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A Bit About The Ford BIt Company

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The Ford Bit Company 19th Century Trade Catalog Typography Why trade catalog typography? Because I have a penchant for trade catalogs and even more for typography, Trade catalogs are nearly extinct now thanks to the world wide web. During the second half of the 19th century, the commercial printing business of designing trade catalogs was a speciality unto itself. This was mass marketing at it's finest. Trade catalogs had to grab the attention of both the wholesale and retail customers. What better way to do this than with eye catching typographic designs? Hardware and Tool Manufacturer Trade Catalogs If you hadn't already guessed, I have a thing for what I shall term, because I can, "Occupational Trade Catalogs". Herewith we begin with The Ford Bit Company, makers of patented Auger Bits of Holyoke, Massachusetts, circa 1896. Take a gander at the exuberance of this minimalist design: Now that you have reveled in the brief but rewarding visual experience of the Ford Bi...
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Army Navy Ice Bag Helmet Vintage Advert

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Vintage Army And Navy Combination Ice Bag And Helmet Just when you think it's safe to have a headache, here comes the Whitall Tatum Army And Navy Combination Ice Bag And Helmet! Cure your headache and be safe from shrapnel! c1900 print advertisement from a Whitall Tatum Pharmacy Supplies trade catalog in my collection. Framed, unframed, prints, posters, cards, puzzles and more. All available at my PrintsAntiquA shops at both Redbubble and Fine Art America.
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Baldwin Plane Company Grooving Planes

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 Baldwin Grooving Planes Wall Art Adapted from the original Baldwin Plane Manufacturer Trade Catalog in my personal collection. The 1858 Baldwin Plane trade catalog has an interesting history. I purchased it as part of an ephemera lot from a South Carolina dealer. Everything in the lot was heavily soot and smoke stained, water stained and stinky. From what I could learn of the lot, it came from the attic of a defunct retail hardware store in Charleston, SC. Unfortunately, by the time I learned of the auction lot, the rest of the attic contents had been sold. The catalog paper is very fragile. Dry, stained, wrinkled and difficult to conserve. I guess I put in around 30 hours of work on the pages just to get them to the point at which I could image them. The history of the Baldwin Plane Manufactory   This page is entitled "Grooving Planes". Unlike modern wood plane nomenclature, Baldwin named any plane capable of making grooves, a grooving plane. The following planes listed on ...
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Harvard Tandem Tricycle Vintage Ad

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The Harvard Bicycles And Tricycles The original tandem trike built for two! Vintage Advertising at it's best. Can you imagine wheeling around Boston or Cambridge, Mass on this trike? Not to mention the matching uniforms. Check my PrintsAntiquA shop for wall art and more...  
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Vintage Typograhy C. W. Calkins Boston 1881

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C. W. Calkins & Co. advertises its services as book and commercial printers, located at 280 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts 1881 Vintage Typography At It's Best! When a commercial printer creates their own advertisement, you know it will be great. Late 19th century advertising from a Boston, Massachusetts City Directory in my personal collection. True facsimile wall art available at my PrintsAntiquA.com shop:  
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Toolemera Press Departments

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Table Of Contents Home Shop Reprints Shop P rints A ntiqu A Letterpress, Typography & Advertising Free PDF Pinterest Reference Sloyd/Slöjd Japan Woodworking Rhykenology - Wooden Planes Using & Making Hand Tools Occupational Photographs Vintage Trade Catalogs Finishing Joinery Wood Turning The Woodworker Series Designs & Plans Textiles Wood Carving & Scrolling Tool Chests & Workbenches Cookery & Farming/Farriery Ship Builders Adverts & Letter/Billheads
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The Webber Co., B. B. Chapman Carpenters Cabinet Card

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 B. B. Chapman, Manager - The Webber Co. Lumber Yard and Carpenters Shop, Ohio Cabinet Card c1910 One of my favorite early 20th century Occupational Cabinet Cards. The Webber Co. Carpenter Shop - Managed by B. B. Chapman, Lumber Yard, Carpenters, Jobbers, Store Fronts and Fixtures. c1910 but anyone who knows about antique autos will know more than I do. My first job in carpentry was as at a Waltham, MA commercial fixture shop. The shop manager spoke English and all the rest, Greek. It was interesting. Buy A High Resolution Reproduction from PrintsAntiquA
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