It was very diffi­cult to decide whichknobs and hingesshould be sold. Ourultimate decision wasto retain for theFoundation's collec­tion all of the sig­nif icant hardware andthose patterns withquantities adequate toassist in restoring orpreserving old build­ings. As a result(continued page 10)

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there were hardly any"neat knobs" includedin the sale.

The Bosco-MilliganFoundation owns an oldbuilding that will berenovated to house thecollection and we canlook forward to havingan important resourcecenter for researchand assistance in pre­serving old homes andbuildings. This is a

very ambitious projectand will require agreat deal of planningand work to make ithappen. Fortunately,the Foundation alreadyhas many of the lead­ers, financial re­sources, pool of vol­unteer workers and, ofcourse, an outstandingcollection of archi­tectural artifacts.

One of ADCA's stated

goals is to have aneducational resourcecenter and museum.Here is opportunityfor us to support sucha project and I wouldhope that ADCA and allof its members willeagerly assist inwhatever ways we canas plans are formu­lated for setting upthe Bosco-MilliganCenter .•.

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The first Illinois convention, Naperville, IL September, 1983. I(Photo by Tom Nemec)

A museum you should visit

The following is alist of Chicago Hard-ware ManufacturingCompany cataloguesknown to exist. Theyare in the hands ofcollectors, museumsand/or libraries. Asreported in Art Pa­holke ' s study (thisissue) about the com­pany, little is knownabout the formationand the eventualdemise of it.

It you have achicago Hardware Manu­facturing Company Cat­alog not listed below,or have knowledge ofthe company or thepeople who owned oroperated it, pleaseadvise us what youhave or know.

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YEAR CAT. #18881895 6

CHICAGO HARDWAREMANUFACTURING COMPANY

HARDWARE CATALOGS

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

1930

Russwin original Sample Mounts

When a recent is­sue of The Lock Mu­seum's newsletterarrived at the ADCAoffice, it served asa reminder the TheLock Museum housesone of the finestcollections of an­tique doorknobs tobe seen anywhere.

Hundreds of door­knobs of almost ev­ery description canbe found on display.Rather than for usto detail the col­lections, we preferto urge you to viewthe hardware in per­son.

The museum is opento the pUblic daily,

~except Monday, from.,1:30 p.m. to 4:30

p.m., May to October31. It is located at120 Main street,Terryville, Con­necticut. There is asmall admissioncharge. For more in­formation, you canwrite to The LockMuseum of America,P.O. Box 104, Ter­ryville, CT 06786 orphone them at 203­589-6359 ••

Mn'I~ IXXmRRE~ OF MERICABaMIDOF~

President, win Afplegate #110, Hamilton Square, NJVice Presidetrt, Da.le Sponaugle #85, Buffalo, NYsec/Treasurer, IDretta Nerec #8, Naperville, ILBoard~, len Blumin #3, Mill Valley, CABoard~, Dean carrpl:ElI #11, Newrerg, ORBoard M3nber, Maw~ #2, w:xxtinville, WABoard~, An1i.e Fredrick #1, waverly, IABoard M3nber, car'lcs Ruiz #52, AlaI'IW:da, ca

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The doorknob exchange

All ads, materialand articles for theSeptember October1992 issue of TheDoorknob Collectorshould be in thehands of the editorsby August 25, 1992.

Members are remindedthat your dues entitleyou to advertise itemsfor sale, trade orwanted at no charge.

WANTED. Ornate doorhardware to use onseveral doors in myhouse. store frontpush button doorhandle sets. Otherstyles of v.ery fancydoor plates and knobs.Mechanical doorbellhandles, buttons andtwist knobs (one pieceor complete doorbell).Set of hinges (commonor rare) . Completeletter slots. Anyother hardware thatwould go on a 19thcentury American door.Russell Barnes (#288),203 W. Caddo,Austin, TX.78753.PH:512-835-9510.

LIZ'S Antique HardwareMatching Service. Sendphoto, sizes andquantity. Ail requestare kept on file untillocated.Liz Gordon (#111) ,3821 Park Blvd., SanDiego, CA 92103.Ph:619-297-6502 or 3501

WANTED.(3) Knobs, #B-104,(2) Knobs, #B-106,#F-116, withtightening ring,(2) Knobs, #H-202,#H-208 and #H-233,any or all, brassonly.Stephen Rowe, (#287)85 Jasmine Ave.Clovis, CA 93612PH: (209) 299-8863.

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WANTED. 1-LockwoodBroken Leaf B-125pocket door plateescutcheon.2 - Lockwood Key plateescutcheons (p.183,The Antique Doorknob) .1 - Sargent Thumblatch with escutcheon,1 - Thumblatch only(P. 177, TAD).1 - Mortise LockB-205.Any or all, Brassonly.Stephen P. Rowe (#287)85 Jasmine Ave.Clovis, CA 93612PH: 209-299-8863.

ROSTER UPDATE NO.1

The following areadditions to the 1992ADCA Roster which wasenclosed with the May­June 1992 issue of TheDoorknob Collector.

#291Karen & Clark Bright362 Egret PlacePittsburg, CA 94565

#292Rhett Butler110 Green Street

suite 700New York, NY 10012PH:212-925-3565.

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KENNEDY KOMMENTSby Rich. Kennedy

Several things crossed mymind as I was wondering whatto write about in the lastnewsletter before the conven­tion, I guess that first and themost important thing is that Ihope everyone makes a big ef­fort to come to the conventionits always nice to see fello~doorknob collectors andfriends again.The second thing is a Q and

A that appeared in the New­port News, Virginia newspa­per, it was from an Ann Lan­ders Column;

Q There is a lack of educationtoday about simple hygiene.The days of schooL nursesinstruction students are longgone. PLease teLL your readersthat rest rooms have sinkswith soap because goodmaintenance of heaLth incLudeswashing your hands.

smaLL chi Ldren are growingup without any idea of theimportance of washing theirhands.

I heard a man say that thedirtiest things in houses aredoorknobs and that no one everthinks of washing them.

If we can't have nationaLheaLth insurance, at Least wecan educate everyone in thenat i on about the benef i t ofhand-washing.C.S.OrLeans,Mass.A Thanks for preventing a Lotof coLds, heaven knows howmany cases of fLu and anassortment of other iLLness.PLease, foLks, USE SOAP.

As of this time I still haveroom for one person to rideout to Elgin with me. If some­one wants to ride out with meand fly home, that's OK. I canalso pick someone up alongthe route. •