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1935 · ref. 60153 — Portland OR: Montag Stove & Furnace Works 2011 N. Columbia Blvd. ca. 1935. 4to. 17 leaves all silver gelatin photographs sized 7.6 x 9.6 in. photograph title page photos throughout product information w/in negative at lower fore-edge. Contemporary textured gray flexible covers blue plastic comb binding on spine minor bumping to couple corners edgewear minor thumbing to versos of images still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original sales catalogue for the Portland Oregon company’s ranges and stoves exclaiming that “Western cooks want modern ranges. . . need ranges suited especially to Western fuel conditions” and allowed the Pacific Northwest consumers to avoid hefty freight charges. These Streamlined Modern style stoves included the “Modernique” “Aristocrat” “Duchess” and “Princess” series allowing hot water coils and drafts offering an even supply of air. Montag 1854-1943 was a German-American who apprenticed initially as a printer and after the Civil War became an iron molder worked in San Francisco and then organized in 1880 the Montage & Cleave Stove & Furnace Works. The company slowly expanded in the succeeding years with a reputation for durability and quality that encouraged stove & furnace buyers to employ them across the West into Alaska and Western Canada. Final image shows a dissected exploded view of a Montag Range with parts all identified for ordering repair pieces. No copies in Worldcat; See: Historic Resource Inventory City of Portland 1628 NW Everett Street house owned by John Montag and then Joseph Montag from 1933-1947. Montag Stove & Furnace Works, 2011 N. Columbia Blvd., unknown