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Belknap, Dept. 2, ca. 1969
Belknap Hardware was a department store similar to Sears Roebuck or Montgomery Ward, founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1840 and ...
Sharpening Stones: History & Development, Pike Mfg. Co., ca. 1915
An informational pamphlet on sharpening stones, produced at an interesting point in history when both natural and synthetic stones were ...
Derby, Ball, Edwards Corp. Catalog, ca. ~1920-1933
A catalog of the Derby, Ball, Edwards Corporation, which was established in 1920. The company changed its name to Derby ...
Photo of a Mowing Champion, ca. 1927
An original photograph by Fotograms of New York City. The back contains the pasted typewriter text: PLEASE CREDIT FOTOGRAMS, N.Y ...
David Wadsworth & Son Price List, ca. 1893
A thin, folded price list and illustrations of the wares offered by David Wadsworth & Son of Auburn, New York ...
North Wayne Tool Co. Catalog, ca. 1937
A wonderful brad-bound catalog and price list, with large glossy pages. Because of the method of binding, the pages appear ...
Rixford Catalog Leaflet, ca. October 1956
A three-hole-punched leaflet acting as an abbreviated catalog of Rixford's wares. This may have been a supplement to an existing ...
Seymour Manufacturing, Catalog No.23, ca. ~1931
One of the largest and most notable snath manufacturers, and the only surviving of them all to the modern day ...
Fabbriche Riunite Falci Dronero Catalog ca.~1900
A lovely vintage catalog by the organization that would later become Falci Tools of Italy. Falci themselves consulted with the ...
Rixford Mfg. Co. Catalog, ca. 1947
A 1947 catalog of the Rixford Mfg. Co. of East Highgate, Vermont. Viewable in PDF format here ...
North Wayne Tool Co. Catalog No.117, ca. 1951
This catalog shows that an astonishing array of both scythes, grass hooks, and other tools were still being produced in ...
Société Anonyme des Forges et Aciéries du Saut du Tarn, ca. January 1948
A French catalog of scythes, sickles, and related edged tools dated January 1948. A full PDF copy may be found ...
“The Old Dutch Bend”
A short story on scythe mowing prowess appearing in "The Industrial Enterprise" volume 16, 1909. A visual representation of a ...
H. Waters Scythe Curvature Brochure, ca. 1861
An illustrated brochure from scythe manufacturer Hervey Waters of Northbridge, Massachusetts, circa 1861, demonstrating his offered range of curvatures and ...
Manufacturing Scythe Snaths
A fascinating ca. 1911 account of the manufacture of wooden scythe snaths at the Fenn Manufacturing Co. of Charlotte, MI ...