Chas. E. Miller, New York, New York

[four.cycle]

Chas. E. Miller, 97-99-101-103 Reade St. & 121 Chambers St., New York, New York

* Not to be confused with:

Charles Miller of Syracuse, New York, makers of sockets and ratchets, which can discussed here and here.

The Chas. E. Miller Co. was primarily an importer and a distributor of both U.S. and foreign-made automotive parts, tools, and accessories, as well as a manufacturer of some items.


1916 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog front cover

Most of the items in their 1916 catalog are accessories and car care chemicals, but they did offer some tools:

1916 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog American Valve Tool Co. ad pp 18

1916 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Becco Miller pp 92-93

1916 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Crane Web pp 35-35

1916 Chas. E. MIller Co. catalog Eastern Rubber Howell Trimont pp 38-39

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Judd & Leland Storage Battery Supply pp 76-77

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Michelin Otaka Uneedme ad pp 94-95

 

[Squankum]

Very neat! I looked up the address, it appears they occupied much of one side of a city block in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan, and I'm guessing these are the same buildings.

 

[four.cycle]

Curiously, one of the pages in the catalog shows what would have been (at that time) a Swiss-made "Grobet" point file being distributed by Montgomery & Co. at 105-107 Fulton St., New York, NY:


1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Flentje Montgomery pp 26-27

Montgomery was a wholesale hardware and tool distributor as well:


1890 Montgomery & Co., New York, NY catalog front cover

Grobet eventually became "Vallorbe":
Vallorbe / Usines M tallurgiques de Vallorbe SA, Rue du Moutier 49, CH-1337 Vallorbe, Switzerland / https://www.vallorbe.com/ / "Glardon" precision files /

 

[M.Jay]

I absolutely love these old catalogues! I can't really describe it, but looking at them gives me a feeling that I simply don't get when I browse through modern ones. There is just something special about these illustrations and the nice write-ups to every product.

Thanks for sharing @four.cycle!

 

[Shelbylex]

NICE!!!
Thank you, Four.Cycle

 

[four.cycle]

As I had suspected, Mark wasn't too excited about this one... I will post some other images in the "automobile ephemera" thread.
It's a fun catalog, but unfortunately a bit short on "tool" to make muster at ITCL.

 

[Squankum]

Curiously, one of the pages in the catalog shows what would have been (at that time) a Swiss-made "Grobet" point file being distributed by Montgomery & Co. at 105-107 Fulton St., New York, NY:


1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Flentje Montgomery pp 26-27

Neat! An early hydraulic shock! They did not take over immediately. Throughout the 30's friction dampers were common. My little post on that:

Underground Lair of the Squankum

There I was, just minding my business on a sunny day sitting still in a parking lot, when the old Econoline's wipers stopped working! Just kidding. That's not when these things happen. The Econoline had not been back to The Underground Lair since mid-June 2023 and I did not like it. That's not...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[four.cycle]

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Billings Coes Ronson Trimont Walworth ad pp 71

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Dover Stamping & Mfg. Co. oilers ad pp 50

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Flexible Scraper Grobet North Bros. ad pp 74

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Hartford Leader jack ad pp 63

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Healey Kellogg Motor Specialties ad pp 84

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog North Bros. Rock Island vise ad pp 75

 

[four.cycle]

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Sedgley ad pp 80

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Storage Battery Supply Co. ad pp 99

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Syracuse Wrench Co. ad pp 70

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Auto Cle Becco C.M.B. Improved Gauge Kolb & Sedgley Syracuse Wrench ad pp 77

 

[Squankum]

I absolutely love these old catalogues! I can't really describe it, but looking at them gives me a feeling that I simply don't get when I browse through modern ones. There is just something special about these illustrations and the nice write-ups to every product.

Thanks for sharing @four.cycle!

You might also like this reprint of the 1897 Sears catalog:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602390630

 

[M.Jay]

You might also like this reprint of the 1897 Sears catalog:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1602390630

Okay, that's really cool! On my wishlist it goes!

 

[WisJim]

Curiously, one of the pages in the catalog shows what would have been (at that time) a Swiss-made "Grobet" point file being distributed by Montgomery & Co. at 105-107 Fulton St., New York, NY:

1916 Chas. E. Miller catalog Flentje Montgomery pp 26-27

Montgomery was a wholesale hardware and tool distributor as well:

1890 Montgomery & Co., New York, NY catalog front cover

I really like the Montgomery & Co catalogs--no relation to Montgomery Wards--and I have 12 original catalogs and one reprint, ranging from 1892 to ca1927. They are filled with a tremendous variety of tools and equipment (like many catalogs of that era), and I'm always looking for more info about the company.

 

[TheRealZeus]

1917 Chas. E. Miller Co. catalog Storage Battery Supply Co. ad pp 99

And it doesn’t say “hybrid” anywhere on the entire page… likely, whole the catalog.
love it!

 

[four.cycle]

I really like the Montgomery & Co catalogs--no relation to Montgomery Wards--and I have 12 original catalogs and one reprint, ranging from 1892 to ca1927. They are filled with a tremendous variety of tools and equipment (like many catalogs of that era), and I'm always looking for more info about the company.

Please consider forwarding them to International Tool Catalog Library - site administrator @Mark Stansbury can scan them, get them uploaded to the site, and send them back to you.
In the meantime, here's a "Montgomery" thread you might like to post them to:
Montgomery & Co., 105-107 Fulton St., New York, New York