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Catalog Number |
2019.15.4 |
Object Name |
Tag, Identification |
Collection |
HISTORY |
Year Range from |
1958 |
Year Range to |
1967 |
Description |
A rectangualer metal plate that's top portion tapers inward slightly but straigtens out to a rounded top. On the rounded top is a circular hole punched through the metal. this plate's function would be to let whoever was working on this piece of machinery know what type of oil and lub to use. On the obverse side of the metal plate is the lettering, "USE HYPOID LUB./ SAE 140-TDA 0-65/ STANDARD". Then there is a horizontal line seperating that text from another block of test reading, "SAE 90-TDA 0-64/ BELOW ZERO/ ROCKWELL-/ STANDARD/ CORPORATION" On the reverse side of this plate punched into it is, "C - 1" Rockwell international corp was founded in 1958 after the merging of various automotive suppliers. The company changed its name to North American Rockwell in 1967 when they merged with Los Angeles based North American Aviation. Rockwell's founder, Willard Rockwell initiated his business in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1919. It started as a small axel plant but in the 1980s it had become the largest U.S. defense contractor and largest NASA contractor. |
Search Terms |
manufacturing American |
Subjects |
Automobiles Automobile industry Oshkosh, WI Trucks |
Width (in) |
1.500 |