Hanks cast iron skillet, Rome-georgia

[Richard M.]

Can anyone tell me about these skillets?

 

[Doug D.]

Most seen are crudely cast and appear to use pans of other makers as patterns, later Griswold for example.

 

[Richard M.]

Thanks , Doug

 

[Richard M.]

Any idea what years they were produced?

 

[Doug D.]

Newspaper archives appear with a degree of certainty to indicate Hanks Stove & Range Co. in Rome GA operated from ca. 1912 to at least 1937. If they made skillets copied from late and late grooved handle Griswold skillets, that would mean they had to still be in operation ca. late 1940s or early 1950s.

 

[Richard M.]

Thanks Doug, that information helps greatly.