{"id":1224,"date":"2025-05-26T14:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/?page_id=1224"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:59:22","slug":"the-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/byxcoblog.com\/?page_id=1224","title":{"rendered":"The Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our collection of period documents. We hope these are as valuable a resource to you as they have been for us. If you are a researcher and would like to use any of our scanned images in your work, please don’t hesitate to reach out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Belknap, Dept. 2, ca. 1969<\/a><\/h4>\n
Belknap Hardware was a department store similar to Sears Roebuck or Montgomery Ward, founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1840 and ...
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Sharpening Stones: History & Development, Pike Mfg. Co., ca. 1915<\/a><\/h4>\n
An informational pamphlet on sharpening stones, produced at an interesting point in history when both natural and synthetic stones were ...
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Derby, Ball, Edwards Corp. Catalog, ca. ~1920-1933<\/a><\/h4>\n
A catalog of the Derby, Ball, Edwards Corporation, which was established in 1920. The company changed its name to Derby ...
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Photo of a Mowing Champion, ca. 1927<\/a><\/h4>\n
An original photograph by Fotograms of New York City. The back contains the pasted typewriter text: PLEASE CREDIT FOTOGRAMS, N.Y ...
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David Wadsworth & Son Price List, ca. 1893<\/a><\/h4>\n
A thin, folded price list and illustrations of the wares offered by David Wadsworth & Son of Auburn, New York ...
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North Wayne Tool Co. Catalog, ca. 1937<\/a><\/h4>\n
A wonderful brad-bound catalog and price list, with large glossy pages. Because of the method of binding, the pages appear ...
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Rixford Catalog Leaflet, ca. October 1956<\/a><\/h4>\n
A three-hole-punched leaflet acting as an abbreviated catalog of Rixford's wares. This may have been a supplement to an existing ...
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Seymour Manufacturing, Catalog No.23, ca. ~1931<\/a><\/h4>\n
One of the largest and most notable snath manufacturers, and the only surviving of them all to the modern day ...
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Fabbriche Riunite Falci Dronero Catalog ca.~1900<\/a><\/h4>\n
A lovely vintage catalog by the organization that would later become Falci Tools of Italy. Falci themselves consulted with the ...
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Rixford Mfg. Co. Catalog, ca. 1947<\/a><\/h4>\n
A 1947 catalog of the Rixford Mfg. Co. of East Highgate, Vermont. Viewable in PDF format here ...
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North Wayne Tool Co. Catalog No.117, ca. 1951<\/a><\/h4>\n
This catalog shows that an astonishing array of both scythes, grass hooks, and other tools were still being produced in ...
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Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Anonyme des Forges et Aci\u00e9ries du Saut du Tarn, ca. January 1948<\/a><\/h4>\n
A French catalog of scythes, sickles, and related edged tools dated January 1948. A full PDF copy may be found ...
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“The Old Dutch Bend”<\/a><\/h4>\n
A short story on scythe mowing prowess appearing in \"The Industrial Enterprise\" volume 16, 1909. A visual representation of a ...
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H. Waters Scythe Curvature Brochure, ca. 1861<\/a><\/h4>\n
An illustrated brochure from scythe manufacturer Hervey Waters of Northbridge, Massachusetts, circa 1861, demonstrating his offered range of curvatures and ...
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Manufacturing Scythe Snaths<\/a><\/h4>\n
A fascinating ca. 1911 account of the manufacture of wooden scythe snaths at the Fenn Manufacturing Co. of Charlotte, MI ...
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