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2-blade ceiling model Emerson introducted in 1895
(Courtesy of Jim Sears)

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, July 28, 1895
pg. 4

Hallenbeck was the first business man to introduce electric fans in this city. His confectionery store and ice cream parlor are now kept delightfully cool by several of these almost indispensable auxiliaries to fashionable resorts. Other business men on Main street are following Mr. Hallenbeck's example.