Hand Tool Mfg., Of All Sorts • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 •
Trade Card THOMPSON TOOL CO., Manufacturers of Thompson's Pat. Bench Plane, &c., &c., No. 14 Chardon Street, Boston. c1874. George M. Thompson, of Boston, Massachusetts, patented an Improvement In Bench Planes, U.S. Patent # 153,399, July 21, 1874. The reverse states that the rights to this patent, and others, are for sale. Mr. Thompson was more of an inventor than a manufacturer?
Trade Card D. R. BARTON TOOL CO. Sole Manufacturers of Genuine D. R. Barton Edge Tools. c1876. Most likely made for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. This card dates to before the Mack Tool Company bought out the D. R. Barton brand.
Trade Card CHAPIN'S SOLID CHERRY LEVEL. 12 inch polished cherry level with handsome nickel plated top plate. No. 100. Packed one dozen in pasteboard box. Write For Prices. The H. Chapin's Son, Co., Pine Meadow, Conn. c?. Not really a trade card, but of the same size. Most likely a sales hand-out to hardware dealers.
Trade Card L. & I. J. WHITE MANUFACTURERS OF EDGE TOOLS and Machine Knives, 310, 312, 314 Exchange Street, Buffalo, N.Y. c1870. Great image of their store / factory ? puffing smoke. A little bit out of perspective. The reverse, or front (depending upon your choice) is another of those typical lithographic trade cards. Unless you can tell me how an image of a cute little girl in a bonnet relates to edge tools?
Trade Card WHEELER, MADDEN & CLEMSON MFG. CO.'S AND WOODROUGH & MCPARLIN'S DEHORNING SAW. The National Saw Co., 96 & 98 Reade Street, New York City. A mighty long manufacturers name for one saw. My guess is that the National Saw Co. had a crowded conference room during the annual report.
Trade Card WENTWORTH'S PATENT NOISELESS SAW VISES c1880. Humorous trade card (unfortunately missing the lower section due to the destructive scissor cuts of some benighted Victorian Scrap-booker). Obviously saw sharpening is a n annoyance to both man and beast.
Post Card D. MAYDOLE HAMMER CO., NORWICH, N.Y. 1909
Post Card BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SARGENT & CO'S FACTORY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. c 1890
Post Card BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE PIKE MANUFACTURING CO'S WORKS, PIKE, N. H. c1890
Advertisement R. A. Parrish, No. 238 north Third street. Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia, PA. 1818. For Sale, An assortment of Bench Planes, Groving and Moulding Planes, of every sort, made of well seasonend Beach Wood, at prices lately 20 to 25 per cent. reduced, in lots to suit purchasers.
N.B.A. A few Ploughs and Sash Planes of Boxwood, and setts of English Hollows and Rounds, &c. &c.
A variety of adverts from The Woodworker. Coutesy of Alice Frampton of the UK Workshops Forums. If you haven't visited them yet, what are you waiting for?
HOW TO USE YOUR LEVARD BENCH. Complete instructions for the assembly and use of the Levard woodworking bench. Plus a before and after picture of the bench following total reclamation.
Courtesy of Rick Roberts (no relation to me)
Packaging: Insert THE RUSSELL JENNINGS MFG. CO., Chester, Connecticut. c1945. Interesting insert from a Russell Jennings Auger Bit package concerning manufacturing limitations ordered by the WPB (War Products Board).
Contributed by Paul Schobernd of the Oldtools eMail List.
