The Davistown Museum
Center for the Study of Early Tools
Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of
information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for:
S. W. Card Mfg. Co.

Status Location
The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinist's Tools
Miscellaneous Tools
30202T13 Tap stock bio photo DTM
Steel, 5 1/2" long, signed "Card US No 0".
This diminutive tool is a product of one of New England's most important late classic period manufacturer's of taps, dies and
related tools. DATM (Nelson 1999) lists S. W. Card Mfg. Co., which was located in Mansfield, MA, as operating between 1874
- 1908 before being bought out by the Union Twist Drill Co. of Athol. The factory building in Mansfield still stands.
11301T10 Tapping stock bio DTM
Cast steel, 4 1/2" long, signed "S. W. Card Mansfield Mass".

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