Schlage custom escutcheon known as “Zodiac.”

Early sketch by Walter Schlage from a sketchbook of ideas.

Portrait of Walter Schlage

Page from Vonnegut Hardware Company catalog showing launch of the first model of exit device that would be known as the Von Duprin.

View inside the engineering lab of Schlage Lock Company.

Cover of a Schlage lock catalog advertising locks and lock escutcheons as “Jewels of the Home.”

LCN Magazine advertisement for door closers.

Schlage 1950s advertising locks and lock escutcheon’s as “Jewels of the Home.” The escutcheon shown was called Continental, and was available with a choice of adhesive inserts in various colors and patterns to match the home.