Vintage Trade Catalogs • Index

 Vintage Trade Catalogs

Why trade catalogs? Along with period photography, the trade catalog is the most accurate factual history of commerce, industrial development and social interaction. Most vintage and antique trade catalogs are wholesale, or B2B. Some were produced for the consumer, in particular the 19th century consumer of retail goods from manufacturers and retail companies located in far distant cities.

Herewith are some of the trade catalogs I've collected over the decades along with a live canned search for reference use Canned Vintage Trade Catalog search

1. C. E. Jennings & Co. Price List and Catalog 1901
2. Baldwin Tool Co's Premium Bench Planes And Moulding Tools. Middletown, Conn. Illustrated Catalogue And Price List, 1858
3. E. A. Berg Mfg. Co. Ltd. 1938
4. Wells Bros. & Little Giant Tools
5. Jos. H. Graham Co. Hardware and Hand Tools. Includes many of the famous hand tool brands of the early 20th C.
6. Witherby and Winsted Tool Mfg. Co. Trade Catalogs, 1890, 1920, 1950
7. Jos. Harm, Amsterdam Tri-Lingual Hand Planes & Tools c1900
8. William Marples & Sons Full Line 1938
9. New York Mallet And Handle Works 1877
10. Luther's Tool Grinders 1920
11. Peugeot Freres frame saws
12. A. A. Woods & Son Co. 
13. Peugeot Freres trade marks
14. John J. Bowles Planemaker Price List 1840
15. Hartford Clamp Co. 1940
16. Southern Steel Stamp and Die Works Saddlers Tools 1875
17. Henry Disston Pocket Catalog 1875
18. Charles H. Smith Woodworking Machinery 1870
19. Arrowmammet Works Wooden Planes 1858
20. E. L Parker Tinners Tools and Supplies 1868
21. National Moulding Book 1899
22. Shoji & Kumiko - c1930 Japanese Architects Proposal Catalog
23. Christiansen Workbench Co.
24. C. Hammond & Sons Edge Tools & Hammers 1910
25. W. F. & J. Barnes Foot, Hand & Steam Power Machinery 1880
26. E. M. Boynton Lightning Saws 1873
27. Mack & Co. -  D. R. Barton Edge Tools 1910