1913 The Gimlet Thomas Edison Issue Hardware Ads Stanley Disston Jefferson

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Original April 1913 issue of The Gimlet, a small-format hardware trade magazine / house publication associated with Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St. Louis. This issue is especially notable for its extensive Thomas A. Edison feature, with period articles, photographs and illustrations covering Edison’s life and inventions, including: * Moving pictures and talking pictures * Original tinfoil phonograph * Incandescent lighting * Dictaphone and phonograph technology * Telegraph and stock ticker developments * Edison’s laboratory, home and family * Period discussion of Edison’s impact on modern industry and everyday life Also includes fascinating early American industrial and hardware material, including reproduced Thomas Jefferson records related to nail manufacturing, early nail / brad / sprig price lists, and a wide range of illustrated period advertisements. Advertisers and subjects include Stanley Rule & Level Co., Henry Disston & Sons, Peck Stow & Wilcox, Oneida Community Silver, Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co., Corbin Hardware, American Steel & Wire Co., Clinton Wire Cloth, Norvell-Shapleigh / Diamond Edge, plus early automotive, sporting goods, household, farm and architectural hardware. Pages are continuously numbered 161–240, with no missing pages observed. The issue uses continuous pagination, so the numbering begins at 161 rather than page 1. Approximate size: 5.7 x 4.2 inches. Condition: good antique condition for a publication from 1913, with age toning, handling we

• Publisher: Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co.
• Year: 1913
• Condition: Good

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