AC NMAH 60 Scope and Content Note: Fences 2 Boxes This material consists primarily of pamphlets, printed advertisements, trade catalogues, calendars, trade cards, patents and scattered correspondence on letterhead stationary from manufacturers and distributers of fences. These companies sold fences for both home and commercial use. There are also some materials with reference to gates and iron railings. The material dates from 1856 to 1941, but the bulk is late nineteenth century early twentieth century. Materials in box one are organized by name of company. Box two is grouped by types: patents, fence building machinery and tools, fence parts, articles, gates, iron railings and miscellaneous items. Subject Terms: Fences Steel Iron Gates Iron Railings
Container List: Fences Box Folder 1 1 Adrian Wire Fence Co. Adrian, MI American Iron Post and Construction Co. Boston, MA 2-4 American Steel & Wire Co. 5 Archer Post Iron Works Baer Double Lock Wire Fence Co. Hagerstown, MD Ball, Johson & Co. New Haven, CN Bean, H. & B.F. Pawling, PA 6 Barnum, E.T. Iron & Wire Fence Co. Detroit, MI 7 Betts Wire Fencing Co. Palmer, MA 8 Brock Flexible Fence Co. Brockner & Evans 9 Brown Fence & Wire Co. Cleveland, OH 10-11 Buck-Thorn Fence Co. Trenton, NJ 12 Case Brothers- Agents for Union Fences Colchester, CN
1 12 Chicago Steel Post Co. 13 Cincinnati Iron Fence Co. Cleveland Fence Co. Indianapolis, IN Clow, William M. & Co. Lockport, IL 14 Collinson, Joshua Fence Co. East Orange, NJ Crescent Metallic Fence Stay Co. Covington, OH Cyclone Fence Co. Waukegan, IL 15 DeWitt Wire Cloth Co. Philadelphia, PA Dillon-Griswald Co. Sterling, IL 16 DuBois Fence & Garden Co. 17 Enterprise Iron Works Co. Indianapolis, IN 18 Eureka Fence Mfg. Co. Richmond, IN 19 Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. Gennodo, W.B. Philadelphia, PA
1 20 Hall, S.H. Farm Fence Mfg. Co. Elmira, NY Hagerstown Hedge & Fencing Co. Hagerstown, MD 21 Hartmen Fence Mfg. Co. Elwood City, PA Hayden Patent Elastic Steel Strand Fence Haynes Patent Brace Fence 22 Henry, M.C. Fence Mfg. Co. Richmond IN 23 Hollow Cable Mfg. Co. Hornellsville, NY 24-26 Home Fence Co. 27 Husselman Fence Mfg. Co. California 28 Indiana Steel & Wire Co. Munice, IN International Steel Post Co. 29 Keystone Steel & Wire Co. Peoria, IL Kitselman Brothers Munice, IN Lamb Fence Co. Adrian, MI
1 30 McMullen Woven Wire Fence Co. Mast, Foos & Co. Springfield, OH Metal Post and Culvert Co. Niles, OH 31 Middleton, Howard W. Fence Co. Philadelphia, PA 32 Missouri Anchor Fence Co. St. Joseph, MO 33 National Hedge & Wire Co. Pennsylvania 2 1 New Jersey Wire Cloth Co. Trenton, NJ 2 New York Fence Co. Syracuse, NY 3 New York Wire Railing Co. 4 Northwestern Barb Wire Co. Sterling, IL Otis, J. A. Patent Fence Posts 5 Page Woven Wire Fence Co. Adrian, MI 6-7 Pittsburgh Steel Co. Pittsburgh, PA 8 Pittsburgh Woven Wire Fence Co. Pittsburgh, PA 9 Rogers Fence Co. Springfield, OH
2 9 Republic Fence & Gate Co. North Royal Fence 10 Scutt, H.B. Fence Mfg. Co. Pittsburgh, PA 11 Sedgwich Fence Mfg. Co. Richmond, IN Speakman s Patent Wire Truss Fence 12 Standard Fence Mfg. Co. Standard Wire Fence Co. Cananadaigua, NY 13 Sterling Fences 13-14 Stewart Iron Works Co. 15 Tait, F.B. Fence Mfg. Co. Decatur, IL Titchener, E.H. & Co. Binghamton, NY 16 Truss & Cable Fence Co. Hornellsville, NY 17 Union Fence Co. Dekalb, IL Vandemark, Charles Oak Corners, NY 18 Wheeling Corrugating Co. Wheeling, WV
2 18 Wheelock Rust Proof Flowerbed Guard and Trellis Worth Wire Works Kokomo, IN 19 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Youngstown, OH 20 Fences: Patents 21 Fences: Fence Building Machinery & Tools 22 Fences: Gates 23 Fences: Iron Railings 24 Fences: Related Publications 25 Fences: Miscellaneous