Manufacturer's Tool Catalogs

Abercrombie & Fitch. (1965). Antique guns 1965. Abercrombie & Fitch, NY, NY. IS.

American Steel & Wire Company. (undated). Catalogue of American nails, wire, barbed wire, staples tacks, poultry netting, etc. Form 5860. United States Steel Corporation Subsidiary. IS.

Arthur, Henry. (Sept. 1874). Price list for September 1st, 1874, of leather and findings and boot & shoe uppers. Henry Arthur, 84 & 86 Gold Street, Corner Ferry, NY. Reprinted by Alexander Farnham, RD 2, Stockton, NJ 08559. IS.

Arnold, Roy. (late 1860's). The mid Victorian Elwell catalog of forged tools. A facsimile with an introduction by Richard Filmer. Reprinted in 2000 by Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ. IS.

Arnold & Walker. (1975 - 1977). The traditional tools of the carpenter and other craftsmen. Catalogue 2, 3, 4, 5. 77 High St., Needham Market, Suffolk, UK. IS.

Astragal Press. (1989). The Stanley catalog collection: 1855 - 1898: Four decades of rules, levels, try-squares, planes, and other Stanley tools and hardware. Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ. IS.

Astragal Press. (1994). The handsaw catalog collection: A select compilation of the four leading manufacturers (1910-1919) : E.C. Atkins & Co., Henry Disston & Sons, Simonds Manufacturing Co., and Spear & Jackson. Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ.

Auburn Tool Company. (1869). Price List of Planes, Plane Irons, Rules, Gauges, Hand Screws, &C., Manufactured and sold by Auburn Tool Company, (Successors to Casey, Clark & Co.). Wm. J. Moses' Printing and Publishing House. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Bailey, Leonard & Co. (1876). Illustrated catalogue and price list of patent adjustable iron bench planes, try squares, bevels, rules, levels, hammers, &c., &c.Leonard Bailey & Co., Hartford, CT. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Bailey, Leonard & Co. (January 1883). Catalog: Leonard Bailey & Co.'s patent adjustable iron bench planes, try squares, bevels, spoke shaves, box scrapers, &c. Leonard Bailey & Co., Hartford, CT. Reprinted in May 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Bailey Wringing Machine Company. (February 15, 1876). Price list: Defiance metallic bench planes. Bailey Wringing Machine Company, 99 Chambers St., NY, NY. Reprinted by Kendall Bassett. IS.

Barbour, J. & E. R. (no date). Catalog: J. & E. R. Barbour, dealers in mechanical rubber goods, engineers specialties, steamboat, railroad, and mill supplies, contractors for steam machinery & appliances. Nos. 8 and 10 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Poole Bros. Printers and Electrotypers, Mechanic Falls, ME. IS.

Bartholomew, H. S. (ca. 1889). Price-list of breast drills, braces, ferrules, etc., etc. 190. H. S. Bartholomew, Bristol, CT. Reprinted in September 1991 by ATTIC.

Barton, D. R. & Co. (1873). Catalogue and revised standard list of mechanics' tools and machine knives, manufactured by D. R. Barton & Co., 136 Mill Street, Rochester, N.Y. Evening Express Printing House, Rochester, NY. Reprinted in April 1983 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Barnes, W. F. & John Co. (1903). Catalogue No. 59. Foot power lathes manufactured by W. F. & John Barnes Co. Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A. Reprinted in 1982 by The Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, Columbia, MO. IS.

Barnes, W. F. & John Co. (1907). Catalogue No. 67. Patent foot and hand power wood working machinery manufactured by W. F. & John Barnes Co. Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A. The "Original Barnes". Reprinted in 1978 by The Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, Columbia, MO. IS.

Belcher Brothers & Co. (1860). Price list of boxwood & ivory rules, for sale only by WM. Belcher, 233 Pearl St., New York. Measuring tapes, thermometers, sandpaper, steel squares, braces and bits, gauges, spokeshaves, try-squares, Bemis' cast steel goods, &c. Reprinted in 1982 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. (1902). 1902: Catalogue: Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.: Machinery and tools. Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, RI. IS.

Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. (1941). Brown & Sharpe small tools: Catalog no. 34. Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, RI. IS.

Buck Brothers. (1890). Price list of chisels, plane irons, gouges, carving tools, nail sets, screw drivers, handles, &c. manufactured by Buck Brothers. Riverlin Works, Millbury, MA. Reprinted in 1976 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Carr, WM. H. & Co. (1838). American Manufactured Hardware, &c, for sale by WM. H. Carr & Co. William Brown, Philadelphia, PA. IS

Chandler & Farquhar Co. (1924). Chandler & Farquhar Company Machinists' Tools And Supplies, Mill Supplies, General Hardware. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Chicago, IL.

Chapin, Hermon. (1853). Cataloque and invoice prices of rules, planes, gauges, &c. manufactured by Hermon Chapin. Union Factory, Pine Meadow, Conn. Reprinted in 1976 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Chapin, Philip E. (1878). The Foss patent adjustable iron planes. Manufactured by Philip E. Chapin, Pine Meadow, Conn. Reprinted in Sept. 1981 by Ken Roberts Publishing Comapny. IS.

The Chapin-Stephens Co. (no date). Catalog: A plane statement. Read it. 86 years experience. Pine Meadow, CT.  IS.

The Chapin-Stephens Co. (ca. 1914). Catalog No. 114: The Chapin-Stephens Co. Union Factory: Rules planes gauges plumbs and levels hand screws handles spoke shaves box scrapers, etc. Pine Meadow, CT. Reprinted in March 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.(4)

Cheney, Henry Hammer Co. (1904). Illustrated Catalogue of the Henry Cheney Hammer Co. Reprinted September 23, 2003 by The Special Publications Committee M-WTCA. IS.

Collins & Co. (1921). Illustrated catalogue of axes, hatchets, adzes, picks, sledges, hoes, wrenches, bush hooks, etc., etc. manufactured by Collins & Co. established in 1826. The Collins Company, Collinsville, CT. Reprinted in 1974 by the Early Trades & Crafts Society, Long Island, NY. IS(2).

Collins Company, The. (1935). A Brief Account of the Development of The Collins Company in the Manufacture of Axes, machetes and Edge Tools. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. Reprinted 1985 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH, 1985.

Colwell Cooperage Company. (no date). This trade mark Colco N.Y. stands for efficient tools, stock and supplies for shipping containers: Barrels, boxes, pails, tubs, crates, baskets. General catalogue no. 26. Colwell Cooperage Company, Foot Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. X.

Colwell, E. D. (no date). Everything the cooper needs: Catalogue of bungs. E. D. Colwell, 412-418 Greewich St., NY, NY. X.

Connecticut Valley Manufacturing Co., Inc. (1939). Connecticut Valley Manufacturing Co. Inc. Wood boring tools. Walker-Rackliff Co., New Haven, CT. IS.

Cope, Kenneth L. (no date available). A Brown & Sharpe Catalogue Collection, 1868, 1887, 1899. Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ.

Crucible Steel Company of America. (1919). Catalog of products of the Black Diamond (Park) steel works, Pittsburgh, Pa. Crucible Steel Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA.

Davis Level & Tool Co. (ca. 1880). Price list of the Davis Level & Tool Co. Springfield, Mass. manufacturers of hardware tools, adjustable spirit plumbs, levels, and inclinometers, iron pocket levels, builders' levels and level glasses, saw clamps, improved iron bench planes, calipers and dividers, surface gauges, machinists' screw drivers, etc. hack saws and breast drills, thread gauges, &c., &c. Reprinted in May 1975, by Roger K. Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

Delta Manufacturing Division. (Jan. 1932 - March 1941). The Deltagram books I, II, III. Milwaukee, WI. IS.

C. Drew & Company. Catalog No. 34: C. Drew & Co. established 1837: factory at Kingston, Mass. Plymouth county. Topping Bros., New York Agents office and warehouse, 122 Chambers Street. Re-issued by the Marine Historical Association, Inc. and Antique Trades and Tools of Connecticut in October 1972. IS.

Eagle Square Manufacturing Co. (no date). Complete line of steel squares made by the Eagle Square Manufacturing Co., South Shaftsbury, Vermont. What the scales and tables are and how to use them.

Farrington, I.B. (1879). Price List of I.B. Farrington's Ornamental Designs for Scroll Sawing and all kinds of Scroll Saw Machines. Henry H. Price, Book and Job Printer, 1879. Reprinted 1976 by Early Trades & Crafts Society.

Folding Sawing Machine Co. (1897). Folding Sawing Machine. Reprinted by The Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, Feruary 1981. IS.

Forman, Benno M. (1988). American seating furniture 1630-1730: An interpretive catalogue. W. W. Norton & Co., NY, NY. IS.

Garrett Wade Company. (1984). Catalog: Woodworking tools. With September 1983 Price list. Garrett Wade, 161 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY. IS.

General Electric Co. (May 1910). Bulletin No. 4737: Electric hardening furnace. Power and Mining Department, Schenectady, NY. IS.

Goodell-Pratt Company. (1905). Catalogue no. 7: Tools manufactured by Goodell-Pratt Company, Greenfield, Mass., U.S.A. Reprinted in June 1977 by Roger K Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

Goodnow & Wightman. (1882). Price list of Goodnow & Wightman, importers, manufacturers and dealers in tools of all kinds for machinists, pattern-makers, carvers, model makers, amateurs, cabninet makers, jewelers, etc. Boston, Mass. Reprinted as a joint project by the Early Trades & Crafts Society and the Mid-West Tool Collector’s Association. IS.

Greenfield Tool Co. (1854). Price List of Joiners' Bench Planes and Moulding Tools Manufactured by the Greenfield Tool Company. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Co. in 1981. Fitzwilliam, NH. IS(2)

Greenfield Tool Co. (1872). Illustrated Catalogue and Invoice Price List of Joiners' Bench Planes, Moulding Tools, Handles, Plane Irons, &c., Manufactured by the Greenfield Tool Company. Reprinted January 1978 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co. Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Greenlee Bros. & Co. (1940). Greenlee Mortising and Boring Tools. Greenlee Bros. & Co., Rockford, IL. IS.

Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. (no date).Piano, Organ and Violin Tools, Catalog No. 142. Reprinted by Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Bath, NY. IS.

Harvey, H.H. (1896). H. H. Harvey’s special illustrated catalogue and price list for 1896 – 7. Granite, marble, and soft stone workers’, blacksmiths’ and contractors’, hammers and tools, manufactured by him at Augusta, Maine. Publisher unknown. IS.

The Higganum Mfg. Co. (1873). Brochure: The superior hay spreader. Higganum Mfg. Co., Higganum, CT. IS.

Hirth & Krause. (1890). Hirth & Krause, dealers in all kinds of leather & findings. Shoe store supplies, etc. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reprinted by The Midwest Tool Collectors Association and The Early American Industries Association in 1980. IS.

R. Hoe & Co. (1855). R. Hoe & Co., Manufacturers of Patent Ground Warranted Cast-Steel Saws. Reprinted November 1976 by Early Trades & Crafts Society, Long Island, NY.

Holtzapffell & Co. (1851). Holtzapffell & Co., No. 64, Charing Cross, London, engine, lathe, & tool manufacturers, and general machinists. X.

Hoole Machine and Engraving Works. (1911). Hoole Machine and Engraving Works. Reprinted by The Special Publications Committee, Midwest Tool Collectors Association, May 1985.

Hynson Tool & Supply Company. (1903). 52 annual catalogue: Hynson Tool & Supply Company. St. Louis, MO. Reprinted in April 1980 by the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association and the Early American Industries Association. IS.

S. Robert Jackson. (no date). The Level You Need. Hungerford-Holerook Co. Watertown, NY. Reprinted by Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools. IS.

Jackson & Tyler. Price List, Jackson & Tyler Tools And Suplies of all kinds. Reprinted by The Special Publications Committe, Mid-West Tool Collectors Assocation, September 1993. IS(2).

Jennings, C. E.  & Co., Jennings, Charles E. and Griffin, Francis B. (1985). Price list. no. 13: C. E. Jennings & Co., manufacturers of C. E. Jennings' Arrowhead high grade tools.  The Stanley Publishing Co., P. O. Box 689, Westborough, Mass. 01581. IS.

Jennings, Russell Mfg. Co. (1981). Reprint of price list of Russell Jennings Mfg. Co., c. 1899 with supplementary data. Ken Roberts Publishing Co., P. O. Box 151, Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Lang & Jacobs. (1884). Catalogue and price list of Lang & Jacobs’ head quarters for coopers’ supplies & cooperage stock, Boston, Mass. Coopers’ tools & truss hoops a specialty. Reprinted by the Early Trades and Crafts Society, Long Island, NY. IS.

The Lufkin Rule Co. (1888). Lufkin Measuring Instruments, Exerpts from Trade catalogues, 1888 to 1940, Documentary and Arrangement by Kenneth D. Roberts. Clark-Briton Printing Co., Cleveland, OH. Reprinted April 1983.

Marble Arms & Mfg. Company. (1932-33). Marble's outing equipment. Catalog No. 21. Marble Arms & Mfg. Company, Gladstone, MI. Reprinted in 1992 by Philip J. Whitby.IS.

Marble Safety Axe Company. (1905). Marble's specialties for sportsmen. Marble Safety Axe Company, Gladstone, MI. Reprinted in 1992 by Centennial Press, Littleton, CO. IS.

Marples, William & Sons. (February 1979). 1909 edition price list: William Marples & Sons, Limited, Sheffield. Reprinted by The Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, The Early American Industries Association and Arnold and Walker. IS.

Marshall-Wells Hdwe. Co. (circa 1910). Zenith Tools and Cutlery. Reprinted by The special Publications Committee, Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, April 1987. IS.

Martin, Glenn L. (1953). Catalog of exhibit of antique tools at the University of Maryland, from the collection of Herbert T. Shannon. University of Maryland, MD. IS.

Mathieson, Alex & Sons, Ltd. (1899). Saracen Tool Works, East Campbell Street, Glasgow. Established, 1792. Warehouses, Edinburgh, 23 Cockburn Street. Liverpool, 41 Byrom Street. Selections from the illustrated price list of wood working tools manufactured by Alex. Mathieson & Sons, Ltd. Glasgow. Eighth Edition. Reprinted in March 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Millers Falls Co. (April 15, 1878). Catalog: Millers Falls Co., Millers Falls, Mass., No. 74 Chambers Street, NY. Reprinted in 1992 by Philip J. Whitby. IS.

Morse Twist Drill & Machine Co. (1935). Machinist's practical guide: The Morse Twist Drill and Machine Co.: Incorporated 1864: Makers of twist drills, reamers, milling cutters, taps, dies, sockets, gauges, chucks, machinery and machinists' tools. Morse Twist Drill & Machine Co., New Bedford, MA. IS.

Moseley & Stoddard Manufacturing Co. (1896). (cover) For sale by H. P. Lucas, Pittsfield, Mass. (inside) Special fair catalogue, number 60, of improved machinery for the farm, dairy and creamery. Moseley & Stoddard Manufacturing Co., Rutland, Vermont. Reproduced by the Early Trades & Crafts Society in 1975. IS.

Niagara Machine & Tool Works. (no date available). Catalog no. 50: Tools and machines for tinsmiths and sheet metal workers, presses, shearing machines, punches, forming rolls, tinsmiths' tool, etc. Reprinted by Lindsay Publications, Bradley, IL.

North Bros. Manufacturing Co. (1908). "Yankee" Tool book describing, with illustrations, some up-to-date labor saving tools. More especially: ratchet screw drivers, spiral screw drivers, automatic or push drills, breast and hand drills etc., etc. Philadelphia, PA. reprinted in 1985 by O.M. Ramsey and Philip Whitby of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association. IS.

North Bros. Manufacturing Co. (1912). Catalogue of "Yankee" tools ice cream freezers etc., etc. North Bros. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, PA. Reprinted in November 1988 by the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association. IS.

Oldham, Joshua. (1887). Catalogue and price list: Joshua Oldham, manufacturer of saws, machine knives, &c. of every description. Joshua Oldham, NY, NY. Reprinted in 1978 by the Early American Industries Association.

Ohio Tool Company. (ca. 1900). Catalog: High-grade mechanics' tools. Ohio Tool Co., Columbus, Ohio, Auburn, NY. Reprinted in 1981 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS(2).

Ohio Tool Company. (1910). Ohio Tool Company established 1823: Catalogue no 23. Ohio Tool Co., Columbus, Ohio, Auburn, NY. Reprinted in May 1976 by Roger K. Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

Oldham, Joshua. (1976). Joshua Oldham, Manufacturer of saws, machine knives &c of every description, Catalogue and price list. Reprint. Early American Industries Association, So. Burlington, VT. IS.

Osborne, C. S. & Co. (1911). Catalog: Established 1826: C. S. Osborne & Co., Inc.: Standard tools. C. S. Osborne & Co., Inc., Newark, NJ. Reprinted in 1976 as a joint project by the Early American Industries Association, the Early Trades and Crafts Society and the Mid West Tool Collectors. IS(2).


Parton, James. (1917). A captain of industry: The story of David Maydole: Inventor of the adz-eye hammer: To which is added a catalog of the principal varieties of hammers made by The David Maydole Hammer Company.  The David Maydole Hammer Co., Norwich, NY.X.

The Peavey Manufacturing Co. (1978). Celebrated logging tools since 1857. Box 371, Brewer, ME. (207) 843-7861. IS.

A.H. Pomeroy. (1886). Illustrate Catalogue of Scroll Saws, Lathes, fancy Woods, Clock Movements, Pocket Cutlery, Mechanics' Tools, &c. &c.Pilgrim Publishers, MA. IS.

Pratt & Whitney Co. (1950). Pratt & Whitney Co. Small Tools. Niles-Bement-Pond Co., West Hartford, CT. IS.

Preston, Edward & Sons, Ltd. (1991). The "PRESTON" catalogue: rules, levels, planes, braces and hammers, thermometers, saws, mechanic's tools, &c., Edward Preston & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham, England, Catalogue No. 18, May 1909. Reprinted by Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ. IS.

Rabone, John & Sons. (1982). John Rabone & Sons 1892 catalogue of rules, tapes, spirit levels, etc. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., P. O. Box 151, Fitzwilliam, NH 03447. IS.(2)

Rees, Mark. (1991). Edward Preston & Sons of Birmingham, an outline history. Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ. Reprint of the Preston 1909 catalogue.

Richmond Cedar Works. (Feb. 1, 1926). Richmond Cedar Works: Richmond, VA.U.S.A. Manufacturers of Virginia white cedar wooden ware, ice cream freezers, washing machines etc. Price list. Richmond Cedar Works, Richmond, VA. X.

Rixford, O. S. (ca. 1887). O. S. Rixford's scythes and axes East Highgate, Vermont. T. O. Metcalf & Co., Printers, 48 Oliver St., Boston, MA. IS.

Roberts, Ken. (1979). Scotch and English metal planes manufactured by Stewart Spiers and manufactured by T. Norris & Son. Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Roberts, Ken. (1989). The Stanley Rule & Level Company's combination planes featuring the development and use of the Miller, Traut, and Stanley 45 and 55 planes. Miller's patent combined plow, filletster and matching plane. Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ. IS.

Rogers. (no date). Roger's tool & book catalogue. Hitchin. IS.

Romaine, Lawrence B. (1960). A guide to American trade catalogs, 1744-1900. Bowker, NY, NY.

Russell & Tremain. (1862). Advertising circular. Russell’s screw power mower and reaper, combined. Without cog gearing. Manufactured by Russell & Tremain, Manlius, Onondaga Co., N.Y. Reprinted by the Early Trades & Crafts Society, Levittown, NY. IS.

Sandusky Tool Co. (1877). Illustrated List of Planes, Plane Irons, etc. The Sandusky Tool Co. Register Team Printing Establishment. Reprinted January 1978 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH.

Sandusky Tool Co. (September 1st, 1925). The Sandusky Tool Company, Established 1868, Catalog No. 25. Sentinel Printing Co., Keene, NH. Reprinted January 1978 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH.

Sargent & Co. Wood bottom and iron planes. Reprinted in May 1975 by Roger K. Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

Sargent & Co. (1993). The Sargent tool catalog collection: A reprint of the Sargent tools illustrated in the Company's 1894, 1910, and 1922 catalogs. Forward by Paul Weidenschilling,The Astragal Press, Mendham, New Jersey. IS.

Sawyer Tool Mfg. Co. (1904). Catalog "G": Illustrated price list of fine tools and hardware specialties manufactured by the Sawyer Tool Mfg. Co. (incorporated). Fitchburg, MA. Reprinted by Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools, Bath, NY. IS.

Shapleigh Hardware Co. (1927). Diamond Edge planes. Shapleigh National Series No. 1354, Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, MO. Reprinted in 1992 by Philip J. Whitby. IS.

Shelburne Museum. (1957). The blacksmith's and farriers' tools at Shelburne Museum. Museum Pamplet Series, No. 7. The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT.

Simmons Hardware Company. (no date). E. C. Simmons keen kutter cutlery and tools. 21st catalog.  Reprinted in 1971 by American Reprints, St. Louis, MO. IS.

The H.D. Smith & Co. (1920). Catalog: Makers of drop forged fine tools: Originators - not imitators. The H. D. Smith & Co. Plantsville, CT. IS.

The Standard Rule Co. (ca. 1883). Catalog: The Standard iron and wood planes. Standard Rule Co., Unionville, CT. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Company. IS(2).

The Standard-Simmons Hardware Co. Simmons mail order want book: E. C. Simmons Keen Kutter cutlery and tools. The Standard-Simmons Hardware Co., Toledo, OH. Reprinted in 1989 by R. L. Deckeback, Royal Oak, MI. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (no date). Catalog: Stanley improved labor saving carpenters' tools including "Bailey" adjustable plane. Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain, CT. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (1859). 1859 Price list of boxwood and ivory rules, levels, try squares, sliding T bevels, gauges, &c., manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, also including the price list of boxwood and ivory rules manufactured by A. Stanley & Co., New Britain, Conn. Jan. 1855. Press of Case, Lockwood & Company, Hartford, CT. Reprinted in May 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (January 1, 1867). Price list of U. S. standard boxwood and ivory rules, levels, try squares, gauges, handles, mallets, hand screws, &c. manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, New Britain, Conn., and Brattleboro', VT. Press of Case, Lockwood & Company, Hartford, CT. Reprinted by Ken Roberts Publishing Co, Bristol, CT. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (January 1879). Price list of U. S. standard boxwood and ivory rules, plumbs and levels, try squares, bevels, gauges, mallets, iron and wood adjustable planes, spoke shaves, screw drivers, awl hafts, handles, etc. manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, New Britain, Conn., U.S.A. Reprinted in 1973 by Ken Roberts Publishing Co., Bristol, CT. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (Jan. 1, 188?). Bailey's patent adjustable bench planes and other improved carpenters' tools manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Company, New Britain, Conn.IS(2).

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (January 1888). Price list: Improved labor-saving carpenters' tools manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Co. Reprinted in April 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Company, Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (January 1892). Price list: Improved labor-saving carpenter's tools manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Co. Reprinted in July 1972 by H. C. Maddocks, Jr., West Boylston, MA. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (January 1898). Price list of U. S. standard boxwood and ivory rules, plumbs and levels, try squares, bevels, gauges, mallets, iron and wood adjustable planes, spoke shaves, screw drivers, awl hafts, handles, etc. manufactured by the Stanley Rule and Level Co. New Britain, Conn., U.S.A. Reprinted in May 1975 by Ken Roberts Publishing Company, Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Stanley Rule & Level Co. (1900). The Stanley bed rock: A new plane. Stanley R. & L. Co., New Britain, CT. Reprinted in January 1983 by Bob Kaune, Port Angeles, WA. IS.

The Stanley Rule & Level Co. (1909). Catalog: Carpenters & Mechanics Tools: No. 102. Reprinted in May 1975 by Roger K. Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

The Stanley Rule and Level Plant. (1921). “55” plane and how to use it. The Stanley Rule and Level Plant, New Britain, CT. IS.

Stanley Tools. (no date). Read this before you use Stanley planes: A plane is no better than its cutter. Stanley Tools, New Britain, CT. X.

Stanley Tools. (no date). The Stanley catalog collection, 1855 to 1898: Four decades of rules, levels, try-squares, planes, and other Stanley tools and hardware. The Astragal Press, Morristown, NJ. IS(2).

The Stanley Works. Catalog: Stanley tools ~ in sets. The Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT. Reprinted in September 2002 by the Midwest Tool Collector's Association. IS.

The Stanley Works. (1929). Stanley tools for carpenters and mechanics: Catalog no. 129. The Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT. Reprinted in June 1977 by Roger K. Smith, Lancaster, MA. IS.

The Stanley Works. (1955). Catalog: 45 plane: Seven planes in one. Reprint from Manual. Stanley Tools, New Britain, CT. IS.

Stanley. Catalog: Stanley tools. The Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT. Reprinted in September 2002 by the Midwest Tool Collector's Association. IS.

Stanley. (1994). Tool traditions catalog. Stanley Mail Media, Inc., Phoenix, AZ. IS.

Stanley. (1995). Tool traditions catalog. Two different editions. Stanley Mail Media, Inc., Phoenix, AZ. IS.

Stanley. Insert: Read this before you use: Combination plane no. 46. The Stanley Rule & Level Plant, New Britain, CT. Reprinted in September 2002 by the Midwest Tool Collector's Association. IS.

Starrett, L. S. (July 1895). No. 13 catalogue and price list of fine mechanical tools, manufactured by L. S. Starrett Athol, Mass. U.S.A. Boston Eng. & McIndoe Printing Co., Boston, MA. Reprinted in October 1989 by Bud Brown Publishing Co., Reading, PA. IS.(2)

Stearns, E. C. & Co. (1924). Catalogue of hardware manufactured by E. C. Stearns & Co. Syracuse, NY. Reprinted in June 1977 by Roger K. Smith, College Press, S. Lancaster, MA. IS.

Steel Shot & Grit Co. (no date). Catalog: Certified steel abrasives . . . Samson steel shot . . . for sawing and polishing. Steel Shot & Grit Co., Pittsburgh, PA. IS.

Swan, James Company. (1911). Illustrated catalog and price list of premium mechanics' tools manufactured by The James Swan Co. Seymour, CT. Reprinted in November 1981 by Ken Roberts Publishing Company, Fitzwilliam, NH. IS.

Tools for Working Wood. (Summer 2003). Tools for working wood: Hand tools, books, videos and accessories for the serious woodworker. 3(1). IS.

Union Mfg. Co. (no date). Union Iron and Wood Planes. Reprinted by Ohio Tool Collectors Association in June 1981.

Union Tool Company. (1969). Union Tool Company: Machinist and carpenter's tools: Combined 1969 catalog. Orange, MA. IS.

Union Twist Drill Co. (1912). Catalog No. 100. Milling and High Power Cutters: High speed steel. IS.

United Hardware & Tool Corporation. (1925). United Hardware & Tool Corporation manufacturers' distributors and importers guaranteed hardware and tools of quality: Fulton catalog no. 40. 74 Reade Street, NY. Reprinted in November 1983 by the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association. IS.

Universal-Cyclops Steel Corporation. Tool Steel Catalog. IS.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.

Vose & Co. (April 1853). Illustrated book of stoves manufactured by Vose & Co., Albany, N.Y. Vose & Co., Albany, NY. Reprinted in 1983 by the Early American Industries Association. IS.

Vulcan Crucible Steel Company. (1929). Vulcan tool steels: High grade tool steels and special steels. Catalogue No. 7. Vulcan Crucible Steel Company, Aliquippa, PA. IS.

  • This catalog shows how complicated and complex steel manufacturing is.  It also provides an important summary of how many different kinds of steel had been produced by the time of the Industrial Revolution.

Walter's, Wm. P. Sons. (1888). Illustrated catalogue of wood workers' tools and foot power machinery. Market Street, Philadelphia.  Reprinted October 1981, by The North Village Publishing Co., Lancaster, MA. Available from Roger K. Smith, 1444 N. Main Street, Lancaster, MA 01523. IS(2).

Walker-Turner Co. (1938). Walker Turner Power Tools. Walker-Turner Co., 1938, Plainfield, NJ.

Westervelt, A. B. & W. T. (1883). No. 6. Illustrated catalogue and price list of copper weather vanes, bannerets and finials, manufactured by A. B. & W. T. Westervelt, office and warerooms: 102 Chambers Street, Corner Church Street, New York. Reprinted in 1982 as American antique weather vanes by Dover Publications, Inc. IS.

Weston Electrical Instrument Co. (1911). Construction: Weston switchboard wattmeters synchroscopes and power-factor meters: manufacture, construction and design of Weston A. C. switchboard indicating instruments: Sections 1 and 2 of Catalog 16. Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Newark, NJ. IS.

Weston Electrical Instrument Co. (1911). Weston switchboard indicating wattmeters: Direct-current, single-phase and polyphase wattmeters. Section 3 of Catalog 16. Weston Electrical Instrument Co., Newark, NJ. IS.

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