OVERSIZE ; period hardware (Renaissance, Gothic, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Empire, English): hinges; locks; bolts; door knockers; door knobs; furniture knobs; mortise bolts; newel post balls; newel post urns; sash lifts; etc. Art metal work for architects, cabinet makers, decorators: Amer
Two folders OVERSIZE ; One catalog in Spanish ; Type revolving printing machines ; power presses ; "Washington and Smith" hand presses ; self-inking machines ; stereotyping and electrotyping machinery ; "A Short History of the Printing Press" (1902) ; rotary presses for printing from aluminum plates ; photo-engraving machinery and accessories ; lithographing presses. Cast steel saws ; steam engines ; industrial machinery ; combined jigsaw (or jig-saw) and drilling machine ; iron and brass castings ; rotary offset presses ; knife boxes ; knives
Includes:
Trade catalog and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
62 pieces; 9 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components) Search this
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products ) Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment Search this
Established 1862 (printed in catalog) ; "Founded nearby in 1878, it was a leading manufacturer of oil well machinery and supplies, serving the oil industry across the globe. By the early 1900s, employment peaked at 2,000. In 1930 it became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel." source: http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=438 (4/13/07) ; general offices moved to Dallas, TX. - numerous other branches in various cities throughout the history of this company, including Pittsburgh, PA. Search this
"Oilwell" ; see also Oil City Boiler Works Search this
Notes content:
one container OVERSIZE ; Oil-field equipment and supplies ; well-drilling machinery ; pipe line equipment ; steam and water fittings ; "Complete Outfit for Drilling and Pumping and Artesian Well" ; water tube boilers.
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
147 pieces; 10 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Oil City, Pennsylvania, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
The Nicholson File Company, a major manufacturing firm in Providence, Rhode Island, was founded by William Thomas Nicholson (1834-1893) in 1864. In October 1972 it merged with Cooper Industries. Source: http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss587.htm Viewed on 9/28/07) Search this
OVERSIZE ; Fascimilie of catalog. Files, tools, engines for clocks and watches; jewellers' tools; rollers and flatting mills; machines for weighing wagons.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date:
1800s
Topic (Romaine term):
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment) Search this
[Trade catalogs from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)]
Variant company name:
Armonk, NY ; White Plains, NY ; Rye Brook, NY Search this
Company Name:
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Search this
Related companies:
International Time Recording Co. of New York ; Emanon Corp. (Laborton, NY); Computing Tabulating and Recording Co. ; Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. ; Search this
Notes content:
one container OVERSIZE ; Typewriters: manual; electric ; automatic carbon shift ; Selectric (brand name) forms writing machine ; carbon ribbon writing machine. Industrial controls, automatic programming of machine tools. Punch card accounting systems. Laboratory equipment: electrochemical instruments ; liquid chromatography ; variable wavelength detectors ; digital plotters ; automatic sample handler ; data collection terminals. Time recording and regulating systems ; time recording clocks ; doctors' staff registering system ; high-speed electronic sorters ; dictating equipment ; school sound system ; cardatype ; card punch ; electronic statistical machine ; alphabetical collator ; scales ; electric document originating machine ; calculating punch ; includes business cards ; computers ; Payroll report for Emanon Corp. of Laborton, NY for week ending December 18, 1937 ; magnetic drum machine ; electronic typing calculator ; "Talking Terminal" (IBM 3278 Model 2 Display Unit with Audio Output Feature). "Computer Programmer Training for the Severely Physically Disabled" brochure ; COBOL reference cards ; FORTRAN reference cards ; ALGOL language reference book ; IBM 360 Operating System reference guide ; reference manuals ; "Electromatic News Flash" publication (Vol. 2, No. 1) ; IBM Wiring Diagram ; accounting machine ; collators ; card proving machine ; card proof punch ; printing card proof punch
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, manual, samples, photographs and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Types of samples:
punch card ; samples of text on IBM Electromatic Typewriter ; text styles for IBM Memory Typewriters and IBM
Physical description:
353 pieces; 22 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment) Search this
Canada Illinois Tools Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) ; Diamed (Elk Grove Village, IL) ; Shakeproof (Elgin, IL) ; Shakeproof, Inc. ; Shakeproof Lock Washer Co. ; SIMCO Co., Inc. Search this
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One piece OVERSIZE ; Machinery: hobs, shaper cutters, master gears, burnishers, gear cutters, milling cutters, tools, broaches, involute splines, induction heating equipment, inspecting machinery, switches, screws, and other fasteners. Shakeproof fasteners: lock washers ; thread cutting screws ; sems. Static control equipment: static neutralizing bars and ionizers ; in-line ionizers for pneumatic conveyors ; electrostatic generators ; web cleaners ; ionizers for electronics and cleanroom environments. Arbors ; reamers ; gear inspection equipment ; cutting tools ; hob sharpeners ; lock washers and terminals ; etc. Diamed: insert mold plastic products for medical industry (needle and filter components) ; standard molded products for medical industry (small vein needles ; on/off clamps ; one way vlaves ; filters)...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
National Laboratories, Lehn & Fink Industrial Products Div. ; Lehn & Fink Products Group ; Winthrop Consumer Products, Glenbrook Laboratories (New York, NY) ; McMahon Group, Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Search this
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Masterpiece high gloss floor finish and penetrating wax stripper ; Lysol brand products ; floor care products ; washroom products ; cleaners & degreasers ; healthcare disinfectant products ; insecticides ; air sanitizers ; "Dairy Ease" chewable lactase tablets ; "Injectable Medications: A Guide to Stability and Reconstitution". "Certificate of Award" for completing work standardization and procedures training course. See SIRIS blog for brief history of company by historian working with the Sterling Drug collection at the Archives Center at NMAH: http://si-siris.blogspot.com/2012/01/researcher-finds-pain-and-relief-in.html
Company founder Thomas Pangborn developed the process known as sandblasting which combines compressed air and sand to clean metal by particle impact.(see http://www.pangborn.com/about.asp). Search this
One container OVERSIZE. Circa 1918-1954 materials from the Pangborn Corp., which manufacturs surface preparation systems, equipment and services for industrial purposes. File contains trade catalogs on blast cleaning and dust collecting equipment : Rotoblasts and equipment, blast machines, blast cleaning nozzles, blast cleaning cabinets, blast gun, blast cleaning tanks, hand cabinets, barrels, rotative tables and blast cleaning rooms. One brochure is in Spanish. Also contains a Golden Anniversary commemorative booklet (1904-1954). File contains hard copies of two company histories...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Kenneth Lynch ; Kenneth Lynch & Sons, Inc. ; A. M. Byers Co. ; F. H. McGraw & Co. ; Kenneth Lynch & Son, Inc. ; Kenneth Lynch Inc. (NY) Search this
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three containers OVERSIZE ; "The Book of Garden Ornament: 2076" ; figures ; weathervanes ; clocks ; urns ; stone balusters ; shingles and siding ; stone , "Canterbury Bronze" or "Eternity Lead" statuary ; benches ; "Devotional Pieces" , religious themed sculpture ; "Japanese Stone Lanterns" ; other Asian-inspired sculpture ; animal sculptures ; tablets and plaques ; finials ; planters ; bird baths ; topiary forms ; "rain trees" ; pool systems for fountains ; pedestals ; sundials ; stanchions ; "snow guards ; "bollards" ; steel curbing ; door knockers and shoe scrapers ; treillage ; trellises ; andirons ; other fireplace equipment ; "Outdoor Cooking" supplies ; charcoal grill and accessories ; art gallery and museum equipment ; reflectors ; picture rods ; picture wire and picture chain ; show cases ; other art gallery and museum supplies ; other decorative lawn and garden pieces ; "A Steeple and A Weathervane" , detailing the reconstruction of the steeple and weathervane of the "Old North Church" or "Christ Church" damaged by Hurricane Carol in 1954 [a successor to the church steeple that Robert Newman hung lanterns in to give Paul Revere the signal regarding the British invasion] in Boston, MA , in cooperation with the A. M. Byers Co. and F. H. McGraw & Co. ; "Manship" or "Outdoor Sculpture by Paul Manship" [the sculptor of the "Prometheus" figure in Rockefeller Center] ; "Ornaments and Symbols of Eternity Lead for Stained Glass, Lighting Fixtures and Other Ornamental Purposes" . 3 pieces in Oversize : Stone , lead , bronze , and other metal garden ornaments ; wrought iron and ironwork ; garden furniture and accessories ; bronze tablets ; decorations ; "Handbook of Church Lighting" with layouts and fixtures ; smithing tools ; anvils ; coppersmithing tools ; silversmithing tools ; Two Guernsey's auction catalogs from 1985 included: "Smithing tools and items related to the art of smithing;" "Architectural, Ornamental and Decorative Objects;"
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images
Physical description:
18 pieces; 4 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Wilton, Connecticut, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Architectural designs and building materials Search this