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Trade Catalog ALBUM VAN SCHAVEN EN GEREEDSCHAPPEN: Rabots et Outils - Planes and Different Tools: JOS. HARM, Vijzelstraat 120, Amsterdam. c1900 (judging by the Stanley Planes offered). This catalog of planes, braces, saws and bench equipment is tri-lingual in Dutch, French and English. Tools shown are primarily Dutch, followed by select items from the Stanley line, then a few French and British style planes. There is a small selection of Dutch style braces and saws, along with replacement handles and bench equipment.
This catalog was clearly published for the Dutch trade, as the Dutch planes are not translated. The French, British and Stanley tools are translated in varying sets. Of particular interest are the varieties of Dutch planes and braces that continue styles often listed as from the 18th Century. Needless to say, this is one of my favorite catalogs.
Trade Catalog WOODWORKERS TOOLS AND MACHINES CATALOGUE NO. 25. RICHARD MELHUISH LTD., TOOLS AND MACHINE MERCHANTS, FETTER LANE, HOLBORNE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.4. 1925. A super catalog, or catalogue if you prefer, of one the great tool houses of Great Britain. Everything the professional shop would need in the way of tools, supplies, machinery, &c, &c, The finest of British and American tools and machinery are represented in these pages. Included are two inserts, one for Irwin bits and one for the BevelMaster sharpening attachment.
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Trade Catalog JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CATALOGUE, ESTABLISHED 1870. C1920. 112 Chambers Street and 95 Reade Street, New York, U.S.A.. Also offices world wide. Interesting expandable catalog containing a variety of sections covering hand tools, shop equipment, gardening, hardware, etc. For this PDF, I have included only those sections pertaining to tools. To wit: Snell Mfg. Co (auger bits and related tools), Winsted Edge Tool Works (seems to be a full line of tools), Coes Wrench Co., Taintor Mfg. Co, Torrington Co.. Seymour Smith & Sons, L.S Watson Mfg. Co., G.W. Griffin Co., Rock Island Mfg. Co., Asst'd Saw Vises, American Grinder Mfg. Co., Many-Use Oil Co.
Manuscript: handwritten note B. CALLENDAR to MILLERS FALLS Mfg. Co., June 26, 1883. Not a letterhead, rather a note from Benjamin Callender, the hardware dealer, to the Millers Falls Mfg. Co requesting that they send one Langdon Adj. Mitre Box Size A with Saw for Wood to a John A. Wells of Charlemont, Mass
Letterhead A.J. WILKINSON'S Wholesale & Retail, No. 2 Washington St., cor. Wilson Lane. Boston, April 13, 1857. A letter to A. D. Lockwood, Esq. from A. J. Wilkinson (love that signature) concerning a prompt remittance for emery.
Billhead SMITH & DROWNE, Dealers In Hardware, all kinds of Wooden Ware, Agricultural Tools, Nails, Pumps, Lead pipe, Drain Pipe and Cistern Covers, Sheet Lead, House Trimmings, &c. No. 513 High Street, Providence, R.I. 1874. Sold to W. H. Johnson: hatchet, Hubbards chisels, saw clamps, bevel, ratchet brace, files, dividers, nickel plate square, axle pulleys, bench screws, nails, key hole saw, more nails, brads and two sheets of lead. Interesting assortment.
Billhead LOUDERBECK, GILBERT & CO.; Importers & Jobbers of Foreign & Domestic Hardware, Cutlery & Guns: No. 53 Chambers Street. New York: April 12, 1878. Sold to L. J Pierce, Forestville, NY. 4 dz. Thumb Latches, 1 Dead Lox (sic), 2 L. A. Butt. One of the all time great engraved billheads. New Notes: Here is a copy of a billhead from 1864 for a Hardware dealer by the name of Fifield, in Oneida, NY. The border is the exact same as that of the Louderbeck billhead. Even though 12 years separate the two billheads, they either went to the same printer or this plate was a stock item from an engraver or a printers supply house.
Billhead G. & C. P. HUTCHINS, Manufacturers and Dealers in Gas Fixtures, also Importers and Dealers in China, Glass and Earthen Ware, Factory Lamps and Lanterns, Bronze and Parian Ware, Table Cutlery, Britannia and Silver Plated Ware &c. Kerosene Lamps, Shades and Chimneys at Wholesale and Retail. Agents for Downer's Kerosene Oil. Nos. 133 and 135 Westminster Street, and 21, 23, 25 and 27 Dorrance Street. Providence, R. I. Sept. 13, 1878. Sold to the Friends School, 1/2 doz. porcelain shades.
Billhead BENJ. CALLENDER & CO.: General Hardware Merchants.: Boston: Dec. 8, 1879. Sold to: Miss T. T. Howe, No. Thetford, NY. General hardware items.
Letterhead GOODNOW & WIGHTMAN, Tools & Hardware. 176 Washington Street, Boston. May 10, 1883. Although this letterhead lacks an addressee, it came from the same group as the next two Millers Falls related letterheads. This is a request for repair and alterations to two vises, to be shipped to Gay & Parsons, Augusta, Maine.
Billhead W. A. DAVIS & CO., Machinists' Tools And Supplies Of Every Description. And Manufacturers' Purchasing Agents. Office And Salesrooms, 132 and 134 Pearl St., Boston. June 12, 1883. To The Millers Falls Co. W. A. Davis informs the Millers Falls Co. of an enclosed Memorandum of Balance on hand of goods consigned with an request that MF not draw as proposed, but to wait for a check, forthcoming. I guess that Davis & Co. had a cash flow problem.
Billhead Wm. M. SPAULDING, General Hardware, L & M Paints, Oils and Varnishes. Farm and Garden Implements, Building Materials, Cutlery, Tools, Sporting Goods, House Furnishing Supplies, Etc. Specialties For The Home. Towanda, Pa., Nov. 9, 1912. By this time you can see the end of the Victorian and Arte Noveau influence and the beginning of a spare design containing one simplistic medallion. Despite the general hardware and home furnishings focus of this store... the billhead is for 2 boxes of dynamite, 50 caps and 50 ft. of fuse. Sold to Franklin Township. Hopefully they never confused their storage of candles and dynamite.
Billhead A. J. WILKINSON & CO. Importers, Manufacturers & Dealers in Machinery & General Hardware. Machinists' & Manufacturers' Supplies. Electrical Supplies. Automobile Supplies. 180, 184, 188 Washington St. & 19, 23, 25 Devonshire St. Boston, Feb 28, 1908. Sold to A. A. Smith, Leominster, Mass a variety of machinist supplies and tools.
Billhead CHAS. WEILAND, WHOLESALE HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. 147 and 149 Chambers St., 129 and 131 Reade St., New York., 12/8/11. Sold to: J.G. Spacchers Sons, Ephrata, Pa. A goodly variety of general hardware and tools was purchased. But what is a 'telescope wrench'? Is that similar to a binocular wrench?
Billhead MONTOGOMERY & CO. TOOLS AND SUPPLIES, 105-107 Fulton St. & 62 Ann St., New York City. June 20, 1906. Sold to Mssrs. Henry H. Myers & Son, Lexington, Va. One Millers Falls chain drill, $1.10.
Billhead WITTE HARDWARE COMPANY. 704 N. Third St. Louis, U.S.A., Dec 17, 1926. Sold to John Lewis & Sons, Schell City, Missouri. #100 Union Miners Lamp Carbide.
