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The Toolemera Press
Trade Catalogs - By Year • 1 • 2 •
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1900
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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.
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c1904
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MILLERS FALLS COMPANY, CATALOGUE "B", POCKET EDITION , c1904?. Millers Falls issued a series of pocket catalogues that are simply cute to behold, apart from superb graphics of rare and unusual items. Read it and drool.
Contributed by Randy Roeder of the Oldtools eMail List, owner of A Millers Falls Home Page.
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c1905
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UNION IRON AND WOOD PLANES, UNION MFG. CO., New Britain, Conn, U.S.A., Warehouse, 100 Chambers St, New York. c1905. I particularly like the steel faced transitional planes. If anyone has one of the Union Beading Planes, please mail it to me.
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1905
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Trade Catalog
The L. & I. J. White Company Edge Tools. 137-159 Perry St., 53-93 Columbus St., Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. 1905. Edge tool makers get short shrift in the world of tools. Planes and saws are the most talked about tools. The poor edge tool companies somehow fall to the side in the fracus. Not so the L. & I. J. White Company. This 1905 full line catalog displays the array of goods this famous company offered to the trades. Ship builders, cooper and timber framers in particular preferred this brand, one of the few edge tool companies to survive as a family owned affair. In production from 1837 through 1928, The L. & I. J. White Company produced a full line of chisels, planes, drawknives and many of the tools specific to a skilled trade.
In this catalog you'll find Firmer Chisels, Coopers planes and tools, Carriage makers routers, Axes, Hatchets, Adzes, Plane Irons, Paving Irons, Fireman's Axes, Butchers Cleavers, Ice Tools, and everything else edge tools.
The PDF is approx. 10 mb in size.
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c1909
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MACK & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS GENUINE D. R. BARTON... Planes, Edge Tools, Etc., Rochester, N. Y.: Price List of Genuine "D. R. Barton" Planes, Edge Tools, &c. Made only by Mack & Co., 18 Brown's Race, Rochester, N.Y. c1909. Nice Arte Noveau cover design. My order is placed. I'm just waiting on the delivery...
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1910
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C. HAMMOND & SON, EDGE TOOLS AND HAMMERS, OGONTZ, PA., U.S.A., 1910. A full line catalog of the hatchets, axes, and hammers offered by the famous C. Hammond & Son.
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c1910
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XILLO BOREN CATALOGUS c1910. From the Netherlands, an early 20th C catalog for hand drills, most of which I will bet have are not often seen this side of the Atlantic.
Contributed by Martin Hagen of the Oldtools eMail List.
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c1920
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LUTHER'S TOOL GRINDERS. LUTHER GRINDER MFG. CO., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A. c1920. Featuring one of the best catalog covers ever, this small catalog is a perfect example of one company's use of paper advertising to tell the world that they had moved into the modern machine age. Great Arte Deco design. Take a close look and you can see the sparks flying from the grinding wheel. Quite a cover for something so mundane as a grinder.
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c1920
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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.
See Also: Winsted Edge Tool Co. Catalog
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1925
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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.
Contributed by Joe Parker of the Oldtools eMail list.
(28 MB)
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c1937
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ULMIA TOOLS - GEORG OTT. C1937. Catalog and text courtesy of Wolfgang Jordan ( wolfgang@holzwerken.de ), of the Oldtools eMail List:
"This Georg Ott catalog ('Ulmia tools') is undated, but it is supposed to be from about 1937. Regarding planes, new features had evolved in the preceding years, such as the iron strike button and the hand guard. New ways were developed to hold the wedge. Innovations like this can be found throughout the catalog. These innovations made the George Ott company one of the leading German tool factories. Georg Ott has influenced plane production in other companies through the present day. More information about the history of Georg Ott and Ulmia tools can be found here: http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/ulmia.phtml"
"Dieser Katalog der Firma Georg Ott ('Ulmia-Werkzeuge') ist undatiert, aber offensichtlich um 1937 herausgegeben. Die Hobel waren in den letzten Jahren gründlich überarbeitet worden und haben bereits ihre heutige Form mit Schlagknopf, Handschoner und eisernem Keilwiderlager. Auch viele andere Werkzeuge wurden verbessert. Die Innovationskraft der Firma Georg Ott verhalf ihr zu einer führenden Stellung unter den Holzwerkzeugherstellern und hatte einen großen Einfluss auf die Herstellung von Hobeln und anderen Werkzeugen bis heute. Mehr Informationen über die Geschichte von Georg Ott und Beispiele von Ulmia-Werkzeugen hier: http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/ulmia.phtml"
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1937-
1945
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ATLAS METAL WORKING MACHINERY. 1937-1945. A variety of material from the famous Atlas machinery company, makers of metal working and wood working machinery. Included are catalogs, various charts, operating and assembly instructions and related material.
Courtesy of Mike Duchaj of the Oldtools eMail list.
This material has been split into three PDF files:
 Catalog No. 45, 1945
Catalog 1937
Supplementary Materials
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