One envelope OVERSIZE ; Machine tools and woodworking equipment ; scroll saws ; lathes ; drills ; "velocipede saw" ; bow drill ; hardware ; tents ; hammocks ; engraving supplies ; drawing instruments ; clocks ; carving tools ; target guns ; air guns ; bows ; archery equipment ; baseball equipment; croquet equipment ; velocipedes ; "bat and trap" sets ; roller skates ; "Eureka" parlor rowing machine ; lawn tennis supplies ; catalog includes an engraving of "The First Grand Annual Meeting of Archers. Under the control and management of THE NATIONAL ARCHERY ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES" which took place in 1879 ; "Graves' Patent Target Gun" ; "Bradley's" game of "Authors" and "The Checkered Game of Life" [ Milton Bradley , Source: http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ci_history_mb ] ; blocks ; "Crandall's" toys ; "dissected" puzzles ; models ; play sets ; mechanical banks ; wagons and carts ; sleds ; sporting goods ; other toys and games ; bicycles ; bicycle accessories ; tennis supplies ; shooting supplies ; poker ; police badges ; pocket knives ; shaving equipment ; fishing supplies ; exercise equipment...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
Paricon (see http://www.pariconsleds.com/company.html) Search this
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Founded 1861 by Henry & Lucille Morton (see http://www.pariconsleds.com/company.html). Paris Manufacturing Co. supplied the sleds for both the Admiral Peary Expedition to the North Pole and a follow-up expedition by Donald Macmillan in 1914. The company is most famous for manufacturing the classic Flexible Flyerâ„¢ wood sled with steel runners. It also now (2007) makes foam sliders , toboggans , saucers , plastic sleds, baby sleighs , PVC inflatables , snowboards , snow toys and helmets . (see http://www.pariconsleds.com/)Unique 1890 catalog for the Paris Manufacturing Company's selection of "Children's Sleds and Sleighs , Boy's Carts , Wagons , Wheelbarrows , &c." The title page of the catalog also lists "Folding Step Ladders, Tables, Chairs, Swings, Cot Beds, &c." Terms: wood-axle wagon, iron-axle wagon , hand cart , spring board coaster , pony wagon , sulkies , wheelbarrow , wooden lap board , folding settee , artist chair , camp stool , steamboat chair , children's desk , ladies roll top desk , office desk , dirigo (laundry) bench adjustable ironing table , Garfield adjustable cot bed and stretcher , step ladder , swings , clipper sled , cutter sled , double-runner sleds , pony sleigh , sleigh top and sleigh runners for attachment to baby carriage.
A. G. Spalding & Bros. ; Ward B. Snyder ; Search this
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Catalogs dated 1883 and 1885 for manufacturer, importer and dealer of sporting goods (equipment and uniforms for rugby, shooting, skating, tennis, baseball) ; games ; magic lantern projectors ; slides ; home telegraphs ; model engines ; toy steam and sail boats ; printing presses ; tricycles ; chemistry sets ; cameras ; scroll saws ; magicians' equipment ; knives ; toy trains ; typewriter ; pantograph ; whistles ; masks and disguises and iron savings banks in fanciful shapes ; also see in the monograph section: GV747 .P36 1881 ;
aka Pexto and P.S. &W. CO trademarks ; Peck, Smith & Co, the S. Stow Mfg. CO and the Roy’s & Wilcox CO. merged to form Peck Stow & Wilcox ; later merged with A.W. Whitney & Sons; J.E. Hull & CO.; Woodruff & Wilcox; Hart, Bliven & Mead Mfg. CO. Cheshire Edge Tool CO. and Johns & Co. ; The company was bought out by Billings & Spencer in 1950, but the name continued in use. (http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id192.html); Veeder Industries Search this
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Circa 1920s through 1950s (mostly 1926)catalogs for a manufacturer of bits, braces, chisels, dividers, draw knives, hammers, household tools, machinist tools, screwdrivers, tinsmith tools and wrenches ; plus machines for sheet metal sheering and forming ; also tools for auto body and fender repairs ; also roofing tools. A circa 1926 catalog (No. 25A) entitled Equipment for and Teaching Sheet Metal Working, for use in trade schools."
Includes:
Trade catalog, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
16 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Southington, Connecticut, United States
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses) Search this
Educational institutions; equipment and supplies (includes playground equipment) Search this
1915 catalog of dining tables made of quartered oak ; round in shape with pillar/pedestal and four scroll or paw feet ; plain, Arts-and-Crafts styled pedestals and feet ; rope-turned Jacobean-style pedestals ; William-and-Mary styled turned pedestal feet
Richard Melhuish & Sons ; Rd. Melhuish & Sons Search this
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Radio supplies and components ; hardware and handtools ; saws ; woodworking machinery ; "Kneel-on-Air" rubber mat ; lawn and garden equipment ; other equipment .
Trade lit, circa 1939, for a company that rented (plus sold and repaired) construction, earth moving and dredging equipment : concrete mixers and pumpers, electric and gasoline-powered hoists, derricks, cranes, saw rigs, scraper buckets, rope blocks, material elevators, bins and hoppers, scales, buckets and grapples, concrete surfacers, motors, Vulcan tools, wheel barrows, ropes, steam pumps, electric drills, scaffolding, trailers, cutting and welding apparatus, hose clamps and couplings, paint/lacquer spray equipment, lifting jacks, steel horses, torches and flares, branding irons, power excavators, concrete vibrators, rubber hoses, compressors, demolition tools and pavement breakers, drills, pneumatic tools, wood borers, sanders, grinders, hoists, etc and engines.