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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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c1860 Wood Turner, Cat and Dog Lathe

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 Pattern Maker, Wood Turner, Custom Built Dog and Cat Lathe, c1860 A truly one of a kind 19th century cabinet card. Photographed c1860 somewhere in the United States. This one is as idiosyncratic as it gets. The canvas backdrop indicates a traveling photographer. The turner's hair and garments alwo indicate U.S. Civil War period. Now to the good stuff. The lathe looks to be a manufactured leather belt driven pattern makers lathe. Very heavy bed frame. This thing must have weighed a ton. What stands out are the head and tail stocks. Look carefully at the photo! I have no doubt these parts were made by the turner as patterns, then cast in the foundry connected to the commercial shop. The Head Stock is a Dog. The Tail Stock is a Cat, notably the adjustment wheel is, shall we say, the Tail, exiting through the cat's rectum. If only I knew if this lathe still exists, somewhere in a collection of museum. To date I haven't found it. Buy a high quality reproduction from PrintsAntiq...
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Lancaster's Garage Ford Doctor Photo Cabinet Card

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Lancaster's Garage - Ford Doctor - General Repairing Ever hear of a Ford Doctor? Here it is. Lancaster's Garage, Ford Doctor, General Repairing. New & Used Auto Parts, Tires, Tubes & Supplies. Mr. Motorist, Have You Enough Tire Patch? We Sell It.  Bulletin: No. 2 Highway North, Good. No. 3 West, Good Interesting mounted cabinet card featuring Ford cars, Gas pump, Advertising. Likely 1930's photographed by a traveling photographer.
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Furniture Making Advanced Projects In Woodwork Ira S. Griffith 1912 ISBN: 9780983150015

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Furniture Making: Advanced Projects In Woodwork by Ira S. Griffith 1912. - Manual Arts Press   ISBN: 9780983150015 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press Buy From Amazon Amazon Publishing Affiliate Link "The purpose of all education is the better preparation of the student to meet his environment, present and probable future, as judged by society." Ira S. Griffith. A practical as well as theoretical educator, Ira S. Griffith was a leader in the Manual Arts Education movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His books for students and educators formed the groundwork of the evolution of Manual Arts and later Vocational Education. Furniture Making: Advanced Projects In Woodwork contains 51 exercises and measured drawings of projects ranging from basic books shelves through to the famous Morris Chair. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his pe...
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The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making by David Denning 1891 ISBN: 9780982532980

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The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making: A Practical Handbook To The Construction Of Cabinet Furniture; The Use Of Tools, Formation Of Joints, Hints On Designing And Setting Out Work, Veneering, Etc.  by David Denning  1891   ISBN: 9780982532980 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press David Denning wrote four influential 19th century texts on: cabinet-making; fretwork; carving and finishing. His works were and are frequently quoted and referenced in books by woodworkers, for woodworkers. In print through numerous editions from the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century,  The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making  provides a thorough review of the tools and techniques of hand crafted cabinet-making as practiced during the 1800's, as evidenced by this period review: "Mr. David Denning's hand-book on The Art and Craft of Cabinet-Making ... will be welcomed by amateurs and young craftsmen, and even experienced workman may derive pleasure and profit from it...
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Carpentry Made Easy Or The Art And Science Of Framing by William E. Bell 1858 ISBN: 9780989747783

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Carpentry Made Easy: Or, The Art And Science Of Framing by William E. Bell 1858 ISBN: 9780989747783 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press Carpentry Made Easy; Or, The Art And Science Of Framing , was written by William E. Bell of Ottawa, Illinois and published by Howard Challen of Philadelphia in 1858. It remained in continuous publication through 1904, evidence of the book's importance to the architectural and building trades of the period. Carpentry Made Easy  was the first American architectural trade book to popularize the transition from heavy timber frame to light balloon frame construction. Although not the first book to introduce balloon frame construction, Bell's text was the first American technical book to thoroughly describe the method in such a way as to allow the skilled practical carpenter to readily apply this affordable building method. Included were the various major framing methods of the period for everything from small house construction to barns, m...
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The New England Farrier by Paul Jewett of Rowley MA 1826 ISBN: 9780989747769

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The New England Farrier:  A Compendium Of Farriery, In Four Parts,  by Paul Jewett of Rowley, MA. 1826 ISBN: 9780989747769 Discounted! Buy Direct from Toolemera Press First published in 1795 and remaining in print through 1840, The New England Farrier was the first book of Farriery to have been published in it's entirety within the Continental United States of America. The author, Paul Jewett of Rowley, MA, served in the Continental Army during the Revolution. The New England Farrier addresses the complete care of hooved livestock, including cows and goats. Not limited to hoof care, the text includes country vet remedies for common and uncommon livestock ailments. The New England Farrier includes a chapter devoted to the ills that might befall adults and children who might have little access to formal medical care. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in h...
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Working Drawings Of Colonial Furniture by Frederick J. Bryant 1922 - Manual Arts Press ISBN: 9780982532959

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Working Drawings Of Colonial Furniture by Frederick J. Bryant 1922 - Manual Arts Press ISBN: 9780982532959 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press "Because of the increasing demand for woodworking projects embracing the designs of the famous masters, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton, the author has endeavored to secure dimensioned sketches and photographs of old fashioned furniture." Frederick J. Bryant.  Active in the early 20th Century Manual Arts Education movement, Frederick J. Bryant sought out period furniture of "singular form and beauty". Working Drawings Of Colonial Furniture features measured drawings of original furniture found in local Maine towns. Included are working drawings of: Tables: Gate-leg; Card; Tea; Work; Tip-Top; Breakfast Tavern Clocks: Grandfather; Banjo Chairs: Windsor; Hepplewhite; Empire Mirrors: Colonial; Old Fashioned With notes on wood finishing Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on ear...
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Hand Craft: An English Exposition Of Slojd by John D. Sutcliffe 1890

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Hand Craft: An English Exposition Of Slöjd by John, D. Sutcliffe 1890 Hand Craft: An English Exposition Of Slojd, by John, D. Sutcliffe, 1890 , is a scarce and important text for practical use by both the student and teacher of the Slöjd (Sloyd) manual arts education system. Buy From Amazon Amazon Affiliate Link "For some generations there has been cultivated in Sweden, and amongst Scandinavian and kindred peoples, a course of training in personal ingenuity, unknown in most other countries... Such a course or system of training is called Slojd... The nearest equivalent in English to the Swedish word Slojd would seem to be Hand-Craft, or mechanical training for the hand." Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his personal collection. More Sloyd titles from Toolemera Press The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slöjd by Otto Salomon The Sloyd System Of Wood Working by...
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Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine Of Handy-Works by Joseph Moxon 1703 ISBN: 9780982532904

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Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine Of Handy-Works by Joseph Moxon 1703 ISBN: 9780982532904 Discounted!  Buy Direct from Toolemera Press Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Works , was written, printed and published as a serial by Joseph Moxon between 1683 & 1685 and published as a book in 1703. A mathematician, writer, printer, publisher and maker of maps, globes and scientific instruments, Joseph Moxon was also the first tradesman to be awarded membership in the Royal Society of London. Mechanick Exercises  popularized the secrets of the skilled trades of Smithing, Joinery, House Carpentry, Turning and Bricklaying, along with the making of Sun Dials. Mechanick Exercises  is as important a reference today as a description of early skilled trades as it was in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his per...
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The Mechanic's Companion by Peter Nicholson 1850 ISBN: ‎9780983150008

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The Mechanic's Companion  by Peter Nicholson  1850 ISBN: ‎9780983150008 Discounted! Buy Direct from Toolemera Press Buy From Amazon Amazon Publishing Affiliate Link The Mechanic's Companion, by Peter Nicholson , describes in detail the skilled building trades of the 19th Century: Carpentry; Joinery; Bricklaying; Masonry; Slating; Plastering; Painting; Smithing & Turning. This, the 1850 edition, was the first to include a final chapter on the Steam Engine. The Mechanic's Companion is Peter Nicholson's technical update to Mechanick Exercises by Joseph Moxon . An essential reference for anyone interested in 19th century classical and traditional building trades. Before digging into the period book review of The Mechanic's Companion, a few thoughts of my current thoughts on Mr. Nicholson's Opus. There is a modern misinterpretation of The Mechanic's Companion (as has been the same for Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises). Modern reviewers and yes, even mo...
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