Here are a few examples:First: The Johansson Gage Blocks 24-page brochure "He Measures in Millionths". This pretty little brochure was put out by Ford to celebrate these precision gage blocks. The story of how these were invented and used is quite interesting.
And then there was the:
Lunkenheimer Valves Guide. At first glance, this doesn't look too exciting. But open up this guide and you get a 36-page look into what really makes industry tick. (or hum, spin, or whistle!)... Lunkenheimer is a famous name in the industrial-strength whistle collectors' world.
And next...
The PowerKing Tools Catalog
36 pages of great vintage shots of tools and not a safety guard in sight.
(no, really, this catalog is nifty and I'm very glad I had it pass through my hot little hands.)
So... what about them?
Glad you asked. (!!!) These are all photos of the covers of originals that were sold online a couple years ago. At the time, I scanned in all of the pages of all the publications in high quality, planning "one day" to put them together into PDFs and sell those online for much less than the cost of the originals.
Now that option is no longer viable for me on eBay, so I am going to list these for electronic delivery on the new online market site where I'm getting the most traffic. Which is, at the moment, Loudfrog. You will see these listings there pretty soon, under this link: Rustmonger Vintage (by Moonlunasea) on Loudfrog.
And until they're listed there: Anyone who sees these publications and is interested in obtaining a PDF version, please post here and let me know... They will sell for $2.99 for the 24-page "He Measures in Millionths", $4.99 for the 36 page Lunkenheimer and PowerKing catalogs, and will be available through e-mail delivery or for an extra buck and postage, on a CD.
But drat! I didn't get to the spiffiest item ever. Oh well...in my next blog post.
Happy almost last week of April!
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