Another job you may not want to do, boring deep holes with twist drill, 1902

 Modern Shop Practice Vol 1, American Technical Society, 1903

 

Betty Boop technical drawings

 Drawing guide for the artists who drew the cartoon.

Apperson 100 HP Runabout

Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice, American Technical Society, 1907

 

Gouldcar

I found the above classified ad in a 1943 Motorcyclist magazine, it's a product of the Goulding sidecar company.  Of course Jesse at Just a Car Guy found this years ago and told the story. Link here.

 

We used to make things in this country #377 Lincoln Toys power shovel

This beat up stamped excavator toy was seen at a local antique store, the Lincoln name was not familiar but it turns out Lincoln Toys was a Canadian company in business during the 1940s and 1950s, Along with construction and farm toys there were also several lines of trucks in different styles and scales. I will add them to the post as I find them.

 Kay Manufacturing started up in Windsor at the corner of Erie and Lincoln St. in 1941, receiving a contract to produce ammunition boxes and fenders for the Canadian Army. The company name changed to Windsor Steel the next year and their product line expanded into other stamped metal products. After the war with government contracts gone, they started a line of hardware products, bicycle accessories and pressed steel toys, becoming a supplier of Massey Harris farm toys. They opened a salesroom on Lincoln St, naming it Lincoln Specialties. 

Meanwhile near by, another metal stamping company named Ellwood Industries also started producing their own line of stamped toys. This line was successful, being sold through Canadian department stores Eaton's and Simpson's. Ellwood Industries moved down the road to a factory in Tilbury where they also produced stamped parts for the Ford Motor Company. Arrangements were made to market the toys through Lincoln Specialties. 

Both companies were successful through the 1950s but competition from Tonka and other stamped metal toys put them out of business by 1958. 

More history at The Canadian Toy Collector Society site.

 Canadian Museum of Civilization collection here.

 

With tools he is all

Wisdom from the inside cover of The Starrett Story, 1982 edition...

 

Russian constructivist graphic design

 This is a vintage Soviet poster promoting using advertising services on trams, designed by Dmitri Bulanov in the 1920s.  The text highlights that tram advertising is inexpensive, rational, and read by millions of people daily, the roof banner reads, "ADVERTISING IN THE TRAM"

Eysink parallel twin

This was one of motorcycling's first parallel twins, obviously the designer was concerned about overall width, the crankshaft had one throw with curiously cranked connecting rods to get the desired cylinder spacing. This would also make it an even-firing 360° engine. The engine had atmospheric intake valves and exhaust valves operated by a front mounted camshaft.

 The Dutch-made Eysink was introduced in 1908.

 

Indian Motocycle Co. 1935

 

L S Starrett's first invention