Wilson Bohannan Locks Catalog - 1880

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PRICE LIST

W I L S O N B O H A N N A N ,

M N U F C T U R E R OF

P T E N T B R O N Z E M E T L S P R I N G

P A D

L O C K S ,

P T E N T

T U B U L R

R I M N D

M O R T I S E

STORE DOOR

LOCKS

PATENT SELF-LOCKING

DRAWER

AND

CUPBOARD LOCKS WITH

PATENTCATCH

C o m b i n a t i o n

D r a w e r a n d

C u p b o a r d

L o c k s , w i t h

P a t e n t

C a t ch

K E Y

B L A N K S , e .

OFFICE

AND

MANUFACTORY

C O R . B R O A D W A Y

K O S S U T H

ST.


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P TENTS

April

17th

I860.

February 28th 1865.

May 29th 1866.

May

29th 1866.

August 6th 1867.

February 18th 1871.

February 23th 1871.

June

25th 1878.

October

8th 1878.


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P R E F C E

In presenting

this

new Catalogue to the trade, it

gives

me

pleasure

to

call their

attention to the many

new

Leeks

which

I

have

added

to my

well

known

line

o f Pad Locks,

which

for beauty offinish strengthand

security are acknowledged as The Standard Looks.

I call especial

attention

to my new Stationary

Freight

Car

Locks, P atent

Tubular Night

Latches

and

Store DoorLead Locks,

which are

self-adjusting

to

doors

o f

any thickness, right or left hand; also, to my new

line of Self-Locking D rawer and

Cupboard

Locks,

loth

Combination

and Flat Steel Key; with or without th e

Patent Catchentering on the back of the Locks, made

o f the

best Bronze Metal,

andfinely finished.

Having

enlarged

my

premises

double,

this

year,

I am

prepared

tofill m y

orders

with the greatest dispatch.

Thanking

my Customersfor their previous orders,

it will be my constant f f o r t to merit

their

contin-

uance.

WILSON

BOHANNAN

Brooklyn, Aug.

1st,

1880.


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Copied from the American Commercial

Times. )

T H E M A N U F A C T U R E O F C A S T

B R A S S

P A T E N T

S P R I N G

P A D

L O C KS . Th e

subject of

locks in

general

is one of

universa l interest ,

and t he

h is tory

of

lock

mak in g ,

f rom

th e

first

rude incept ion

of the

art, h u n d r e d s

of

years ago,

to its present

degree

of

m e c ha n ic al

perfection,

ispossessed of

great at t rac t ion

to all who find

pleasure

in

t racing

th e

gradual

deve lopment of h um an in gen ui ty . T he t hem e is a l toge ther too expans ive , how ever , for

complete

presentation

wi th in th e limits of an editor ial article,and for the presentw e

must

confine ourselves

to the

consideration

of a

single

branch of the

business

of

lock

ma k ing t ha t o fth e m a nuf a c t u re o fbrass spr ing pad locks.

T o

th e hardware t rade it is alpinist superf luous to state that th e most celebrated

goodsof this d escr ipt ion in

th o

m a r k e t are m a n u f a c t u r e d by Mr. W I L S O N B O H A N N A N of

Brooklyn,

E .

D . , N .

Y., but the

general

reader

m ay

l ike

to

k n o w s o m e t h i n g

of the

source

whence the finest pad locks

emanate,

asalmo st everyone h as mor e or less use for an

art ic le o f this k ind.

For near ly thir ty years

M r.

Boha una u h asma de

t h e

ma n uf a c tu r e

o f

locks

of

var ious

k i n d sh is

special

s tudy, and

probably

no one a t present

engaged

in the

business

is

mor e

thoroughly conversant wi th

all its

detai ls .

H e , h a s

been aw arded nine separate patents

fo r

impr ove me nt s in locks, and n o t w i t h s t a n d i n gth e

r e pu t a t ion

w h i c hh is

manufactures

have acqui red,

is

st il l devo t ing his energies to the i ntro du ct ion of addit ional featureso f

ut i l i ty , w he rever the, possibi l ity for fur th er improvemen t appears to exist .

F o r a n umber o f

years

M r.

Boh annan was loca ted

in

Balt imore, and during

th e

late

war

filled

man y impor tan t orders from

th e

G o v e r n m e n t

fo r

locks

of

special co nstruct io n.

A b o u t

eight years

ago he came to

Br ook ly n

and

established his present factory

at the

corner

ofBroadway and

Kossu t h

S treet , wh ere h e has extensive faci l i t ies for every de-

pa r t me n t

of t he

m an u fac ture , inc luding brass fo u n d ry , m ach i n e

sh op ,

pol i sh ing room ,

f inishing room, packing and sh ipping depar tment , e tc . T h e n u m b e r ofwor kme ne m -

ployed

is

a bou t fifty, and thew eekly produc t ion is upwards of oneh u n d r e d and fifty

do/.eu of

locks,

compr is ing

more than sixty different styles .

T h e

assortment includes th e regular

line

o fbrassp ad locks, of all the usual sizes,

with

brass

keys; a lso

th e same

wi t h impr ove d

f lat

steel

k e y s. I n

regard

to the

q u a l i t y

of metal , beauty of f inish,

durab i l i ty

and the perfect security they afford, these locks are

ent irely unsurpassed. A f t e r complet ion each lock

is

subjected

to the

most careful

in -

spect ion,and no

work

is

al lowed

t o

pass mus te r t ha t

is

n o t

perfect in

every respect .

A

leading

speciality ofthis establ ish m en t is the m anu facture of al l the var ious styles

of

pad

locks

required by rai lroad companies,uch as f reigh t car and switch locks, wi th

loose and spring drop and chain; stat ionary f re igh t , passenger car lock s, etc.

These are also made to order, to

suit

any key

that

may be furnished, an d special

locksare constructed of any

desired

w eig h t , s ize, or peculiar pat tern

that

railroad com-

panies may require, and

confined

t o t he i rexclusive

use.

A n addit ional feature,recently introd uced , is the produ ct ion of a full

line

of new

style passenger

ca r

locks,

handsomely f inished in bronze,

nickel plate

or

iron

j apan n ed .

M r.

Boha nna u

is

furnish ing these v ar ious styles oflocks

to

near ly

all the

leading l ines

of

railroadsill

th e Uni ted

States

and

Canada ,

and has f i l led

nume rous orders f rom Cuba,

Chil i , Peril , Brazil and other foreigncountries, whi le in the l ine of locks for ordinary

purposes, sh ipments

are

frequent ly made even

as far as

China, Japan

and

A us tr a l ia .

S t i ll another depar tment to wh ich par t icula r

at tention

isgiven

is

th e

manufac ture

of

locks

for the use of

expresscompanies,

and in

t h is specialty

Mr . Boh annan has secured

th e unqali fied

approval

of all the

lea ding expresslines t h r o u g h o u t

th e

count ry .

In

every depa r tmen t

of the busin ess, infact, t he na tura lresulto f invent ive sk i l l , long

experience

and

comple te m anufa c tur ing fac il i ties,

i s

seen

in the

preference awarded

th e

locks fromthis

es tablishm ent

overall

others

in the m a r ke t. A n ew

il lustrated

ca ta logue

and pricelist, compr is ing

all the

latest styles

and

newest improvements, wil l soon

be

issued, and we commend it to the a t t ent ion of the h ardware t rade ,car builders,rai lroad

companies,

aud

all who are interested in

this branch

of

m a nuf a c t u re .

Copied from th e Brooklyn Daily Times O ctober 30th. 1871.)

W e now approach th e subject of pad locks. O ur

fe l low- townsman,

W I L S O N

B O H A N N A N h as boon employed in th e m an u fac tu re of pal

locks

for the last t we n t y -

f ive years . H e was

with H O B B S

th e

celebrated lockm a n ,

and

started

fo r

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in

l i f e . H e ha s

taken

ou t n in e dist inct

patents, most

o f

which have been

fo r

valuable

impro veme nts. He has had several Go vernm ent con tracts, an d ha sg ivensatisfaction by

th e

approved character of

his

wo rk and

his own

p r o m p tn es s .

H is

place

o f

bus iness

is

at

th e

corner

of

Broadway and K ossuth Street, w h e re

lie

has buil t a large br ick fac tory,

w h e n -

ar e

c rowded

all the various

tools

requ i red fo r the

m a n u f a c t u r e

of locks, as

well

as

abrass f o u n d r y , w her ehis own

castings

I M

m a de , usi n g

always n e w

metal.

T he

castings

being

gene rally small , several pattern s

ar e

jo ined toge ther

by a

c e n t ra l r u n n e r ,

which is a

mere s tem that

forms

a way for the hot metal. In

this

manner a dozen or more art ic les

may becast in one flask. B y means of abuzz-saw driven at ah i gh speed,a boy ra p i d l y

cuts

apart

th e di f tVrent fo rm s

from

th e r u n n e r . T h e ygo f i rst to the t u m b l i n g

burn-

1

,

wherethey are depr ive d ofsand. The bo dy of the lock is called the box o r shell, and

contains

th e

works.

T he

security

of the

locks depends mainly upon

th e

t u m b l e r s ; t h e s e

ar e

a ll

p u n c h e d

by

being forced through dies

by moans of a

largep ow e rpress;

theyar e

then no tched in w hat are te rmed mi l l ing machines , each correspo nding to the

l ifts

of the

k e y ;

in

fact

the key is

made

first, and the

tumblers

cut or

sawed

to

match

i t . The

tumblers are ranged by n um bers

from

one to ten , and

these

are so combin ed by various

changes as to

formalmost

an

endless array

of

differences.

M r. B O H A N N A N isengaged in the m anu fac ture of the glass seal locks; the locks are

after

his

several patents.

These

locks are nowbe ing made for the Am erican Seal Lock

Company

at the

rate

of one thousand a

week.

H e is

also

u n d e r

contract

to

f u r n i s h

f i v e

thousand

smaller locks between this

an d

the f i rst ofJ a n u a r y n e x t . These locksar euse d

fo r

the In te rnal

R e v e n u e

Department, safety valves and

steam guages.

The tools now

employed, ofwhich th e

b u i l d i n g

i s

fu l l ,

are of

exce l len t

ma n u f a c t u r e , an d

calculated

to

producea ll

par ts

of the locks

an d

havebeen made by the mos t approved tool

m a k e r s ,

an dpossess the la tes t improve men ts . They arc kep t in exce llen t order though cons tant ly

in use.

The work is divided into

d ep a r tm en ts

and give n out to a special boss who

a t t en d s

exclusively to his branch of business,an dhires his

o w n

hands. This arrangemen tassures

the constant

attention

of the

leading m en , who

are allinterested

i n

the f inalsuccess. M r.

B O H A N N A N

has two inspectors, through

whose

hands e very lock is passed before be in g

approved. Thecloses ts c r u t i n y

is

observed

in th e

inspect ion ,

and care

taken

t

:

) p reven t

any imperfect

locks

passing out to the pu rchasers.

W I L S O N B O H A N N A N . This gen t lem an is an Eastern man and full of Eastern enter-

prise. He comm ence d early in life as a

locksmi th,

and has devoted m ore

thau

t w e n t y

years to

lock

i m p r o v e m e n t s. He has been c o n s t a n t l y

p r a c t i c i n g ,

e i t h e r for the purpose

ofpe r f ec t ing th e lock

itself

or the

m a n u f a c tu r e

of i ts

p roduc t ions.

In the

fo rm e r

he has

succeeded

so well ast o secure th e sup p or t and approba t ion o f the Gove rnm ent , b e i n g

honored

w i th largean d i m p o r t a n t

o r d r r n :

in the latter he hasp roduc e dm a c h i n e r y that

m a k e sall parts of his ma ny locks w it h very l i t t le actual labor. B y

his

in tegr i ty and

genia l f r i end l i nes s

I K ;

hasse c u re d

t he

k i n d regard and esteem

of all his ne ighbors ,

an d

the conf idence o f

those

who had

occasion

to use

his

m a n ufa c t u re .

Copied from TheJnm Age

No vem ber 5th, 1874.)

W I L S O N B O H A N N A N corner

Broadway

an d Kossuth

Street ,

B r o o k l y n , N. Y., has

recently added to his

l ine

of brass pad

locks

w i t h brass keys, a

c o r r es p o n d i n g

H uew i t h

improved

flat steel

keys .

M r.

B O H A N N A N

has had

an exper ience

of

ne ar lyt w e n t y - f i v e years

in t he m a n ufa c t u re

o f th i s classof goods,an dhas been awarded nin e dist inct patents fo r i m p r o v e m e n t s in

locks. The

factory is

pleasantly si tuate d, wi thin easy reach o f the

East

B r o o k l y n fer r ies,

by street

card

which

pass

th e

premises .

The fac tory i s comple te wi th a l l the machin ery,

tools,brass

fou nd ry , etc . , necessary

fo rthe

successful prosecution

of a

large

1 u s i n e s s .

In

addit ion to the regular

l i ne

of pad locks, they m ake to order special locks for rai lroad

companies

of any

w e i g h t,

six.e

or

pecul iar i ty , keep ing

th e

p a t t e r n s

for the

exchinive

use

o f

th e par t i e s

o rde r i n g t h e m ; t h e y

ar e

also m a k i n g

l i i r ra i l road

compan ies

and carshops,

etc.,

ahandsome line of passenger car locks, finished in bronze, nickel

plated

and iron

j a p a n n e d ;

for these goods no

l is t

has, up to the

present t i m e ,b e e nissued.

After

an

ex -

amina t ion

of the goods represe n ted in h is

list,

we cheerfully

c om m e n d

them to the

no t i ce

of

t l i e

t n n l e .

a n d

ca n sa y ofthem

that

they are ahandsome l ine ofgoods, strong ly

made

and thorou ghly tested before leav ingthe fac tory. For

q u a l i t y ,

style

an d

f in ish

they will compare favorably wi th an y similar goodson the m a rk e t .


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T R S

Invariably Cash

payable

in Funds par in New York.

Accounts unpaid after

. 3 0

days are subject to

Sight

Drafts.

S IPM NTS

Made from Brooklyn only. A moderate charge will be

made

for

Packing

Boxes.

All goods delivered in New York City free of Charge.

O r d e r s a n d C o r r e s p o n d e n c e

All Orders and Co rrespondence by M ail will receive

prompt attention.

Freight Car and -Switch Locks made toorder to

suit

any key

furnished

and

guaranteed

to

fit.


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Pages.

Brass Pad

Lock Blanks, Nos.

1 to 85 . 5g (57

Cast

Bronze

Metal

Spring Pad

Locks,

Nos. A. 70, 71 13

72, 73

.

14

7 4, 7 i 15

75, 77

1C

78,

80 17

79, 81 18

82, 84, 86 19

83, 85 20

87 21, 22

88, 89 23

90, 91, 92, 93 24

94, 95,

9(i,

97

98 26

Flat Steel

Key Pad

Locks, Nos. 070,

071 27

072,073 28

0 7 4 ' 29

075 30

078 31

l: ' 7 9 32

100, 101 33

Knobs

for Passenger Car Door Locks, Nos. 308, 309, 310 55

New

Locks,

Ac.,

Nos.

193 34 35

181,

182 36

185,186

37

191 38

192

39

Passenger

Car

Door Locks, Nos. 301,

302 50, 51

303,304 52,53

305 54

Patent Horizontal Kim Cylinder Night Latches, Nos. 151, 152, 153 40, 41

Night Latches, Nos. 154,

155 42, 43

161,162,163 44,45

Mortise Night Latches, Nos. 171, 172 46, 47

Patents 2

Preface

3

Price List of Brass Pad Lock Blanks 12

Flat

SteelKey

12

Cabinet

12

Report

Centennial Commission

68

Revised

Price

List Patent

Cast Bronze MetalPad

Locks

8

BlanksforLatches, Store DoorandDrawer Locks | 11

Self-Locking

and

Combination Drawer

and

Cupboard

Locks with

and without

patent catch

9

Passenger

Car

DoorLocksandKnobs 11

Patent

Flat

SteelKey Pad Locks 9

Pat. HorizontalRimCylinder AMortise Night Latches 10

Store Door Dead

Locks

10

Saloon

Latches, Nos. 306, 307 55

Stationary

Freight Car Lock, No. 315

j - > 6 ,

57

Terms,

Shipments, Orders, Correspondence,

c 6

TheManufacture of

Cast Brass Spring

Pad

Locks, < f c c

4, 5

UprightRim Patent Store Door Dead Locks, Nos. 195, 196 48, 49

WideSteel Blanks, for Old No. 151, and 161 67


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REVISED PRICE X-IST

OF

1

PATENT C A S T

B R O N Z E M E T A L

*t^~

-.-.ID

A

m

jmirsr^

. ? = -

^1+.

No.

A

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

100

101

102

108

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

t < r

ii.^J

iiJ

\j

i^ i iA.^vJO

BRASS

K E Y S .

? > t

/v,

J 1 2

Keyed.

1 Inch . . . . . .

1/& '

1 / 4

\/2 T u m b l e r

1%

2

Plain Cover

2

and

C h a i n

2 Spring Cover

2 and

C h a in

2

Plain Cover

214;

and

C h a i n

i

i

l

/

2

Spr ing Cover

2

and

Chain

2y

2

P l a i n

Cover

2 and Cha in

2*/J

Spring Cover

2

andChain

2^

Heavy ,

Spr ing Cover

.

2^ 2

Spring Cover

a nd

Chain

fo rK .

R. Cars and

Switches

2j^

Heavy,

Spr ing Cover

and

C h a i n

for R R Cars and Switches

2/'2 Wate rp roo f ,T u m b l e r,Heavy Sp r ingCove r

and Cha in for R. R. Cars and Swi tches .

2 i

''

T u m b l e r Heaw Spring

Cover

2J4 Do. andCha in

2^

3

Tumblers , Heavy,Spring Cover

2

14

Do. . and Chain

3

T u m b l e r

Heav\ Sprin

0

Cover

3 Do. and

Chain

3 3T u m b l e r s , Heavy, Spr ing Cover

3

Do. and

C h a in

8/4

3

T u m b le r s ,

Heavy

Spring Cover

33^ 3 Secret Cover

2 %

3 F l a t Kev

2 f

3

and

Chain

. . . . . .

2^

Heavy, Spring

Cover

and Chain , tor R.

R. Cars and Sw itches . ..

\y,

.

i

> /

2J^ Tumbler,

w i t h o u t

cover

2

w i t h

cha in

2 Plain Cover

2

Spring Cover

2 Plain Cover andC h a i n . .

2 ;

Sj>r ing Cover

and

Cha in

2^/J

w i thou t Cover

$3 00

3 50

4 00

6 25

7 25

8 25

9 50

9 25

10 50

9

00

10 25

10 00

11 25

10 25

11 50

11 25

12 50

12 25

14 00

15 00

16 00

18 00

20 00

20 00

1 1 0 0

22

00

24 00

27 00

30 00

35 00

40 00

16 00

5 25

6 50

8 00

9 25

8 75

9 50

9 75

10 50

9 25

IK/,-11.

24

Keyed.

$3 75

4 30

5 00

7 25

8 25

9 50

10 75

10 50

11 75

10 25

11 50

11 25

12 50

11 75

13 00

12 75

14 00

13 75

15 50

16 50

17 50

19 50

21 50

21 50

23 50

24 00

26 00

29 00

32 00

37 00

42 00

15 00

16 25

17 50

( i 25

7

50

9 25

10 50

10 00

10 75

11 00

11 75

10 75


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P A T E N T F L A T STEEL KEY

No.

070

071

072

073

074

075

078

07 )

Size.

i

ll

H

i|

2

2

21-

21

ich

F

[a t Stee

u

2

Turn

IKey .

. . .

biers,

FlatSte

(

el Key .

an d

Chain

and Cha in

/ v / -

j

12

Keyed.

$4 50

5 00

7 50

8 50

9 50

10 75

10 50

11 75

itw n

24

K e ye d .

$5 50

6 00

8 50

9 75

10 75

12 00

11 75

13 00

IIBKF-I/DGKIIi

D r a w e r a n d

C u p b o a r d

L o c k s

WITH PATENT CATCH.

Cf l MB BIN TPISDN

D r a w e r a n d C u p b o a r d L o c k s

WITH

AND

WITHOUT PATENT CATCH.

No.

181

182

185

186

191

192

Size.

2| Inch

21

2|

21

2 i

21

Combina t ion Drawe rand Cupboa rd

Lock

Same

as181,

with nickel pla ted kn ob

anddial plate

Combinat ion Draper and Cupboa rd

Lock,

extra heav y, with paten t

catch

Same

as185,

with nickel pla ted k n ob

anddial pla te

Tubu la r Drawe r

and

Cu pboard Lock,

with pa ten t ca tch

Tubu la r Drawe r

arid

C upboa rd Lock,

with

patent catch

Per Doz.

$17 00

18 50

18 00

19 50

18 00

14 00

Description

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P a t e n t

H o r i z o n t a l R i m y l i n d e r a n d M o r t i s e

SELF-ADJUSTING TO D O O R S OF ANY

THICKNESS, W I T H PATENT

STOP

A N D D R A W BACK K N O B .

No.

Si*,..

IV r

I) / ..

1514Jx3^inch

Heavy

Brass

Bolt, 4 Tumblers.

..

$170040&41

152 Sameas151, with BronzedEscut-

cheon 18 0040&41

153

Same

as

151, with Plated Knob

and

Escutcheon

20 00 40&41

154'4x 3

Iron Bolt,2Keys 6 9542&43

155

Same

as

154, with

Plated Knob

and

Escutcheon..

8 50 42

& 43

Descr ip t i on

Rwe.

162

Heavy

Brass

Bolt,

4

Tumblers...

16

00 44

&

45

Same

as

161, with BronzedEscut-

cheon..

17

00

44&45

163

Same

as

161, with Plated

Knob

and

Escutcheon..

19 0044&45

Extra Keys

fitted to

above Latches

2

00 44

&45

tft hes made reverse when ordered

1715k Mortise Night Latch, Heavy Bolt,

172

4 Tumblers.

Same as171, with

Plated

Knob

and

Escutcheon..

195

196

S T O R E

D O O R

D E A D L O C K S

Patent

Horizontal Eim Tubular

Lock.. : 30 0048&49

Same as

195, with

Plated

Knob

and

Escutcheon..

32 00

28 0046

&

47

3

00

46 47

48*49

Latches and Store Door Locks put up, one in a box, complete.


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P7V

Size.

5 x4

Inch

5x4j

5x4{

5x4i

6 x 4 : ; "

4x3.1

4x3j

1 -

2|

Ql '

Documents

Wilson Bohannan Locks Catalog - 1880