List of trade catalogs issued by the Vogel-Peterson Co.. These items form a collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center.

 

 

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The call# for the items on the following list is

TS160 .V6 Oversize

 

Note: Additional entries for Vogel-Peterson Co. may be cataloged separately at Chicago History Museum, Research Center.  Please consult the online catalog.

 

The Vogel-Peterson Co. sold garment racks and coat room devices, open-plan office components;  adjustable steel wall-mounted and floor racks, coat and hat racks, folding coat racks, hook racks, locker racks, uniform and choir robe racks, umbrella, baggage and overshoe racks, bath-house racks, fold-away checkrooms and checkroom equipment, concealed and semiconcealed wardrobes, closet accessories, hangers and garment hanging equipment, clothes closet rods, garment carriers, shelves, panels, costumers, room divider wardrobes; space dividers, partitions, portable chalkboard and corkboard ...

 

History: The Chicago-area company was founded by the Magnuson family; sold to Beatrice Foods in the 1960s and continued to be run by the Magnuson family until 1983. Acquired by the ECK Adams Company, which went out of business in 2005. The Vogel-Peterson Furniture Company name rights then were purchased by the Magnuson Group.

            --According to a report in Office Newswire.

 

Title

Product

Date

FR-701 Screen fabric, 100% dacron polyester

Screened fabric, with fabric samples; cloth-covered office partitions for open-plan offices

undated

Checker coat racks

Checker coat racks

1969

Plan scape for a good look as new as tomorrow. Office landscape made simply beautiful

Office furniture & design; cloth-covered office partitions for open-plan offices; also a price list for 1979

1976

For people who care. Catalog UOL-726

Office furniture & design; cloth-covered office partitions

1972

Plan scape

Office furniture & design; cloth-covered office partitions

1974

Catalog GC6

Office furniture & design; cloth-covered office partitions

1976

Price list GP9: coat racks, hangers, wardrobes, hooks

Coat racks, hangers, wardrobes, hooks

June 15, 1979