Historical Catalogs and Curiosities

[Doogs]

Wasn't sure where to post this so here seems like a good spot.

I was researching The Miller Lock Company and stumbled across a few different catalogs so I'll offer up the links to some pdf's and/or a link to the sites as I find them.I hope you find them interesting or useful for historical research or as reference material for your collections.

Please feel free to add any product descriptions, catalogs, old advertising etc. if you feel they are relevant to the thread as I would like to see us build up a database

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Toronto Lock Mfg. Co.
https://ia801904.us.archive.org/2/items ... ToLoCo.pdf

Miller Lock Co.
https://archive.org/stream/MillerLockC0 ... 0/mode/2up (Link fixed)

Corbin
https://archive.org/details/TheCorbinAL ... heUnitPlan
https://archive.org/details/CatalogNo.2 ... rsHardware

Yale
https://archive.org/details/SixOfTheEig ... leEquipped
https://archive.org/details/YaleCatalogNo.26

Dudley
https://archive.org/details/PositiveSec ... nationLock

Lockwood
https://archive.org/details/LockwoodBui ... talogNo.20

[jeffmoss26]

Very cool, I have a few Corbin catalogs/books I downloaded from archive.org, I love learning the history of these lock companies.

[Doogs]

A few more:

Linus Yale Jr.
https://archive.org/details/ADissertati ... arProofing

Sargent
https://archive.org/details/ModernAmeri ... eBySargent

Descours & Cabaud
https://archive.org/details/DescoursCab ... llurgiques

[just1pick+open]

Very cool stuff doogs....

[VancouverSpecial]

Doogs,

Thanks for the great info!
Very much enjoying browsing the old locks and hardware.

Cheers,
Sean

[huxleypig]

Great stuff! For historical stuff, I LOVE this site:

http://historyoflocks.com/hob003.html

In fact, the museum is very, very close to me, I really should go again. I went maybe 8 years ago but my understanding has grown since then (obviously).

[Doogs]

A link to the "Short History and Guide to Picking American Locks" written by Oldfast.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6905

Thanks Mike for this excellent writeup on American Locks

P.S. This thread is a must read for the sheer volume of information that has been posted here. Not just for American locks but for many makes and models. Piotr posted links for all the major manufacturers and their brands making for excellent research material.