National Stamping & Electric Works was a company founded in Chicago in 1897 by Frank Kohlhase. [1] The company manufactured kerosene lamps and irons as well as electrical appliances, until being acquired in 1948 by the Eureka-Williams Corporation absorbed in 1951.[2] Originally called The National Stamping Works; Electric was added to the name in 1903. [3][4][5][6] In 1922, the business expanded and they built a new headquarters. [7]
White Cross was a brand of household electrical products sold starting in 1907. The brand was first used by Lindstrom, Smith & Company. The Lindstrom, Smith Company was a manufacturer of electrical appliances in the early 1900s located in Chicago. The company first started advertising their products in 1907, and was bought out by the National Stamping & Electric Works in 1921, which continued the use of the White Cross brand name until the 1950s. [8][9] White Cross is notable for being one of the earliest brands of Vibrator, which they advertised mainly as a medical device, but sold with "applicators" for many purposes.[10]
