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Pedals from the Teens and Twenties

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Another pedal clue has emerged dear friends! 🧐 Help is needed to solve the complete mystery of who was the Acme Company from Dayton, Ohio, and what was their full name? Sending @hoofhearted @ @bentwoody66 a S.O.S. for your kind assistance being you both hail from the Dayton area!
I would like to extend my appreciation to Mike @Rusty72 offering these on DOND.
They are scripted “Acme Carr(?)..or(?) & MFR. Co, Dayton, Ohio.” Built slightly more heavy duty than the Ideals and Standards. Offered as standard stock on some 1917 Flying Merkels and there are other mentions in the teens literature about Acme pedals.

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Could Acme be a division or off-shoot of Davis Sewing Machine Co? I can’t image Miami would want to admit it was using Davis pedals on their machines. Or was Acme building pedals for both firms including Miami’s Sur-Plus pedals? I can’t help but to see the Acme rat trap below looks just like the Davis Rex pedal.

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