Rose Tools Scanned Catalog Archives
Rose Tools put an extraordinary amount of time and effort into scanning the catalogs amassed here. While the website hosting this
resource has been taken down, Rose Tools has given permission to host them here. Donna Rose Allen still maintains an active
website devoted to quality new and old tools.
The catalogs are grouped in alphabetical order, by company name. When known, the catalogs from each company are listed in chronological order.
When known, the date of publication is given in parentheses after the title.
ALL CATALOGS BEARING THE ROSE TOOLS WATERMARK ARE HOSTED WITH THE PERMISSION OF ROSE TOOLS. A huge thanks goes out to Mark Stansbury of
FoleyFiler.blogspot.com for doing the heavy work in saving these catalogs, and to
Donna Rose for making the scans available.
Mark has also taken the time to amass and post an impressive collection of catalogs and tool related scans over at
Internet Archive. It's truly an impressive resource.
Catalogs submitted by readers are marked with an asterisk (*). If anyone has scanned catalogs that they would like hosted, please contact me.
I have been helped immensely in the past by having access to online resources, and would like to pass on what I can.
The American Axe & Tool Company
American Emery Wheel Works
American Swiss File & Tool Company
E.C. Atkins
Belknap
C. L. Berger & Sons
Black & Decker
C. L. Berger & Sons
Bonney
The Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corp.
Buck & Hickman, Ltd.
Canedy-Otto M'f'g Co.
Colwell Cooperage Co.
Craftsman
- See entry for Sears, Roebuck and Co. below
Crescent Tool Co.
Eugene Dietzgen Co.
Disston
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co.
Goodell-Pratt
Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
Greenlee Tool Co.
Hammacher, Schlemmer, & Co.
William Heck
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.
Keen Kutter
- Keen Kutter was a trademarked name originally used by the
Simmons Hardware Company, and later by the Shapleigh Hardware Company. Because of the large sizes of the catalogs issued
by these companies, they are listed separately on a dedicated Keen Kutter page.
The Ken Tool Manufacturing Company
The Lufkin Rule Co.
Marples
The Marugg Company
Richard Melhuish, Ltd.
Millers Falls
North Bros.
PEXTO (The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company)
Red Devil Tools
Richards-Wilcox Manufacturing Company
W. Rose & Bros.
Sargent
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- Because there are 32 Sears catalogs in the archives, they are listed on a
separate page.
Shapleigh Hardware Company
- When Shapleigh bought the Simmons Hardware Company, they also
acquired the wide-ranging Keen Kutter brand. Because of the large size of this catalog, they are listed separately on a dedicated
Keen Kutter page.
Simmons Hardware Company
- Simmons is better known by their trademarked Keen Kutter line.
Because of the large size of their catalogs, they are listed separately on a dedicated
Keen Kutter page.
S-K Tools
Skilsaw, Inc.
Stanley
L. S. Starrett
Chas. H. Stehling Co.
The James Swan Co.
Thor Power Tool Company
The L.&I.J. White Co.
Warren Axe & Tool Co.
J. H. Williams & Co.
Winchester
Woodings-Verona Tool Works