Vanished Tool Makers: Vulcan Manufacturing Co., Winona, Minnesota

My Vulcan "Largrip" wrench:

The company was apparently primarily a manufacturer of car accessories, producing among other things a tripod jack.  The one I own is shown below (although I can't be sure it's a Vulcan as there are no identifying marks on it, and Vulcan wasn't the only manufacturer making these things).  This is also from a time when cars actually had bumpers.

Mechanix Illustrated, April 1951

Hard to say why they thought the "Swiss Miss" costume was appropriate in this photo shoot.

(Image above from Modern Mechanix, Yesterday's Tomorrow Today, an absolutely fantastic site that should be on everyone's bookmark list!)