vintage handcart

[jmjdmj]

hi. i picked up this unusual old handcart the other day. i have several, but have never had one with these kickout wheels in the back. can’t quite make out the name on it. anybody know anything?

 

[four.cycle]

Pardon Our Interruption...

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I turned the images sideways to you can make out the lettering easier. Now we just need to find the patent number.

I just noticed you're new here, @jmjdmj !

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and this one too

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[slowtwitch73]

^^ beat me to it..

 

[four.cycle]

that took five hours!
obviously I'm getting slower in my old age.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Based on the patent date I see stenciled on the edge of the frame ("JAN. 3 '05") I checked the Annual Report for 1905 on the Smithsonian archive. There were several hand trucks and carts patented in 1905, none on January 3rd, though. There was a hand truck brake patented on January 3rd, but it doesn't look like it applies, the patentees are in Puyallup, Wash., and it's not assigned. There are no patents assigned to Eureka Truck & Specialty and the term "Eureka Truck & Specialty" does not appear anywhere in the document. It could've been un-assigned and patented under something else (e.g., folding wheels, etc), but I haven't gone down that path yet.

 

[Larr991]

Nice, interesting thread, being in the moving and storage business, have many old hand trucks I saved from my dads business, too bad i have them tucked away or I would post some pictures!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Found it. 779,124. Combined Bag-Holder and Truck. J.F. Haffey, Tiffin, Ohio. According to this Ohio state statistical report, Eureka Truck & Specialty was formed in Tiffin on January 20, 1905, just a few weeks after that patent was granted.

 

[bonneyman]

Diggin' it!