I can remember being in Montgomery Ward stores and seeing Lakeside tools. I was
 under the impression that they were trying to compete with Sears Craftsman by h
aving their own line of tools. If  my memory isn't failing me completely, I coul
d swear that I saw  tools including mechanics tools for sale. But I remember the
ir tool department being quite small, compared to Sears. 

Yet I can't recall ever seeing any mechanics tools for sale on the used market. 
Of course I have never looked for them, either.

Now I gotta wonder... There have to be a bazillion old Sears catalogs out there.
 Did none of the Montgomery Ward catalogs survive? An old catalog would tell us 
what tools Montgomery Ward sold under the Lakeside name. Anybody got access to o
ne???

On Jan 1, 2012, at 9:28 AM, roygriggs@v... wrote:

> GG,
> > In an old message #110165, Bill Ghio reports that the Lakeside Saw and Tool 
Co. made saws as found in Erv's book.
> > Also speculation on the web that LST was a Chicago co. probably bought by Mo
nkey Wards: a LST saw with a second etch, of an MW within a triangle on a Lakesi
de saw.
> 
> Roy Griggs
> roygriggs@v...
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