Item #23160 Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY. Rose Barker, Clinton Co.
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY
Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY

Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware for Sale by Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co, Wholesale Hardware, 109, 111, 113 Lake Street Elmira NY

Elmira, NY: Barker, Rose, & Clinton Co 1901. First Edition. xli, 1220 pages. 10 x 12 1/2 inches. Leather spine over red cloth. Spine leather cracked along the joint but hinge is still holding. Some scuffing to leather spine labeling. Laid in is "Discount Sheet No 1 applying to 1901 Catalog" marked September 1901, and noting discounts available on some items. Good. Boards. [23160]


A massive, highly illustrated catalog of wholesale hardware available through this firm which went through multiple ownership changes over the years. Catalogs are rare for all of the companies incarnations. Romaine notes only one, for Barker, Rose and Gray at Albany. We find no examples of this catalog in OCLC/Worldcat, Americana Exchange, or online for sale. The subject index is followed by a numerical index of Hardware, excluding locks, manufactured by Sargent & Co at their Works at New Haven, Conn. and includes page numbers in this catalog for each item. An excellent view into what was available at the time for those in the hardware business.

A short history of the various incarnations of the company follows. "Rose, Kimball & Baxter, Inc.- On June 25, 1864 Miles Ayrault and Stephen Rose founded Ayrault & Rose at 14 Lake Street in Elmira, NY. There they sold hardware and mill supplies. In 1867, they changed the name to Ayrault, Rose & Co. During the 1860's the company struggled through recession and a series of fires, but still expanded the business into the wholesale hardware trade in addition [to] retail. In 1872, Ayrault and Rose were joined by Irvin D. Booth and and Dounce to form the Booth, Dounce, Rose & Co.. By 1875, Booth had left the partnership while Fred Barker joined, leaving the company as Barker, Dounce, Rose & Co. In 1888, the company became Barker, Rose & Gray and, in 1898, Arthur Clinton replaced Gray making it the Barker, Rose & Clinton Co. In 1928 Howard Kimball joined the partnership and the company became Barker, Rose & Kimball, Inc. In 1952, the name changed again to Rose, Kimball & Baxter, Inc." (chemungvalleymuseum CL 29 Barker, Rose, Kimball Collection)

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