Charles Parker Company hardware / vises / presses - design in collections, exhibitions, trade catalogues and historical information

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Parker vise


Above, illustration of Parker combination vise in 1916 Illinois Malleable Iron Co. (Chicago) catalogue, p. 228. For more information, see the entry listed below.


"PARKER, CHARLES CO. (THE)
Charles Parker, President; C. E. Parker [1], Vice-President; W. H. Lyon, Secretary. Manufacturers of The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Blinds, Hinges, etc. New York Office, 97 Chambers Street."

— D.H. Hurd & Co. in Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations (1893), p. 212.


A. Charles Parker Company hardware / vises designs in collections


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1870s

patented 1873 - vise

C. Parker. (patented 1873). Vise. (ID no. TEKS0025000. Viewed 24 July 2018. C00108).

patented 1873 - vise

C. Parker. (patented 1873). Vise. (Item no. 000496. Viewed 24 July 2018. C00107).


B. Charles Parker Co. hardware / vises in exhibitions


1860s

1869 - American Institute Fair, New York

8 September - 30 October 1869. American Institute Fair, New York.

> Exhibited by Parker Bros., "Patent Parallel Vises", "for a bench vise, Third medal and diploma"; also exhibited "one of their patent power-presses", the "Fowler", award "for power presses. First media and diploma".

  • For documentation, see design catalogue and historical information below.


1870s

1872 - Meriden Town Hall exhibition

19-21 (or after) September 1872. Meriden Town Hall exhibition, Meriden Agricultural Society, CT.

> Parker & Whipple exhibited unspecified builders’ hardware. Meritorious Mention.

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1874 - Meriden Town Hall exhibition

23-25 September 1874. Meriden Town Hall exhibition, Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, Meriden, CT.

> Chas. Parker Co. exhibited unspecified "plated silver and silver forks knives and spoons, hardware, coffee mills, etc."

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1876 - Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia

10 May - 10 November 1876. Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia.

> Charles Parker Co. exhibited unspecified vises "in more than twenty forms".

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1879-80 - Sydney International Exhibition, Australia

17 September 1879 - 20 April 1880. Sydney International Exhibition, Australia.

> Exhibited by Parker Tool Co. (presumably Charles Parker Co.): "One Novelty Pipe Vice [sic]; Parallel Vices, Nos. 3 to 35; Saw Vice, No. 43".

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1880s

1880 - Meriden Town Hall exhibition

c. September - 24 September 1880. State Fair, Town Hall exhibition, Meriden, Connecticut.

> Exhibited unspecified vises [presumably "thirty or forty patterns and sizes"] by Charles Parker company. Diploma awarded.

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1881 - Meriden Town Hall exhibition

20-23 September 1881. Meriden Town Hall display, Connecticut State Fair, Meriden, CT.

> Large display of unspecified bench vises exhibited by Charles Parker Company. Diploma awarded.

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1888 - Moorestown society, New Jersey

6-8 June 1888. Spring exhibition, Moorestown Agricultural and Industrial Society, New Jersey.

> Presumably Parker vise(s) exhibited.

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1889 - Charles Parker Co. vises / hardware in Meriden opera house exhibition

10 October 1889. Exposition at Delavan Opera House, Meriden, on the occasion of the visit of the International American Congress.

> Exhibited Charles Parker Co.: "The hardware display was a feature, iron vises, coffee mills, spoons, cabinet locks and wood screws...".

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1890s

1893 - World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago

1 May - 30 October 1893. World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago.

> Unspecified "machinists’ vises" exhibited by the Charles Parker Co.

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1920s

1926 - presumably at New Britain Auto Show, CT

c. March 1926. New Britain Auto Show, New Britain, CT.

> Unspecified models of Parker vises presumably exhibited.

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See our Design Meriden compilation listing over 1000 exhibitions since 1851, featuring historical design associated with the Meriden area.


C. Charles Parker Company hardware / vises trade catalogues and historical information (by year)


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1840s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1840s-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines. (Updated 20 April 2019.)

1849 - historical information

Perkins, G.W. (1849). Historical sketches of Meriden. Franklin E. Hinman: West Meriden. 117 pp. (On pp. 115-17, "Manufactures in Meriden in 1849" are listed, including Charles Parker.) (Viewed 11 June 2016. A00779-80.)


1850s

1854 - patent - cast-iron vise

Charles Parker. (20 June 1854). Letters patent no. 11,137: Cast-iron vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02651).

1855 - patent (reissued) - improvement in hinges

William Baker, assignor to Charles Parker. (28 August 1855). Reissue no. 326: Improvement in hinges. (See Letters patent no. 8869; 13 April 1852.) (Viewed 6 November 2021. Q00898).

1856 - map

(1856). Map of New Haven County, Connecticut [with marking C. Parker Union Works; Ch. Parker Spoon Factory (Yalesville) and Parker & Perkins (East Meriden) (possibly related)]. H & C. T. Smith: Philadelphia. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01632).

1856 - text-based advertisement

Cady, Jones & Peck’s, Keokuk, IA. (3 April 1856). Advertisement: "... Parker’s bench vices [sic], iron and wood-bench screws..." [with no illustrations]. The Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa), unknown page number, col. 5. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01164-65).

1858 - missing industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (1858). [Hardware and housewares catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01163).

1859 - Charles Parker Co. in American Institute Fair, New York

(1860). Transactions of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the years 1859-60. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer. [For 1859 fair, dates unspecified, exhibitors include "Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co., West Meriden, Conn., [award] for the best punching presses. (A silver medal having been before awarded.) Diploma", (p. 69).] (Viewed 5 June 2017. A02596-97.)

> Exhibited unspecified designs by Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co.


1860s

1862 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1862). Price list of articles manufactured by Charles Parker, Meriden, Conn. (coffee mills, hardware, silver-plated flatware, presses.) 86 pp. (Updated 7 May 2017. A01097.)

1862 - patent - improvement in machines for threading wood-screws

Elliott Savage, assignor to Charles Parker. (12 August 1862). Letters patent no. 36,196: Improvement in machines for threading wood-screws. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01446).

1864 - industrial design catalogue

Bliven, Mead & Co. (1864). Bliven, Mead & Co.’s illustrated catalogue and price list [including Parker vises, (p. 259)]. 499 pp. (Viewed 15 May 2020. H01521-22; H01525-26).

1864 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1864). On "Charles Parker companies", (p. 754-55). In A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860. Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 1 June 2017. A02568-70.)

1865 - patent - screw-cutting machine

Stephen W. Goodyear, assignor to Charles Parker. (14 March 1865). Letters patent no. 46,846: Screw-cutting machine. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01447).

1866 - patent - improvement in vises

Charles Parker. (11 September 1866). Letters patent no. 57,957: Improvement in vises. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02532).


1867 patents

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1867 - patent - improvement in hinges

Julius Parker, assignor to Charles Parker. (19 February 1867). Letters patent no. 62,219: Improvement in hinges. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02652).

1867 - patent - improved bolt-heading machine

S. W. Goodyear and W. F. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker. (11 June 1867). Letters patent no. 65,561: Improved bolt-heading machine. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02533).

1867 - patent - improvement in bench-vises

Charles L. Kingsley, assignor to Charles Parker. (26 November 1867). Letters patent no. 71,498: Improvement in bench-vises. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02534).

1867 - patent - improvement in clamp-screws

Charles L. Kingsley, assignor to Charles Parker. (10 December 1867). Letters patent no. 71,885: Improvement in clamp-screws. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02535).



1868 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1868). "Manufactures in Meriden" (includes details about Charles Parker companies), (pp. 424-26). A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 (3rd edition, revised and enlarged). 643 pp. Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 15 June 2016. A00816-18.)

1868 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 September 1868). Advertisement: "Charles Parker, Manufacturer of all kinds of Domestic Hardware, Britannia Spoons, Plated and Britannia Ware, Plated Spectacles, Spectacle Cases, Tobacco Boxes... Office and Sample Room, 27 Beckman street, New York... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01074).

1869 - Charles Parker Co. in American Institute Fair, New York

(1870). Thirtieth annual report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the year 1869-70. Including information about Charles Parker Co. participation at the 1869 American Institute fair, New York. [Specific dates of exhibition unknown; exhibitors include "Parker Brothers, West Meriden, Conn., [award] for power presses. First media and diploma" and award "for a bench vise. Third medal and diploma", (p. 39, 41).] Albany: The Argus Company, Printers. (Viewed 4 June 2017. A02589-92.)

1869 - spotlighted news mention - American Institute Fair, New York

(13 October 1869). Thirty-eighth industrial exhibition of the American Institute [with mention of Parker Brothers, power-presses and vises]. American Artisan, pp. 226 - presumably p. 227. (Viewed 13 November 2018. L00834).

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"Parker Brothers, of West Meriden, Conn., exhibit one of their patent power-presses. This press is familiarly known to the public as the ’Fowler’ press, and additional improvements have been made to it by the present manufacturers..."

"Parker’s Patent Parallel Vises are exhibited by Parker Brothers, of West Meriden, Conn. We observe that the manufacturer has improved these vises by lengthening the jaws and adding somewhat to their weight..." (Excerpts from above.)



1869 advertisements

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1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (26 March 1869). Advertisement: "Manufacturer of all kinds of Domestic Hardware, Britannia Spoons, Plated and Britannia Ware, Plated Spectacles, Spectacle Cases, Tobacco Boxes... Office and Sample Room, 27 Beekman street, New York... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01093).

1869 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01093).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 4. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01097).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 4. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01096).

1869 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01095).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01099).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01099).

1869 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "Manufacture of all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01100).

1869 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01102).



1869 patents

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1869 - patent - improved power-press (presumably related to Charles Parker Co. business)

Wilbur F. Parker. (6 April 1869). Improved power press (presumably related to Charles Parker Co. business). Letters patent no. 88,732. (Viewed 15 November 2021. Q00964).

1869 - patent - mechanical adjustment

Russell B. Perkins, assignor to Charles Parker. (6 April 1869). Letters patent no. 88,733: Mechanical adjustment. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02536).

1869 - patent - mechanical adjustment

Russell B. Perkins, assignor to Charles Parker. (6 April 1869). Letters patent no. 88,734: Mechanical adjustment. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02537).

1869 - patent - improvement in power-presses

Daniel Campbell, assignor to Charles Parker. (6 July 1869). Letters patent no. 92,263: Improvement in power-presses. (Viewed 15 November 2021. Q00965).

1869 - patent (reissued) - improved machine for punching metal

George Fowler, and Maltby and Sophronia Fowler, administrators of the estate of De Grasse Fowler, assignors to Charles Parker. (24 August 1869). Reissue no. 3617: Improved machine for punching metal. (In reference to original Letters Patent no. 12,723, dated 17 April 1855). (Viewed 15 November 2021. Q00966).

1869 - patent - improved vise

Charles Parker. (28 September 1869). Letters patents no. 95,258: Improved vise. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02538).



c. 1869 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker. (after 21 September 1869). Illustrated catalogue of domestic hardware, Britannia spoons. (Updated 5 May 2017. A01066.)


1870s

1870 - historical information

Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. (1870). "Guns & Hardware - Charles Parker" section including illustrations (pp. 486-87); "Hardware - Parker & Whipple Co." section (p. 491). In History of Wallingford, Conn. From its settlement in 1670 to the present time: Including Meriden, which was one of its parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was incorporated in 1780. (Also see "Manufactures section": pp. 472-495.) 1086 pp. Meriden: Published by the author. (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00793-94.)


1870 advertisements

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1870 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "Manufacture of all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01105).

1870 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01108).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01104).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01104).

1870 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "Manufacture of all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 16 July 2019. C01001).

1870 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01100).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01099).



1871 advertisements

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1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 21 November 2020. F01880).

1871 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "Manufacturers all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... " Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01877).

1871 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 21 November 2020. F01881).

1871 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01123).

1871 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01124).

1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01110).

1871 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (5 December 1871). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01084).

1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (5 December 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 25 July 2019. C01125).



1871 - patent - improvement in gate-latches

William Fosket, assignor to Charles Parker. (7 February 1871). Letters patent no. 111,626: Improvement in gate-latches. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02653).

1872 - spotlighted article mention - Parker & Whipple in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(20 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair [with mention of "Meritorious Mention... Parker & Whipple, builders’ hardware... "]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01835).

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1872 advertisements

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1872 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (19 September 1872). Advertisement: "Manufacturers all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... " Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01870).

1872 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (2 October 1872). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01119).

1872 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple. (22 November 1872). Advertisement: "Manufacturers all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01700).

1872 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (6 December 1872). Advertisement: "Manufacture of all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 26 July 2019. C01128).



1872 - patent - improvement in vises

John L. Isbell, assignor to Charles Parker. (18 June 1872). Letters patent no. 128,045: Improvement in vises. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02539).


1873 advertisements

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1873 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (10 April 1873). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 26 July 2019. C01132).

1873 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (4 September 1873). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 3 August 2019. H01109).

1873 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (2 December 1873). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 3 August 2019. H01111).



1873 patents

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1873 - patent - improvement in boot-jacks

Folsom Dorsett, Sr., assignor to Charles Parker. (7 October 1873; filed 12 April 1873). Letters patent no. 143,408: Improvement in boot-jacks. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02531).

1873 - patent - improvement in vises

H. K. Porter and T. W. Porter, assignors, by mesme assignments, to Charles Parker. (11 November 1873; filed 19 June 1873). Letters patent no. 72,327 (17 December 1867); reissue no. 5,653: Improvement in vises. (Viewed 7 February 2019. E00572).

1873 - patent - improvement in shutter-hinges

William Fosket, assignor to Charles Parker. (25 November 1873; filed 17 October 1873). Letters patent no. 144,971: Improvement in shutter-hinges. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02540).

1873 - patent - improvement in steam-traps

Joseph Bishop, assignor to himself and Charles Parker. (9 December 1873; filed 3 January 1872). Letters patent no. 145,387: Improvement in steam-traps. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02656).



1874 - spotlighted article - Charles Parker acquires mansion of rival after auction

(12 September 1874). The J. Wilcox property. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 28 November 2020. F01943). [1]

"This beautiful mansion, which was sold to Wm. L. Bradley last Wednesday, is about to change hands, Hon. Chas. Parker being the prospective owner. It was stated on the streets this morning that Mr. Parker had purchased the property, and the circulation of the story created quite a stir..." (Excerpt from above.)




For more about the Wilcox-Parker mansion, since demolished, with parlor room on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see the Design Meriden - Jedediah Wilcox mansion, Beechwood Lodge, Meriden, CT resource page. The mansion was acquired in 1874 by Charles Parker. He and his descendents lived in the noted mansion for decades afterwards and held a number of events on site noted in the press.



1874 - spotlighted article mention - Charles Parker Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(25 September 1874). The Fair! Continued and unabated success... the close to-night [Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, with mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 15 November 2020. F01875).

"... Report of the Committee on Manufactures... Here Meriden shows its strength and progress... Among the largest assortments may be first mentioned that shown by the President of this society, Hon. Charles Parker, consisting of his endless list of iron and metal goods... " (Excerpt from above.)


1874 - article mention - Charles Parker Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(23 September 1874). The Fair! The opening day a success [Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, with mention of Chas. Parker Co. exhibiting "plated silver and silver forks knives and spoons, hardware, coffee mills, etc."]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-6. (Viewed 15 November 2020. F01874).


1874 advertisements

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1874 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1874). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of American Hardware, Wood Screws... Spoons, Vises, Coffee Mills... Spectacles... Meriden... New York... " [with no illustrations], (advertising section at end of directory, (p. 106). (Search directory for other possible listings.) In The Connecticut Business Directory for 1874. Briggs & Co.: Boston. (Viewed 20 October 2020. F01535; F01552).

1874 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (2 September 1874). Advertisement: "Manufacture all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... Fine Brass and Iron Castings made to order... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 4 August 2019. H01115).

1874 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (23 September 1874). Advertisement: "Manufacturers all kinds of Builders’ Hardware... " Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 July 2021. C01473).



1874 patents

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1874 - patent - improvement in claw-hammers

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker. (10 February 1874; filed 7 January 1874). Letters patent no. 147,427: Improvement in claw-hammers. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02541).

1874 - patent - improvement in screw-blank feeders

Samuel T. Proudman, assignor to Charles Parker. (24 February 1874; filed 7 January 1874). Letters patent no. 147,791: Improvement in screw-blank feeders. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02654).

1874 - patent - improvement in dies for seaming sheet-metal cases

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (31 March 1874; filed 16 August 1873). Letters patent no. 149,194: Improvement in dies for seaming sheet-metal cases. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02542).

1874 - patent - improvement in boot-jacks

George Geer, assignor to Charles Parker. (7 April 1874; filed 5 March 1874). Letters patent no. 149,465: Improvement in boot-jacks. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02655).

1874 - patent - improvement in claw-hammers

Charles Parker. (9 June 1874; filed 2 April 1874). Letters patent no. 151,907: Improvement in claw-hammers. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02543).

1874 - patent - improvement in ratchet-drills

Henry Smith, assignor to Charles Parker. (3 November 1874; filed 15 October 1874). Letters patent no. 156,602: Improvement in ratchet-drills. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02657).



1875 - vises in industrial design catalogue

Frasse & Co., New York. (January 1875). Parker vises. In Catalogue and price-list of fine imported and American machinery, tools, materials, and supplies..., p. 43. (Viewed 28 May 2020. H01757-58).

1875 - bird’s eye view map

O.H. Bailey & Co. (1875). City of Meriden, Conn 1875: [birds eye view]. Boston. [1 print; lithograph, 55 x 67 cm]. [“View of Meriden Conn. with fifty-eight public buildings, churches, businesses and factories identified at foot", including "16. The Chas. Parker Works, Hardware & Britannia Ware".] (Viewed 21 May 2020. A00048; A01099; H01632-34).


1875 patents

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1875 - patent - improvements in vises

Charles L. Kingsley, assignor to Charles Parker. (23 March 1875; filed 24 September 1873). Letters patent no. 161,241: Improvements in vises. (Viewed 15 March 2018. AAA01211).

1875 - patent - improvements in drills for drilling metal

Henry Smith, assignor to Charles Parker. (15 June 1875; filed 20 May 1875). Letters patent no. 164,604: Improvements in drills for drilling metal. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01212).

1875 - patent (reissued) - improvement in claw-hammers

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker. (Reissued 31 August 1875; filed 30 September 1874). Reissue no. 6,623: Improvement in claw-hammers. (See Letters patent no. 147,427; 10 February 1874). (Viewed 6 November 2021. Q00896).



1876 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

S. D. Kimbark Co., Chicago, Illinois. (1876). [catalogue with pages of Parker vises], pp. 274-97. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00301).

1876 - book mention - Charles Parker Co. in Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

(1877). Souvenir of the Centennial exhibition [1876]: Connecticut’s representation at Philadelphia. [Core section: pp 99-111; also see exhibits list: pp. 124-27; Exhibitors including Charles Parker (guns and vises)]. 380 pp. Geo. D. Curtis: Hartford, CT. (Viewed 25 June 2016. A00965-75.)

1876 - patent (reissued) - improvement in vises

Charles Barnes, assignor to Charles Parker. (10 October 1876; filed 23 September 1876). Reissue no. 7343: Improvement in vises. (See Letters patent no. 76,584; 14 April 1868). (Viewed 6 November 2021. Q00897).


1878 patents

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1878 - patent - design for hinges

Nelson H. Camp, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (11 June 1878; filed 13 May 1878). Design no. 10,715: Design for hinges. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02658).

1878 - patent - improvement in lock-hinges

Nelson H. Camp, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (18 June 1878; filed 13 May 1878). Letters patent no. 205,051: Improvement in lock-hinges. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01434).



1879 - advertisement

E. P. Bullard, New York. (March 1879). Advertisement: "Second-hand tools... Lots of Parker Vises... " [wth no illustrations]. American machinist, p. 15, col. 3. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01694-96).

c. 1879 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Carolan, Cory & Co., San Francisco. (c. 1879). [catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 369-70. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00303).

1879-80 - Charles Parker Co. in Sydney International Exhibition

Commission of the United States. (1879). Sydney International Exhibition: United States Court - Official catalogue of exhibits. [Exhibition dates: 17 September 1879 - 20 April 1880. For Parker Tool Co. (presumably Charles Parker Co.), exhibited: "One Novelty Pipe Vice (sic); Parallel Vices, Nos. 3 to 35; Saw Vice, No. 43" (p. 32)]. (Updated 5 November 2018. A01524-27.)


1880s

1880 - spotlighted article mention - Charles Parker Co. vises in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(24 September 1880). The State Fair. Full list of premiums [with mention "Products of Manufactures. Diplomas Awarded... Vises— The Charles Parker Co. of Meriden"]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1 & 4. (Viewed 1 November 2020. F01752).

1880 - spotlighted article mention - Charles Parker vises in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(24 September 1880). The Fair [regarding State Fair, Town Hall exhibition, Meriden, with mention of Charles Parker vises]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 1 November 2020. F01738).

"... Fair Notes... the [Hartford] Courant [newspaper] ... the Charles Parker company... ’Meriden must be headquarters for iron vises. One factory shows thirty or forty patterns and sizes... ’ " (Excerpt from above.)"



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1880 - advertisement

E. P. Bullard, New York. (26 June 1880). Advertisement: "Second-hand and new machinists’ tools ... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. American machinist, p. 15, col. 2. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01274-76).

1880 - five advertisements

E. P. Bullard, New York. (July 1880). Advertisements: "Second-hand and new machinists’ tools... Parker Vises..." [with no illustrations]. American machinist. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01701-06).



1881 - illustrations of buildings

Porter, Wils (lithographer). (1881). Illustrations of Charles Parker Co. Works and Charles Parker residence. In Meriden, Conn. 1881 / From Summit Heights [print (lithograph)]. B. S. Farrow (Publisher). (Object no. 1973.0498.004. Viewed 3 June 2017. A02584-85.)

1881 - spotlighted news mention - in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(20 September 1881). The State Fair [with mention of Charles Parker Company: " ... The Charles Parker Co. make a display of bench vises... "]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 29 September 2018. (B00573-79).

1881 - news mention - in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(23 September 1881). The State Fair [with mention: "... Diplomas were awarded to the following named for articles manufactured or displayed by them ... Chas. Parker Co., vises and shot guns ... "]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00570-72).


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1881 - advertisement and listing

Charles Parker Co. (1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills; Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel and Oval Slide Vises... Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases, Match Safes, etc... New York... ", (p. 204). [Also listed in "Stock companies" section (p. 186) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01507; F01511).

1881 - advertisement

E. P. Bullard, New York. (26 February 1881). Advertisement: "Second-hand and new machinists’ tools... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. American Machinist, p. 15, col. 2. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01277-78).

1881 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 December 1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 7 August 2019. H01147).



1881 - patent - saw-vise

Stephen O. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (11 January 1881; filed 18 May 1880). Letters patent no. 236,451: Saw-vise. (Viewed 29 March 2018. AAA01619).

1881-82 - directory listing

(presumably 1881-82). Listing: "Hardware Mfrs. ... Charles Parker Co., 97 Chambers & 79 Reade ... " Phillips’ Elite Directory (New York, NY), p. 294. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01240).


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1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 March 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01156).

1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (19 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01769).

1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (22 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 4 November 2020. F01772).



1883 - directory listing

(12 September 1883). Comprehensive directory of the City of Meriden, Conn. [Listing: "Corporations. Manufacturing... The Charles Parker Company, manufacturers of hardware; capital, $500,000."] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 8. (Viewed 24 October 2020. F01608).


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1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (15 February 1883). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn, Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons". Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 7. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00256).

1883 - advertisement

J. H. Kerrick & Co., Minneapolis, MN. (13 June 1883). Advertisement: "... We carry in stock Machinery and Supplies from the following well-known houses... The Charles Parker Company’s Vises... " [with no product illustrations]. The Helena Independent (Montana), presumably p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 23 December 2021. D01998).

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1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 September 1883). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01641).

1883 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (18, 19 & 21 September 1883). Advertisements: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01810; F01818; F01823).

1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (13 November 1883). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons and Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00264).



c. 1883 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Cooke & Co, New York. (c. 1883) [Catalogue, with Parker vises], pp. 136-37, 230-33. (Viewed 15 May 2020. H01518-20).

1884 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Vajen & New, Indianapolis, IN. (1884). [catalogue with Parker vise(s)], p. 286. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00305).

1884 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Huntington, Hopkins & Co., San Francisco and Sacramento, CA. (1884). [catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 21-24. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00306).


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1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 February 1884). Advertisement: "... Meriden Conn. Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises... Britannia Spoons... N. Y. ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01611).

1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 April 1884). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01179).

1884 - advertisement

Wm. M. Hawes, Fall River, MA. (18 July 1884). Advertisement: "For sale cheap... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Daily Evening News (Fall River, MA), presumably p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 December 2021. D01999).

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1884 - advertisement

Wm. M. Hawes, Fall River, MA. (15 October 1884). Advertisement: "For sale cheap... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Daily Evening News (Fall River, MA), presumably p. 4, col. 4. (Viewed 23 December 2021. C01302).

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1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 December 1884). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01168).



1884 - patent - lock

Dexter W. Parker and Edmond B. Slater, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (5 August 1884; filed 8 April 1884). Letters patent no. 303,183: Lock. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02530).

1884 - map

(1884). Meriden, Connecticut map, (p. 12 showing area between East Main and Charles streets and the Charles Parker Co. hardware mfg. site.). Sanborn Map & Publishing Co. 14 leaves. (Viewed 21 November 2016. A01026; AAA00008.)

1885 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

L. M. Rumsey Mfg. Co., St. Louis, MO. (1885). [catalogue with Parker vises], p. 326. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00307).


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1885 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 April 1885). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01008).

1885 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 December 1885). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01166).



1885 - patent - vise

Stephen O. Parker, assignor to Chas. Parker Company. (9 June 1885; filed 4 August 1884). Letters patent no. 319,743: Vise. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01252).

1886 - missing industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1886). [Catalogue - vises]. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Updated 9 July 2019. AAA00048.)

1886 - missing industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (1886). [Catalogue, including call bells, hand bells, cutlery, spectacle cases, waffle iron, match safes, door handles, candlesticks, tobacco boxes, tools, screws, boot jacks, letter copying press, scales, locks and keys, and other hardware]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

1886 - industrial design catalogue excerpts reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1886). Six pages from vises catalogue (1886). Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 960-65), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00048. DM.)

1886 - industrial design catalogue pages reprint

Charles Parker Co. (1886). Ten catalogue pages showing call bells, hand bells, cutlery, spectacle cases, waffle iron, match safes, door handles, candlesticks, tobacco boxes, tools, screws, boot jacks, letter copying press, scales, locks and keys, and other hardware. Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 889-93; 895-900), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).


1886 advertisements

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1886 - advertisement and listing

Charles Parker Co. (1886). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Chandeliers and Library Lamps; Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee / Spice Mills, Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel and Oval Slide Vises... Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases, Match Safes... New York..." [with no illustrations], (p. 293). [Also listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 269), and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01493; F01501).

1886 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (4 February 1886). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons And Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00230).

1886 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 December 1886). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St. ..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01184).



1886 - patent - key

Edmond B. Slater, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (26 January 1886; 13 April 1885). Letters patent no. 334,814: Key. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01253).

1887 - article mention - predecessor companies

(3 September 1887). Sinking Meriden money; many concerns that once prospered here and died [with mention of Parker Bros., Charles Parker Company, and their predecessor companies]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 23 December 2020. F01985).

"... [former Meriden businesses include] the Meriden Machine company that afterwards became Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co., and now is the Parker Bros.’ Gun shop concern. The Meriden Scale company is another one of the companies that the Charles Parker company absorbed and also the Meriden Sewing Machine company, the Wilmington Lumber company and the American Powder Flask company... Other corporations that once flourished here were ... the Meriden Manufacturing company... " (Excerpt from above.)



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1887 - advertisement and directory listings

Charles Parker Co. (1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Library & Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel & Oval Slide Vises... Cabinet Locks, Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases... " [with illustration of hanging lamp]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 316). [Also, directory listings on pp. 250 (Screw Mfrs.), 254 (Vises); p. 277 (stock company listing).] Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 21 May 2020. H01590; H01595; H01602; H01620; H01626).

1887 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 April 1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01181).

1887 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 December 1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01081).



1888 - spotlighted advertisement - Parker vise presumably in Moorestown, NJ exhibition

Moorestown Agricultural and Industrial Society, New Jersey. (10 May 1888). Advertisement: "Spring exhibition of the Moorestown Agricultural and Industrial Society... June 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1888... Parker Vise... " The Monmouth Inquirer (Freehold, New Jersey), presumably p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 23 December 2021. C01310).

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1888 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 January 1888). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01014).

1889 - missing booklet accompanying exposition - Charles Parker Co. at Meriden opera house

(1889). Meriden Journal Souvenir [leather-bound booklet containing a list of the manufactories contributing to the exhibition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, 10 October 1889, and other companies in Meriden], 4 pp. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00763; L00765-68).

"Charles Parker Co., Parker lamps, chandeliers, brass and bronze goods, wood screws, coffee and spice mills, vises, hinges and locks." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are reported to have been in the exhibition.)


1889 - spotlighted article mention

(29 June 1889). Meriden’s industries, their prosperous condition to-day... This in Meriden’s brief history; Introduction (with section on The Parker Factories ["... Parker lamps... vises... Parker Bros.’ Gun shop..."].) Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1 & 4. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01597; F01618).

"The factories in Meriden bearing the name of Parker produce a more varied line of goods than any other varied line of goods than any other establishment in the city... the famous Parker lamps... brass goods of all descriptions... vises... spoon shop... the celebrated Parker Bros.’ Gun shop... In Yalesville... coffee mills... In all 800 skilled workmen are employed... Goods are exported to South America, Australia and Mexico..." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - spotlighted news mention - Charles Parker Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition

(10 October 1889). Americans in Meriden: Visit of the International American Congress [with section describing Charles Parker Co. exhibited wares]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00747-59).


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1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(10 October 1889). Our guests: Honored visitors here to-day [including section describing exhibited Charles Parker Company wares including vises, screws, and cabinet locks]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00769-83).

1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). The show photographed: Fine pictures of the Opera House exhibit made. ["The best of them will be forwarded to Frank Leslie’s paper— what the state and New York press has to say about Meriden", with excerpts from Hartford Courant, Hartford Times, New Haven Register, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Waterbury Republican, with no specific mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 14 September 2018. L00785-89).

1889 - news mention

(November 1889). Trade gossip (including paragraph about exposition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, including mention of Charles Parker Co., and attendance by the American International Congress). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 113. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00760-61.)



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1889 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (10 April 1889). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01026).

1889 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (29 June 1889). Advertisement: "... Manufacturer of Cabinet Locks... Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spoons and Forks... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01618).

1889 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 December 1889). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01192).


1890s

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1890 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (15 August 1890). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01638).

1890 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 December 1890). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01196).



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1890 - patent - stop-hinge

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (1 July 1890; filed 4 March 1890). Letters patent no. 431,459; serial no. 342,630: Stop-hinge. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02646).

1890 - patent - spring-roller

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (11 November 1890; filed 10 July 1889). Letters patent no. 440,428; serial no. 317,069: Spring-roller. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01438).



c. 1890 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Sligo Iron Store Company, St. Louis, MO. (c. 1890). "Parker’s ’Coachmakers’ Vises", (p. 264). In [Catalogue], number of pages unknown. (Viewed 12 May 2020. H01503-04).


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1891 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (2 January 1891). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturer of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Spoons and Forks..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, column 2. (Viewed 11 September 2017. G00221).

1891 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 September 1891). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01042).



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1892 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (30 November 1892). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 12 August 2019. H01200).

1892 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (14 December 1892). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01052).



1893 - Charles Parker Co. in World’s Columbian Exhibition, Chicago

(1898). Connecticut at the World’s Fair: Report of the commissioners from Connecticut of the Columbian Exhibition of 1893 at Chicago. [Listed exhibitor: The Chas. Parker Co. ("machinists’ vises"), (p. 131)]. Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company: Hartford, CT. (Viewed 2 March 2017. A01528-31.)

1893 - historical information

D.H. Hurd & Co. (1893). "The Charles Parker Company", (page 212, excerpt above). In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations. Boston, MA; 223 pp. (Viewed 2 June 2016. A00749-50.)

1893 - directory listing

(1893). "Parker Charles Co." listing. In The New England business directory and gazetteer, [pp. 1458 (Hardware manufacturers)]. (Sampson, Murdock & Co.: Boston, MA). (Viewed 5 May 2020. H01391).


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1893 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 April 1893). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01053).

1893 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 December 1893). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01061).



1894 - industrial design catalogue

Manning, Maxwell & Moore, New York / Chicago. (January 1894). Parker’s Green Painted vise. In Illustrated Catalogue of Railway and Machinists’ Tools and Supplies, (p. 839). (Viewed 30 May 2020. H01844-45).


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1894 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 March 1894). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01065).

1894 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 December 1894). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01086).



1895 - industrial design catalogue

Chas A. Strelinger & Co., Detroit, MI. (1895). Parker Machinists’ Vises [with four illustrations]. A Book of Tools, being a Catalogue of Tools, Supplies, Machinery, and Similar Goods..., (pp. 162-63). (Viewed 30 May 2020. H01850-51).

1895 - historical information

Hall, Henry. (1895). "Charles Parker", owner/ manufacturer, Charles Parker Company, including Meriden Curtain Fixture Company, with illustration (pp. 608-10). In America’s successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography (vol II). The New York Tribune; 1074 pp. (Viewed 2 June 2016. A00746-48.)


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1895 - article mention

(25 February 1895). Oldest manufacturer [Charles Parker]; he is also the senior farmer of the town and mayor of the city— sketch of a busy life [with illustration / portrait of Charles Parker] [with mentions about the Charles Parker Company, Parker Bros., Meriden Curtain Fixture Co., Parker Clock Co., vises, and his Broad Street mansion and Jedediah Wilcox; additional mention that his company was a stockholder in C. F. Monroe Co., presumably the Meriden Bronze Co., and Wilcox Silver Plate Co.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 7, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 23 December 2020. D01504).

1895 - news mention

(12 August 1895). Meriden’s factories [including mention of Charles Parker Company as the 6th largest factory in Meriden]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00517-18).



1895 advertisements

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1895 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1 March 1895). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Spoons and Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, column 1. (Viewed 11 September 2017. G00233).

1895 - two advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (March-April 1895). Advertisements: "... Oldest Manufacturer of Vises in the United States, World Columbian Exposition Medal..." (with illustration of vise). Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 30 September 2017. G00958; G00960.)

1895 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 December 1895). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 19 August 2019. L01095).



1896 advertisements

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1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 March 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coff[ee] Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Org[an] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 August 2019. L01096).

1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 September 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coff[ee] Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Org[an] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun[.] N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. S[t.] Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01204).

1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (3 December 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01476).



1897 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company, St. Louis. (1897). [catalogue with pages of Parker vises], pp. 290-91. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00302).


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1897 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (3 March 1897). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01478).

1897 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (6 April 1897). Advertisement: "Charles Parker Co., Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises... Spoons... The Celebrated Parker Gun.." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 7. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00246.)



c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Charles Parker Co.", (p. 931). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02626; A02633.)

c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Charles Parker" (pp. 1079-80 with illustration). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 1 August 2017. A02626; A02794-95.)


1898 advertisements

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1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 September 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Orga[n] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01232).

1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (30 November 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01210).

1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 December 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01495).



1899 advertisements

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1899 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (6 April 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01205).

1899 - advertisement

Ghas. [sic] Parker Co. (7 September 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of The Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01241).

1899 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (7 December 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01485).


1900s

1900 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

The Burnet Company, New York. (1900). [catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 211-15, 218-19. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00308).


1900 advertisements

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1900 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (5 April 1900). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01496).

1900 - advertisement

Ghas. [sic] Parker Co. (13 September 1900). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also Manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01239).



c. 1900 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1900). Parker’s vises, ratchet and geared drills. 63 pp. (Viewed 7 May 2017. A00745.)

1901 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1901). [Catalogue – vises]. (Viewed 7 May 2017.)

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1902 - spotlighted article - Charles Parker obituary

(March 1902). The late Charles Parker [with illustration / portrait of Parker; "Charles Parker, president of the Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., died January 31st... "]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, pp. 399-400. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01279-80).


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1902 - advertisement

Stauffer, Eshleman & Co., New Orleans, LA. (1 September 1902). Advertisement: "... wholesale dealers and importers... complete line of everything in hardware... Parker’s vises... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Times-Democrat (New Orleans, LA), p. 11. (Viewed 9 July 2021. C01306).

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1902 - advertisement

Davis & Harvey Auctioneers, Philadelphia, PA. (24 September 1902). Advertisement: "... Important peremptory sale; the entire machinery and stock of the Mason Manufacturing Co., 2407 Sedgley Ave. ... Parker bench vises... May be examined by catalogue... " Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 18, col. 7. (Viewed 9 July 2021. C01307).

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c. 1902 - industrial design catalogue

(c. 1902). Parker vises. In 1969 reprint, 1902 Sears Roebuck catalogue, p. 606. Crown Publishers. (Viewed 9 May 2017. A02414; A02416.)

1903 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

S. D. Kimbark Co., Chicago. (1903). [catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 145-47. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00309).


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1903 - advertisement

Bittenbender & Co., Scranton, PA. (16 September 1903). Advertisement: "... Remember, Our line of Parker’s celebrated vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Scranton Republican (Scranton, Pennsylvania), p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 22 January 2021. C01308).

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1903 - advertisement

Bittenbender & Co., Scranton, PA. (18 September 1903). Advertisement: "... Remember, Our line of Parker’s celebrated vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), p. 5, col. 7. (Viewed 22 January 2021. C01315).

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1903 - advertisement

Ezra W. Thayer, Phoenix, Arizona. (20 September 1903). Advertisement: "Parker’s Vises... Best on the Market. See our Full Line... " [with no illustrations]. The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, Arizona), p. 10. (Viewed 13 June 2019. F00895).



1905 - industrial design catalogue

Walworth Manufacturing Co. (1905, May). "Parker Combination Pipe Vises". In Pocket catalogue, (p. 225). Boston. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01281-82).

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). "Charles Parker Company" section including illustrations of buildings, (pp. 48-54). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part III). 1248 pp overall. (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). Biographies of Charles Parker Company management: Charles Parker [pp. 310-16 including portrait); Dexter Parker (pp. 316-17 including portrait (p. 313) and house (p. 315)]. In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part II). 1248 pp overall. (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)


1906 advertisements

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1906 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (January -March 1906). Advertisements: "The best and latest in vises, the Parker reinforced slide... made in Swivel and Stationary styles... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 194. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01682-84).

1906 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (April - June 1906). Advertisements: "The best and latest in vises, the Parker reinforced slide... made in Swivel and Stationary styles... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01685-87).

1906 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (July-September 1906). Advertisements: "The best and latest in vises, the Parker reinforced slide... made in Swivel and Stationary styles... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01688-90).

1906 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (October-December 1906). Advertisements: "The best and latest in vises, the Parker reinforced slide... made in Swivel and Stationary styles... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01691-93).



1906 - patent - vise-slide

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (2 January 1906; filed 12 December 1904). Letters patent no. 808,960; serial no. 238,594: Vise-slide. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02637).


1907 advertisements

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1907 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (1 November 1907). Advertisement: "Parker Vises; Made especially for wood workers... Send for catalog... " [with illustration of vise]. American Carpenter and Builder, p. 184. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01131).

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1907 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (10 December 1907). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables; Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures... New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 2. (Viewed 29 June 2020. F01271).

1907 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (c. 26 December 1907). Advertisement: "An economy combination..." [with illustration of vise]. American Machinist. (Viewed 12 May 2020. H01505).



c. 1907 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1907). Parker’s illustrated price list of vises and ratchet drills (no. 4). Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 17 June 2017. AA00600-06; AAA00601.)

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1908 - spotlighted article mention

(4 July 1908). The fame of Meriden is world wide; articles manufactured here are to be seen in almost every country (with mention of Charles Parker Co. [clocks / vises]). Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01621).

"... Millions of people are awakened each morning by the silvery call to business of the alarm clocks manufactured by the Charles Parker Co., and thousands of men every day stand at benches where their work is held in vises manufactured by the same company... " (Excerpt from above.)



1908 advertisements

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1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 April 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 30 June 2020. F01293).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (11 June 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 23 October 2020. F01624).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 July 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01622).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 September 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01297).

1908 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (1 December 1908). Advertisement: "Parker Vises; Made especially for wood workers... Send for catalog... " [with illustration of vise]. American Carpenter and Builder, p. 253. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01132).

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1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (15 December 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01298).



1908 - patent - double-swivel vise

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (10 November 1908; filed 24 April 1908). Letters patent no. 903,345; serial no. 428,954: Double-swivel vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02638).

c. 1908 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1908). Parker’s illustrated price list of vises and ratchet drills (no. 5). 77 pp. (Updated 11 May 2020. A02358; AAA00052-06; AAA00600-07; AAA00601; H01489-90.)


1909 advertisements

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1909 - advertisement

Jas. Morton & Son Company, Omaha, Nebraska. (18 February 1909). Advertisement: "... We Sell... Parker’s Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Omaha Daily Bee (Nebraska), page number unknown, cols. 6-7. (Viewed 13 June 2019. B00896-97).

1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 April 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01299).

1909 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (1 July 1909). Advertisement: "Parker Vises; Made especially for wood workers... Send for catalog... " [with illustration of vise]. American Carpenter and Builder, p. 408. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01133).

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1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01300).

1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (23 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 23 October 2020. F01627).

1909 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (1 December 1909). Advertisement: "Parker Vises; Made especially for wood workers... Send for catalog... " [with illustration of vise]. American Carpenter and Builder, p. 316. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01134).

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1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (14 December 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 3 July 2020. F01347).


1910s

1910 - industrial design catalogue

Biddle Hardware Company. (1910). 1910 Biddle Hardware Company catalogue. [Including Parker vises (with illustrations), p. 33.] Philadelphia, PA: Biddle Hardware Company. (Viewed 27 April 2020. H01224).

1910 - industrial design catalogue

Scully Steel & Iron Co., Chicago. (1910). Parker vises [with illustrations]. In Scully Blue Book: Catalogue of Iron, Steel, Machinery, Heavy Hardware, Tools and Supplies..., pp. 144-45. (Updated 30 May 2020. E00304; H01849).


1910 advertisements

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1910 - advertisement

The Charles Parker Co. (1 January 1910). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Gas and electric portables, gimlet-pointed wood screws, vises, coffee and spice mills, bath room fixtures... New York office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7. (Viewed 31 January 2021. R00213).

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1910 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 March 1910). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01135).

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1910 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 April 1910). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 11 July 2020. L01513).

1910 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 August 1910). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01136).

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1910 - patent - swivel-base vise

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (22 November 1910; filed 24 May 1910). Letters patent no. 976,521; serial no. 563,049: Swivel-base vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02639).

c. 1910-20 - product in industrial design catalogue

R. Williamson & Co. (c. 1910-20). R. Williamson & Co., (catalogue no. 17). [Including Parker Combination Pipe Vise (with illustration) pl. 361.] Chicago: R. Williamson & Co. (Viewed 27 Aprl 2020. H01253).


1911 advertisements

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1911 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 January 1911). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the Standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 44. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01137).

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1911 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 January 1911). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Gas and electric portables, gimlet-pointed wood screws, vises, coffee and spice mills, bath room fixtures... New York office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 29 June 2021. R00214).

1911 - two advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (16 February 1911). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of the Parker Gun, Parker Lamp... Vises..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 2 and p. 7. column 2. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00249; G00251.)

1911 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 June 1911). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01138).

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1911 - advertisement

Brumbaugh & Hamilton, presumably Iditarod, Alaska. (9 September 1911). Advertisement: "... We still have some bargains left... Parkers’s [sic] Combination Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Iditarod Pioneer (Iditarod, Alaska), unknown page number, col. 2. (Viewed 20 June 2019. D00883).

1911 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company Garage (12 September 1911). Advertisement: "... Repairing, varnishing, painting of autos. No job too large or complex for us to handle. Our facilities are unequaled, with our machine shop and blacksmith shop. Batteries charged... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 13 July 2020. L01586).

1911 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 November 1911). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01139).

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1912 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1912). Parker vises grip like a grizzly; Parker vises, the product of master makers (catalogue no. 57). 38 pp. (Updated 7 May 2017. A01080.)

1912 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Virginia-Carolina Hardware Co., location unknown. (c. 1912). [Catalogue with page showing Parker Vises, (p. 396)]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 11 May 2020. H01497-98).


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1912 - advertisement

A. Workman & Co., Limited, presumably Ottawa, Canada. (21 February 1912). Advertisement: "Just received; A large consignment of Parker Vises... " [with no product illustrations]. The Ottawa Evening Journal (Ottawa, ON, Canada), p. 6, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 7 July 2021. R00809).

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1912 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (5 July 1912). Advertisement: "Parker’s Reinforced Slide Solid Jaw Swivel Vise..." [with illustration of vise]. The Hardware Reporter, p. 116. (Viewed 18 September 2017. G00457.)

1912 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (12 July 1912). Advertisement: "Parker’s combination pipe vises..." [with abstract illustration of vise]. The Hardware Reporter, p. 68. (Viewed 18 September 2017. G00458.)

1912 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (19 July 1912). Advertisement: "Parker’s improved quick action swivel vise..." [with illustration of vise]. The Hardware Reporter, p. 32. (Viewed 18 September 2017. G00459.)

1912 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (26 July 1912). Advertisement: "Parker’s Swivel Victor Vises..." [with illustration of vise]. The Hardware Reporter, p. 36. (Viewed 18 September 2017. G00461.)



1913 advertisements

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1913 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 July 1913). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 44. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01141).

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1913 - advertisement

Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Vancouver, BC, Canada. (2 August 1913). Advertisement: "... The vise with the strong front jaw is the Parker machinist vise; ask for Catalogue No. 16... " [with illustration of vise; presumably cat. no. 16 is by the Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co.]. The Daily Province (Vancouver, BC, Canada), p. 14, col. 3. (Viewed 13 October 2021. R00810).

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1913 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 December 1913). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01142).

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1913 - advertisement

Johnson’s, Paterson, NJ. (23 December 1913). Advertisement: "The Xmas Hardware Store... Parker vise... " [with no illustration]. Paterson Morning Call (Paterson, New Jersey), p. 3, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01241).



1914 - industrial design catalogue

Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company. (1914). Wyeth’s Annual Catalogue (1914 Hardware Edition, catalog no. 104). [Includes Parker vises - Combination, Parallel, Victor (with illustrations), p. 322.] St. Joseph, Missouri: Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company. (Viewed 27 April 2020. H01227).

1914 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Crerar, Adams & Co., Chicago. (1914). [catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 212-13. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00310).


1914 advertisements

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1914 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 May 1914). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01143).

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1914 - advertisement

Aikenhead Hardware Limited, Toronto, Canada. (25 July 1914). Advertisement: "... Parker vises, made of bessemer steel and grey iron. Solid steel strengthening bar in slide. Steel faces of jaws are milled and fitted. Adjustment perfect. No lost motion. No. 230, 3 3/4" jaw, opens 6 1/4", swivel base... " [with illustration of vise]. The Globe (Toronto, Canada), p. A3. (Viewed 6 June 2019. E00792).

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1914 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 August 1914). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01140).

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1914 - patent - swivel-vise

Victor E. Walker and Percy H. D. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (11 August 1914; filed 9 October 1913). Letters patent no. 1,106,602; serial no. 784,275: Swivel-vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02647).

c. 1914 - missing industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1914). Parker vises. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Updated 9 July 2019. AAA00048.)

c. 1914 - industrial design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1914). Cover of Parker vises (c. 1914). Reprinted in The Parker Story, (p. 959), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00048. DM.)

1915 - article

(1 April 1915). Chas. Parker window [with photo of Parker Vise display stand "readily obtainable"]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 815+. (Viewed 7 August 2020. E00793).

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1915 advertisements

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1915 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 March 1915). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01144).

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1915 - advertisement

Puritan Machine Co., Detroit, Michigan. (21 July 1915). Advertisement: "... Parker ’Victor’ Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Detroit Free Press, p. 18. (Viewed 6 June 2019. E00794).

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1915 - advertisement

The Chas. Parker Co. (1 June 1915). Advertisement: "... Parker Tools in the market. They are the standard... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, unknown page number. (Viewed 15 April 2020. F01145).

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1915 - patent - fixture-lock

Percy H. D. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (16 February 1915; filed 13 December 1913). Letters patent no. 1,128,560; serial no. 806,458: Fixture-lock. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02648).

1916 - industrial design catalogue

Illinois Malleable Iron Co., Chicago. (1916). Parker Combination Vises. In Illinois Malleable Iron Co.: Catalogue (Steam Goods Department), p. 228. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00312-13).

1916 - news mention

(January 1916). An early catalogue [consisting of earlier, smaller catalogues from c. 1838 - c. 1895, including Charles Parker Co.]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 179-82. (Viewed 16 August 2020. L02052-54).

1917 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Geo. B. Carpenter & Co., Chicago. (1917). [Catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 103-04. (Viewed 22 October 2018. E00311).

1917 - industrial design catalogue excerpt

Machinists’ Supply Co., Chicago, Illinois. (1917). [Catalogue with Parker vises], pp. 246-53. (Viewed 11 May 2020. H01491-92).

1917 - historical information

(1917). Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, vol 4. [On Charles Parker, (pp. 262-64).] The American Historical Society, Inc.: Boston, New York, Chicago. (Viewed 27 November 2016. AAA00507-09.)

1918 - map / illustration

(1918). Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut. [Including 5 illustrations of Charles Parker Co. – lamps, fixtures, spice and coffee mills: 48 Elm Street; Parker Bros.: 26 Cherry Street; Parker Clock Co.: 600 West Main Street] Hughes & Bailey: Boston. (Viewed 2 July 2016. A01020-21.)


1918 advertisements

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1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co., New York. (June 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Double Swivel Vises No. 429... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories... Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ..." [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 1166. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01150; F01290).

1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (August 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Improved Series No. 21x Swivel Vises... Send for our catalog... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories, Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 242. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01151; F01292).

1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (October 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Double Swivel Vises No. 429... Send for our catalog... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories, Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 663. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01152; F01291).



c. 1918 - missing industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1918). [catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01151; F01292).

1919 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1919). Parker vises and ratchet drills [catalog no. 6]. 47 pp. (Updated 11 May 2020. A02358; AAA00052-06; H01493-94.)


1919 advertisements

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1919 - advertisement

Holder’s Hardware Store, presumably Bloomington, IL. (14 February 1919). Advertisement: "... An ideal place to buy... Parker vises... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 15, cols. 2-4. (Viewed 8 January 2021. C01323).

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1919 - advertisement

Holder’s Hardware Store, presumably Bloomington, IL. (7 March 1919). Advertisement: "Our cash prices on tires and tubes... Parker vises... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 12, cols. 4-6. (Viewed 8 January 2021. C01324).

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1919 - advertisement

Hirsig Auto Supply Company, Nashville, TN. (21 September 1919). Advertisement: "... We are distributors for the following lines ... Parker Vises... " [with no illustration]. Nashville Tennessean and the Nashville American, p. E5. (Viewed 6 June 2019. E00795).

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1920s

1921 advertisements

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1921 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (22 January 1921). Advertisement: "... Parker vises; no. 101... no. 102... no. 103... no. 202 with swivel... " [with no product illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 10. cols. 7-8. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01325).

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1921 - advertisement

Snellenburgs, Philadelphia, PA. (14 February 1921). Advertisement: "... Parker Oval Slide Vises... " [with no specific illustration]. Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), p. 17, col. 7. (Viewed 13 October 2018. B01000-01).

1921 - advertisement

Board of Education, Petamula City High School District. (6 July 1921). Text-based advertisement: "Notice to bidders... Parker vises... ". Petaluma Argus (Pataluma, CA), p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 7 July 2021. C01326).

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1922 - design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (1922). Concealed screw device (price list). 6 pp. Viewed 20 July 2016. [AAA00032-44]

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 7, Folder 5.


1922 advertisements

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1922 - advertisement

Camden Salvage Co., Baltimore, MD. (20 August 1922). Advertisement: "... Parker Vises— New. 2 1/2 inch jaw.. 3 1/2 inch jaw... 4 1/2 inch jaw... " [with no illustrations]. The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), p. A11. (Viewed 11 June 2019. E00796).

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1922 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (8 November 1922). Advertisement: "... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 11, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 20 January 20221. C01327).

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1922 - patent - vise slide

Percy H. D. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (27 June 1922; filed 7 May 1921). Letters patent no. 1,421,112; serial no. 467,743: Vise slide. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02649).

1923 - industrial design catalogue

Starke-Seybold, Ltd., Montreal, Canada. (1923). Two Parker machinist vises, solid base and swivel base [with illustrations]. In 1923 Catalogue of General Hardware and Accessories, p. 53. (Viewed 30 May 2020. H01845-46).


1923 advertisements

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1923 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (28 February 1923). Advertisement: "... Tools... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 15, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01328).

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1923 - advertisement

Franklin Hardware Co., Franklin, PA. (6 April 1923). Advertisement: "... Tools... Parker vises... " [with abstract illustration of vise]. The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania), p. 9, col. 1. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01329).

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1923 - patent - quick-action vise

Percy H. D. Walker and Lewis L. Turner, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (17 April 1923; filed 27 June 1922). Letters patent no. 1,451,724; serial no. 571,277: Quick-action vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02650).

1924 - industrial design catalogue

Berger Brothers Co. (1924). Parker Eclipse Vise, (p. 155). Tinners’ and roofers’ supplies; general catalog no. 10, 209 pp. [Also, search "Parker" for possible Parker branded hardware.] (Viewed 12 May 2020. H01499-1502).


1924 advertisements

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1924 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (24 May 1924). Advertisement: "... Tools... Parker vises... " [with no specific product illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 9, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01330).

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1924 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (22 October 1924). Advertisement: "... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 6, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01331).

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1925 advertisements

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1925 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (16 December 1925). Advertisement: "... Tools ... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 7, cols. 2-3. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01332).

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1925 - advertisement

Thompson-Bauer-Austin Hardware Co., Topeka, KS. (24 December 1925). Advertisement: "Practical gifts... Dependable Tools... Parker Vises... " [with no product illustration]. The Kansas Labor Weekly, presumably p. 1. (Viewed 29 June 2021. C01333).

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1926 - spotlighted advertisement - Parker vises presumably at New Britain Auto Show, CT

The Post & Lester Co., New Britain, CT. (9 March 1926). Advertisement: "See us at ... New Britain Auto Show... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. New Britain Herald, p. 16, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 20 June 2019. D00884).


1926 advertisements

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1926 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (24 February 1926). Advertisement: "... Parker vises... " [with no illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. 14, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01334).

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1926 - advertisement

Holder Hardware, presumably Bloomington, IL. (10 August 1926). Advertisement: "... Parker vises... " [with no product illustrations]. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), p. , cols. 5-8. (Viewed 20 January 2021. C01335).

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1929 - design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (1929). Parker wood screws (pamphlet, no. 47). 2 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-44.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (undated; received stamp date: 12 February 1952). Parker vises: grips like a grizzly (catalog no. 53 - penciled on cover). 12 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00052-16.)

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated; received date stamp: 11 August 1922). Parker vises: The product of master makers [catalogue no. 57]. 38 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00052-11.)

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker Vises: The product of master makers (catalogue No. 57-A). 27 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00032-35; AAA00052-01.)

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker vises: The product of master makers [catalogue no. 57-B]. 24 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00032-35; AAA00052-02.)



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1930s

1930 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1930). Parker Vises: The product of master makers (catalog no. 57-D). 20 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-34.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated; received stamp date: 30 March 1937). Parker vises: The product of master makers [catalogue no. 58]. 31 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00032-35; AAA00052-04.)

1930 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1930). Parker Vises: The product of master makers (no. 146). 31 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-39.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

1930 - advertisement

National Electrical Supply Co., Washington, DC. (26 January 1930). Advertisement: "... Garage and Shop Equipment... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Washington Post, p. A15. (Viewed 11 June 2019. E00797).

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1930 patents

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1930 - patent - nut

Lewis L. Turner, assignor to Charles Parker Co. (10 June 1930; filed 19 October 1928). Letters patent no. 1,763,021; serial no. 313,462: Nut. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02644).

1930 - patent - clamping element for vises and similar articles

Percy H. D. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (14 October 1930; filed 13 December 1929). Letters patent no. 1,778,576; serial no. 413,744: Clamping element for vises and similar articles. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02645).



c. 1930 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1930). Parker vises: Grip like a grizzly. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Updated 9 July 2019. AAA00048.)

c. 1930 - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1930). Cover of Parker vises: Grip like a grizzly and three pages (c. 1930). Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 959; 966-68), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00048. DM.)


1931 advertisements

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1931 - advertisement

National Electrical Supply Co., Washington, DC. (25 January 1931). Advertisement: "... Garage and Shop Equipment... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Washington Post (Washington, DC), p. AU5. (Viewed 17 June 2019. E00798).

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1931 - advertisement

Albany Hardware & Iron Co., Albany, NY. (18 November 1931). Advertisement: "... Four Big Floors Packed With Timely Specials for Thrifty Buyers... No. 30 Parker Vise... " [with no illustration]. The Knickerbocker Press (Albany, New York), p. 31, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01242.)

1931 - advertisement

Albany Hardware & Iron Co., Albany, NY. (18 November 1931). Advertisement: "... No. 30 Parker Vise... " [with no illustration]. Albany Times-Union (Albany, New York), p. 15, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 7 August 2020. L01951-52).

1931 - classified advertisement

Eastern Iron & Metal Company, presumably Salt Lake City, Utah. (20 November 1931). Classified advertisement: "... Parker vises... " Salt Lake Telegram (Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 26, col. 3. (Viewed 12 November 2021. C01338).

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1931 - classified advertisement

Eastern Iron & Metal Company, presumably Salt Lake City, Utah. (21 November 1931). Classified advertisement: "... Parker vises... " Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 24, col. 3. (Viewed 12 November 2021. C01340).

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1933 advertisements

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1933 - advertisement

Barrett-Hicks Co., Fresno, CA. (10 January 1933). Advertisement: "... Store-wide sale ... Parker Vises... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Fresno Bee / Republican, p. 8-A. (Viewed 7 July 2021. C01341).

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1933 - advertisement

Barrett-Hicks Co., Fresno, CA. (presumably 15 January 1933). Advertisement: "Store-wide sale... Parker vises... " [with no related product illustrations]. The Fresno Bee / The Republican (Fresno, CA), unknown page number, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 1 July 2021. C01342).

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1935 - design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (1935). Price list of wood screws. 2 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-33.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.


1936 articles

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1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). The year each business was established [with mention: "Parker, The Chas. Co. Est. 1832"]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 7 February 2021. F01935).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Chronological list of business firms [with mention: "1832— Parker, The Chas. Co. ... "]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 7 February 2021. F01934).



c. 1937 - industrial design handbook

Charles Parker Company. (undated; received stamp date: 30 March 1937). Handbook on vises: Their care, use and selection. 32 pp. (Updated 11 May 2020. H01495-96).

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker Vises: America’s Oldest, Established 1832 [catalogue no. 60]. 13 pp.

1939 - patent - design for a vise

James J. Connors, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (7 November 1939; filed 14 September 1939). Design no. 117,448; serial no. 87,225: Design for a vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02643).


1940s

1942 - advertisement

Troeh’s Sporting Goods, Eugene, OR. (1 January 1942). Advertisement: "... Guns... Parker guns... " [with no product illustrations]. The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon), sports supplement, p. 4, col. 5. Viewed 22 January 2021. C01446).


1942 patents

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1942 - patent - vise

Reginald L. Call, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (8 September 1942; filed 6 May 1940). Letters patent no. 2,295,332; serial no. 333,585: Vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02641).

1942 - patent - vise

Charles M. Gearing, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (22 June 1942; filed 5 March 1942). Letters patent no. 2,322,291; serial no. 433,487: Vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02642).



1943 - patent - vise

Charles M. Gearing, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (22 June 1943; filed 5 March 1942). Letters patent no. 2,322,291; serial no. 433,487: Vise. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02640).

1945 - advertisement

Buyea’s Cazenovia, NY. (25 October 1945). Advertisement: "... Parker Steel Vise... " Cazenovia Republican (Cazenovia, New York), p. 5, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 14 October 2018. B01069).

1945? - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1945?). Parker vises grip like a grizzly [catalogue no. 61]. 12 pp. (Viewed 5 May 2017. A01081.)

1946 - advertisement

Kline’s, Inc., Gloversville, NY. (26 July 1946). Advertisement: "... Heavy duty Parker vise... " [with no product illustration]. The Morning Herald (Gloversville and Johnstown, New York), p. 8, cols. 5-8. (Viewed 7 August 2020. L01953-54).

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1948 advertisements

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1948 - advertisement

Otto Herrmann, Glendale, NY. (19 February 1948). Advertisement: "... Herrmann’s for Hardware since 1920... Parker Vise; 3 1/2 " wide jaw ... " [with illustration]. Long Island Star Journal (New York), p. 8, cols. 6-8. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01270-71).

1948 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (9 May 1948). Advertisement: "... Parker vises, grip like a grizzly..." [with Parker grizzly bear graphic]. Hartford Courant, p. E18. (Viewed 22 October 2018. D00376).

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1948 - advertisement

Count Hardware Corp., Mount Vernon, NY. (c. 7 July 1948). Advertisement: "Come to County ... Swivel Bench Vise; A genuine Parker vise... " [with no illustrations]. Daily Argus (Mount Vernon, New York), presumably p. 18, col. 4. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01272-73).



1949 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (1 May 1949). Advertisement: "... Parker vises, grip like a grizzly..." [with Parker grizzly bear graphic]. Hartford Courant, p. E30. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00377).

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1950s

1952 - advertisement

Tracy, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (27 April 1952). Advertisement: "... Parker Vises... " [with no illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. E33. (Viewed 20 October 2018. D00375).

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1953 advertisements

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1953 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (26 April 1953). Advertisement: "... 118 years experience in industrial supplies ... Parker Vises ..." [with no relevant illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. E27. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00378).

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1953 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (20 December 1953). Advertisement: "Gifts that will give a lifetime of pleasure... Parker Vises ..." [with no relevant illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. B5. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00379).

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1954 - patent - vise with quick-setting slide

Charles W. Elsenheimer, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (23 March 1954; filed 9 July 1952). Letters patent no. 2,672,776; serial no. 297,935: Vise with quick-setting slide. (Viewed 29 March 2018. AAA01618).

1955 - brochure / industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (1955). [Brochure / catalogue], 10 pp. (Viewed 8 May 2020. H01456).


1955 advertisements

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1955 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (1 May 1955). Advertisement: "... our 120th year serving Connecticut’s industrials... Parker Vises ..." [with no relevant illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. E25. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00380).

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1955 - advertisement

Sullivan Tool & Supply, Inc., Hartford, CT. (1 May 1955). Advertisement: "... Parker Vises... " [with no illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. E26. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00381).

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1956 - historical information

Wendover, Sanford H. (1956). On Charles Parker Company, (p. 84-5; 178-79). In 150 years of Meriden. Meriden: Meriden Sesquicentennial Committee. (Published in connection with the observance of the city’s sesquicentennial, June 17-23, 1956). (Viewed 27 November 2016. A00789-90.)

1956 - historical photo

Wendover, Sanford H. (1956). Photo of unspecified Charles Parker Company building, (p. 280). In 150 years of Meriden. Meriden: Meriden Sesquicentennial Committee. (Published in connection with the observance of the city’s sesquicentennial, June 17-23, 1956). (Viewed 27 November 2016. A00789-90.)


1956 advertisements

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1956 - advertisement

Tracey, Robinson & Williams, Hartford, CT. (29 April 1956). Advertisement: "Our 121st year serving Connecticut’s industrials... Parker Vises ..." [with no relevant illustration]. Hartford Courant, p. 12F. (Viewed 26 December 2018. D00382).

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1956 - advertisement

Wm. F. Comly & Son, Auctioneers, Philadelphia, PA. (1 December 1956). Advertisement: "Hardware, paint & housef’gs... Tools... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 29, cols. 8-9. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01268-69).



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1957 - advertisement

Sullivan Tool and Supply, Inc., Bloomfield, CT. (28 April 1957). Advertisement: "... Parker Vises... " [with no illustrations]. Hartford Courant, p. 6F. (Viewed 20 October 2018. D00383).

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1957 - advertisement

Tracy, Robinson & Williams Co., Hartford, CT. (28 April 1957). Advertisement: "... Parker Vises... ". Hartford Courant, p. 17F. (Viewed 20 October 2018. D00385).

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1980s

1988 - secondary source

Vumbaco, Brenda J. (1988). On Charles Parker and Charles Parker Company, [p. 37-8, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59 (photo of mansion), 66, 73, 74 - portrait]. In Meriden – Connecticut crossroads: An illustrated history. 144 pages. Windsor Publications: Northridge, CA. (Updated 24 April 2017. A00804. DM.)


1990s

1998-2000 - secondary source

(c. 1998-2000). The Parker story. The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. A00650. DM.)


2010s

2000 - secondary source

Franco, Janis Leach. (2010). Illustration of Charles Parker (p. 34); photo of Charles Parker mansion, 816 Broad Street, (p. 43). Reprinted in: Franco, Janis Leach. Meriden. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, SC. (Viewed 15 December 2016. DM.)

2016 - article / video presentation

Butkus, Paul. (19 March 2016). The famed Wilcox mansion and its demise. [On the mansion owned by Jedediah Wilcox and later Charles Parker, with video lecture by Brian Cofrancesco.]


n. d.

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Machinist Supply Co., Chicago. (undated). Parker vises (Improved Stationary; Improved Swivel; Double Swivel; Stationary Victor; Swivel Victor; Reinforced Slide Solid Jaw Stationary; Reinforced Slide Solid Jaw Swivel; Stationary Vulcan; Swivel Vulcan; Combination Pipe Stationary; Combination Pipe Swivel; Combination Pipe, Stationary Bottom; Combination Pipe, Swivel Bottom. In Machinist Supply Co. ... tools, supplies and machinery (cat. no. 106), (pp. 246-52). (Viewed 26 May 2020. H01707-10).

n. d. - PGCA Forums

(Undated). Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums. [An important source to see scans of excerpted bits of primary source documentation contributed by various forum members, especially guns, vises, and sometimes other Parker Co. documentation.]

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker vises: First since 1832 [catalog no. 67]. 11 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00052-11.)

n. d. - handbook

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Handbook on vises, their care, use and selection [no. 110]. 27 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-38.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - handbook

Charles Parker Company. (undated; received stamp date: 4 December 1967). Parker vises: Resale net price list (110-A). 6 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00052-14.)

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Catalogue of Parker’s patent vises. 30 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-36.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker vises. 2 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-40.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker vises. 12 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-41.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated; Received stamp date: Feb. 12, 1952). Prentiss Vises. Prentiss Vise Division, the Charles Parker Co. (catalog no. 148). 9 pp. (Updated 5 May 2017. A02358; AAA00052-15.)

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker’s vises ratchet and geared drills. 63 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. AAA00032-37.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Coll., Romaine Trade Catalogs, Box 19, Folder 8.

n. d. - industrial design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (undated). Parker’s patent vises, ratchet and geared drills, adapted to locomotive works, car builders, machinists, gun, sewing machine and carriage manufacturers, jewelers, and artisans generally. 53 pp.

n. d. - Wikipedia entry

(undated). "Charles Parker Company" entry. Wikipedia.org. (Viewed 18 December 2021).

n. d. - trade catalogue(s)

Machinist Corps., Los Angeles, CA. (1900s). [Presumably eight catalogues, with one or more showing Parker vises]. (Viewed 24 September 2020. E01512).



Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical companies from the Meriden area, and those that were connected to the International Silver Company; go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "ISC, predecessors & divisions" and E: "Other featured companies".


Footnote:
[1] "’C’. E. Parker" is not clearly legible in the online copy.