Documents in our library describe Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) as “waterproof compound in plastic and liquid form containing asphalt and asbestos for general roofing and waterproofing purposes, sheathing paper for tar and gravel roofs and general building purposes, asphalt saturated felt for sheathing purposes, caulking compound, cementitions, waterproofing compound, the principal ingredient of which is paint skins, for use in waterproofing roofing slate around valleys and at the eaves, a formed metal overhang to be used at the eaves of a building, putty, asphalt center sheathing paper, coal tar pitch used in the construction of built up roofs, rigid asphalt mastic board used as a backing for sidewall application, and metal moulding used in the application of asbestos siding shingles”.1 They give it as sold from 1933.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) in the documents, in each document's own words.
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Sold from: “first used in commerce 1933-02-20”, said by BEACON SALES COMPANY, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
- Description: “WATERPROOF COMPOUND IN PLASTIC AND LIQUID FORM CONTAINING ASPHALT AND ASBESTOS FOR GENERAL ROOFING AND WATERPROOFING PURPOSES, SHEATHING PAPER FOR TAR AND GRAVEL ROOFS AND GENERAL BUILDING PURPOSES, ASPHALT SATURATED FELT FOR SHEATHING PURPOSES, CAULKING COMPOUND, CEMENTITIONS, WATERPROOFING COMPOUND, THE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENT OF WHICH IS PAINT SKINS, FOR USE IN WATERPROOFING ROOFING SLATE AROUND VALLEYS AND AT THE EAVES, A FORMED METAL OVERHANG TO BE USED AT THE EAVES OF A BUILDING, PUTTY, ASPHALT CENTER SHEATHING PAPER, COAL TAR PITCH USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILT UP ROOFS, RIGID ASPHALT MASTIC BOARD USED AS A BACKING FOR SIDEWALL APPLICATION, AND METAL MOULDING USED IN THE APPLICATION OF ASBESTOS SIDING SHINGLES”, said by BEACON SALES COMPANY, INC., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office1
Asbestos Magazine, 1950, February 1950
- Description: “waterproof compound in plastic and liquid form containing asphalt and asbestos for general roofing and waterproofing purposes”, said by Beacon Sales Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 502
Kind of product
We list Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, paper, felt and millboard and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers, Roofers.
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Watcocell (GAF) · Woodrock (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Woodrock (National Gypsum) · Xxx Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Xxx Millboard (Johns-Manville) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · 'Century' Apac (Keasbey & Mattison) · 101 (Johns-Manville) · 101 Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · 101 Mobilene Sheet (Johns-Manville) · 102 Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · 102 Millboard (Johns-Manville) · 103 Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (299)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Wheeler (Wheeler Protective Apparel) · White Surface Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · White Top Asbestos Jacket (Philip Carey) · Woolfelt (GAF) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · X-l (Excelsior) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt (Johns-Manville) · 12# Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · 15A Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · 411 (Nicolet) · 45A Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · 50 Weatherproofing (Johns-Manville) · 580 (Nicolet) · and 279 more: all paper, felt and millboard
References
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 22, 1947). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1950, February 1950 (February 1, 1950), p. 50.
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