AS few comments having to do with some of the above:
Loyd, you probably don't have a copy of the Blue Book. The reason the Blue Book was ever printed was that the US Government needed steel in 1942, so the Office of War had the Blue Book printed. They went to existing pumps companies and requested dates and model number for pumps that were at least 10 years old. They then asked that these old pumps be turned in for scrap.
Since GLM had gone out of business, they aren't even mentioned in the BB.
DB, the GLM Company didn't change its name to Fry until around 1928.
A couple of years ago I got on a kick to acquire as much information as I could about these pumps. Part of what inspired me was that Mr. Cole wrote two articles for CTO about GLM and Fry. I followed up with two more, my articles were basically to determine who invented the visible pump and who was the first to make one. While I still believe that Fleckenstein may have been the first, I cannot find evidence to back it up, so as it stands today, GLM was the first visible.
I am going to go to publishers of CTO magazine and request permission to put all four of the articles that I and Mr. Cole have written, on my website. I think you all would like to read them, especially at one time. One requirement will be, you subscribe to the CTO Magazine. I know this will be voluntary, but we need to support the great effort Jerry and Kathlean Keiser are doing.
I have probably written more about this pump than any other pump out there, and the crazy thing is I have owned over 200 pumps, but not one Fry. This pump is a must for any collection, just so you can say to your friends "That pump was the first visible pump ever made."
Jack Sim
Last edited by Jack Sim; Tue Jan 03 2012 12:02 AM.
