Jubilee Manufacturing Co.
| Jubilee Manufacturing Company | |
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| Names | Jubilee Manufacturing Co. |
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| Headquarters | Omaha, NE |
| Founder | John L. McCague |
| Key people | John L. McCague |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Defunct | 1988 |
| Products | Vehicular equipment and sirens |
Jubilee Manufacturing Company, often referred to as Jubilee, was a manufacturer of a variety of products, including car horns, crystal radios, and the main focus of this article, small 6/12 volt sirens.
History
Jubilee Manufacturing Co was founded in 1905 in Omaha, Nebraska by John L. McCague, and originally sold cleaning products offering automobile "spark intensifiers" and windshield wipers by the 1910s. In the early 1920s, they expanded into spark plugs, visors, hose clamps and crystal radios. At least by the 1930s, they began to produce electric horns intended for use on automobiles. Auto horns seem to have became their primary product and by the 1950's they were OEM suppliers to manufacturers like Chrysler and Harley-Davidson. They would also likely start producing sirens around this time. 1974 would see the decline of Jubilee, with the death of McCague. The company ended up going defunct sometime in 1988.
Products
Stationary electric sirens
Model 10
The Model 10 is a small vehicular 6V siren that was produced by Jubilee from sometime during the 1950s to 1988. The siren is extremely simple in terms of design, consisting of a small motor driving a 5 port rotor inside of a 5 port stator, with a small horn in front of it. The entire siren is held up by a small mounting bracket, the design of which varies between some units, and the siren weighs around 4 lbs. A handful of units are known to exist, but they are far less common compared to the siren's 12V counterpart, the Model 210. This siren, along with all of Jubilee's other sirens, are likely rebranded.
Model 210
The Model 210 is essentially the Model 10, with a different motor and operating voltage. The two are identical, both featuring a small motor driving a 5 port rotor inside of a 5 port stator, with a small horn in front of it. The entire siren is held up by a small mounting bracket, the design of which varies between some units, and the siren weighs around 4 lbs. The motors of some Model 120 units are also known to vary. Many of these are known to exist, with quite a few being sold on eBay and various other websites. This siren, along with all of Jubilee's other sirens, are likely rebranded.
Model 220
The Model 220 is a variant of the Model 210 of some sort, being virtually identical with the exception of a rounded motor cover on the back of the siren and the forwards facing mounting bracket. Aside from this difference, the two are completely similar, running on the same voltage. Very few of these are known to exist, with 1 being sold on WorthPoint. This siren, along with all of Jubilee's other sirens, are likely rebranded.