Rayovac Records, 1907-2004 (bulk 1920s-1990s)

Container Title
PH 6807
Series: Photographs
Box   1
Folder   1
French Battery and Carbon Company staff, 1908
Oversize Folder   2
“Employes [sic] of French Battery and Carbon Co.,” 1916 September 1
Oversize Folder   2
“French Battery & Carbon Co. Picnic, Bernard's Park,” 1919 June 28
Box   1
Folder   2-3
First factory, 1910s-1920s
Box   1
Folder   4
Female employees, 1919-1926
Box   1
Folder   5
Office staff, 1920s-1960s
Oversize Folder   1
Luncheon, 1950s
Box   1
Folder   6
Labs, 1920s
Box   1
Folder   7
Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1920s
Oversize Folder   1
Capitol Theater and the Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1928
PH 628
French Battery and Carbon Company, Madison, Wisconsin / photographs by Photoart House of Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1921
Note
  • Wrapping flashlight batteries
  • Assembling dry batteries
  • Another view of sealing dept.
  • Sealing dept.
  • Making tubes
  • Making zink [sic] tubes
  • Making tests
  • Corner of laboratory
  • Dining room for employes [sic]
  • Part view of office
  • Front view of main building
PH 3796
Box 1
Folder 1
French Battery and Carbon Company, Madison, Wisconsin factory / photographs by Photoart House of Madison, Wisconsin, 1926
Box 1
Folder 2
World War II, circa 1941-1945
Note: Includes official United States Army photographs.
PH 6807
Box   1
Folder   8-9
Rayovac and Signal Battery companies during World War II
Box   1
Folder   10
“Sparks” EEs socializing, 1940s-1950s
Box   1
Folder   11
Plant interiors and employees, circa 1954
Box   1
Folder   12
Madison plant operations, 1955
Note: Mostly black and white prints taken by The Port of New York Authority. Also includes a few negatives.
Oversize Folder   1
Zinc Can Manufacturing Plant, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, undated
Oversize Folder   1
Plant interiors, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Rayovac day at Milwaukee Braves game, circa 1953-1965
Box   1
Folder   14
Appleton plant color slides, 1973-1974
Box   1
Folder   15-16
Madison plant insurance valuation photos, 1982
Box   1
Folder   17
Advertising storyboard slides, circa 1990s
PH 3796
Box 1
Folder 3
Products, circa 1949
Box 1
Folder 4
Portraits, 1930s-1970s
Box 1
Folder 5
Groups, including Ray-O-Vac Twins, 1930s-1970s
Box 1
Folder 6
Miscellaneous, circa 1950s-1960s