On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:06 PM, John M Johnston (jmjhnstn) <
jmjhnstn@m...> wrote:

> Galoots assembled,
>
> I was using a lovely marking (slitting?) gauge yesterday and noticed a
> faint Ward & Co.  New York  stamped on it that I had overlooked
> previously.  Does anyone have info on when Ward & Co. New York did
> business, and what they made?
>
>
From DAT:

Ward & Co, of NY NY.

Started in 1870, no known end date.

The "J" and 1870 date were reported for an ironing machine/mangle; the
slitting gauge and bit reported for a NY Ward & Co. were not necessarily
from the same company or time.

BITS,HOUSEHOLD TOOLS,MARKING GAUGE

There is also a Ward & Co on Newark NJ, which was Leonard Ward.

Not much in DAT right now on this one.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in HMB, CA, trying to get down to the desktop