A Collection of Vintage American Advertising...

and Industrial Crate Hammers and Box Tools. This lot contains a collection of vintage American hand tools primarily utilized for opening wooden crates and prying boxes, including a group of individual implements and a small pulley. The tools are constructed of forged steel, some featuring riveted wood handle scales. Prominent manufacturers represented include the Bridgeport Hardware Mfg. Corp., with several marked tools such as the No. 120 crate hammer, the Nox-Tox all-metal hammer, and a No. 21 combination tool. Advertising and promotional implements are featured, notably a Swift and Company tool also marked for Queen Regent Toilet Soap with the Shapleigh Hardware Co. Diamond Edge logo. Other advertising pieces include a Clark Bars Are Great cast hammer and tools marked Bixby's Box Opener...