Smith & Holtum advertisement 1908 |
The foundry made a wide variety of castings from iron, brass, bronze, and aluminum. Some sold under its own brand names and others were parts for other manufacturers. S&H made private label tools for Belknap Hardware Co., Louisville, Ky, E.C. Simmons Hardware (Keen Kutter), St. Louis, Mo., and Sears Roebuck & Co. Their products included:
Brass bells for fire engines
Concrete finishing tools (over 100 items according to Harold Holtum)
House numbers
Sanitary fittings for dairies
Brass tent slips (guy rope tensioners) and aluminum tent pins for the U.S. military
Bronze and brass castings for hearses and automobiles
Aluminum adding machine cases
Bronze grave markers
Majestic brand cast aluminum fry pans, sauce pans, coffee and tea pots, kettles, and other utensils
Fans
Oil burners
Smith & Holtum cement tools in 1917 Chicago hardware catalog
2009 newspaper article Holtum Manufacturing Co. Made Its Mark
S&H No. 2 Edger, Clinton, Wis. |
Holtum advertisement 1919 |
Unusual S&H indent roller 1912 |
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