Antique Literature

We have added 18 files to our Antique Lock Literature Tool. Manufacturers represented in the newest batch of files include:

• Independent Lock Co. (ILCO)
• Lockwood Hardware Manufacturing Co.
• P & F Corbin Co.

The full list of the files are as follows:

• History of The House of P & F Corbin
• Independent Lock Co. (ILCO) Catalog No. 21 (1972)
• Lockwood Hardware Manufacturing Co. Catalog (1894)
• Lockwood Hardware Manufacturing Co. Catalog (1914)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1871)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1876)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1881)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1885)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1890)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1892)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1895)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1896)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1905)
• P & F Corbin Catalog (1911)
• P & F Corbin Catalog No. 26 (1923)
• P & F Corbin Catalog No. 27 (1932)
• P & F Corbin Catalog No. K553 (1931)
• P & F Corbin Store Door Handle and Locks Catalog (1897)

We have added 13 files to our Antique Lock Literature Tool. Manufacturers represented in the newest batch of files include:

• H.B. Ives Co.
• McKinney Manufacturing Co.
• Oscar C. Rixson Co.
• Peterboro Hardware Co.
• Penn Hardware Co.
• Reading Hardware Co.
• Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co.
• Vonnegut Hardware Co.
• Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.

We have also started sorting literature by Manufacturer to help users navigate the growing amount of files. Special thanks to Canadian locksmith Zachary Linton (Zachary’s Locks and Security) for sending us these files.

The Antique Lock Literature page is now available in the Tools section. This page will serve as a repository for lock literature that is at least 50 years old. This sort of information can be especially valuable in older, larger cities where some of this hardware is still in use. At launch, we over 25 PDFs. These PDFs include books, catalogs, price lists, and more from the following names:

• A.C. Hobbs
• Briggs & Stratton
• Diebold Safe & Lock Co.
• Eagle Lock Co.
• Henry R. Towne
• Linus Yale Jr.
• Lockwood Hardware Manufacturing Co.
• P&F Corbin Co.
• Mosler Safe Co.
• Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co.
• Sargent & Greenleaf Co.
• Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.

As with most things of this website, this Tool will be routinely updated with new (or should I say old?) content as it becomes available. If you have antique lock literature that you would like to share with us so that we may add it to this tool, please contact us.