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225234 Tom Holloway <thholloway@u...> 2012‑01‑01 Re: Lakeside Back Saw and Miter Box
FWIW, no less an authority than Martin J. Donnelly professes to not know
much about the Lakeside Saw & Tool Co. of Chicago, except that it "sure
wasn't the Montgomery Ward 'Lakeside' line":
<http://www.mjdtools.com/tools/list_0149/121883.htm> Speaking of which,
on any "Lakeside" chisels or auger bits I can recall, the word was done
in a nice cursive script. That looks quite different from what appears
on saws made, or sold, by the mysterious Chicago company in question:
<http://www.antiqbuyer.com/images/ARCHIVE_PICS/2011-JUNE-
ARCHIVE/AMER/IMG_7229.jpg> with the word in block letters superimposed
on a diamond design. Looks like maybe Wiktor has found its beginning.
Now an end will provide a time frame. Tom Holloway

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