North brothers manufacturing. It operated an iron and brass foundry and a tinning and galvanizing business in philadelphia until april 30 1946 when it was sold to the stanley works makers of stanley tools. Or more simply north bros was an american manufacturer based in philadelphia pennsylvania that specialized in the making of hand tools small appliances and some specialized power tools. These pages are from the 1918 catalog of john h. Yankee soon became and still is a well known name in automatic spiral ratchet screwdrivers with several other models and model improvements patented by north bros.
To their name though it is not known if they made tools prior to this event. An improvement on selden norths patent 842107by adding a spring in the blade track of the handle the replaceable blade is held securely in placenorths approach to the problem was to slightly bend the prongs of the replaceable blade thus keeping it in place by frictionsample marked north brothers mfgco. They were family owned and operated for over 60 years before being acquired by the stanley works in 1946. North ran an iron foundry under the name north bros in 1887 they incorporated adding mfg.
As home to our original polo button down oxford however it can boast a certain measure of fame. We stock and service what we sell orders are shipped the same business day and if we make a mistake well make it right. Graham co sales agents for north brothers manufacturing co. 1888 as the successor to the partnership of north brothers.
Over 97 of our business comes from repeat customers because our focus is not to sell a product but to provide a solution. North brothers manufacturing company was incorporated ca. Pages 1 to 16 are numbered. The trade name yankee screwdriver was first marketed by north brothers manufacturing company in 16 april 1895 with the no.
The north brothers manufacturing company north bros. Over a 40 year period. And many other companies. 130 spiral ratchet screwdriver.
After the takeover the north bros braces and other tools were first marked north bros mfg co philadelphia division of stanley tool works these philadelphia made tools seem to have retained the construction quality for which north bros was famous.