During World War II the Russell Electric Co. manufactured fractional-horsepower electric motors. A Russell motor is reported with a "Navy Type No." and an anchor symbol on it, and we suspect that Russell only manufactured motors as part of the war effort.

Information Sources

• Archive.org has an HVAC equipment catalog by Russell Electric Co.
• September 1915 Popular Mechanics page 166: full-page ad from National Electric Company, 142 W. Austin Ave., Chicago, for "Hold-Heet" clothes iron.
• May 1920 The Wood-Worker page 76, 1/4 page ad for Hold-Heet electric glue pots with automatic temperature control, from Russell Electric Company, 140 W. Austin Ave., Chicago.
• December 1923 Electrical Record page 322: full-page ad from Russell Electric Company, 340 W. Huron Street, Chicago, for "Hold-Heet" electrical appliances: hair curlers, irons, coffee pots, electric kettles, waffle irons, toasters, etc.
• 1924-04-12 Saturday Evening Post page 196, full-page ad from Russell Electric Company, 340 W. Huron St., Chicago, for Hold-Heet home appliances (waffle irons, clothes irons, etc.) "Russell Electric Company / Manufacturers of 'Hold-Heet' Electric Appliances ... The 'Hold-Heet trademark is a quality mark on electrical appliances; known in countless homes all over the country. We make more pieces of electrically heated merchandise than any other manufacturer in the world. / Electrical Manufacturers: If your products require reliable heating elements, write for information about the famous 'Hold-Heet' Reflex Wire Element. Saves current, burnouts and trouble. Always efficient—puts the heat where you need it."
• March 1926 Northwestern Druggist page 95, half-page vertical ad from Sterling Electric Company, 33 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, for "Hold Heet" brand heating pads, waffle irons, and "electric match" for lighting pipes, cigars and cigarettes. In the November 1926 issue, page 72, half-page vertical ad from Sterling Electric that includes the Hold Heet electric match. On page 122 is a full-page ad for the "Hold-Heet" heating pad from Noyes Bros. & Cutler, Inc., Saint Paul, MN.
• September 1927 Electric Light & Power page 71, full-page ad from Russell Electric Company, 360 West Huron Street, Chicago, for their Hold-Heet line of waffle irons, heating pads, aluminum percolators, etc.