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[csa1865]

Just picked this up Monday . It is made by littleford bros. It is a very old and SUPER heavy dynamite and blasting cast box. Came out of a old country store that was started in the 1870's . Then new owners in 1906 . Last date on the paper work taped the lid inside lid is 1936 . One very neat thing inside is a picture of a lady that got a blasting cap out of it and walk and tripped and blew part of her right arm off . The inside is lined with wood . My QUESTION . Can ANYBODY find out when it was made OR any info. I know they made road working equipment .

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Can't help, but very cool and I love it. I would use it to store some of my ammo in. I'd probably need about 4 of them store all my ammo.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Well can't be older than 1930s as that is when they were based out of Cincinnati.

"Littleford Brothers Company was founded in 1882. At least during the 1930s, it was based in Cincinnati, Ohio. By 1931, it was producing a line of road maintenance equipment; the line was eventually discontinued, and the last commercially published serial number data ends in 1983. It acquired the J. H. Day Company in 1981, and the two firms merged in 1992 to form Littleford Day Inc. As of March 2010, Littleford Day was based in Florence, Kentucky, and was a leading manufacturer of mixing, drying and reacting equipment for the plastics and processing industries."

Littleford Brothers Company, 1935-1937 and n. d. | Historical Construction Equipment Association

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Dynamite and blasting storage boxes generally aren't heavy steel or iron because that just makes worse shrapnel.

That may be what the store was using it for.

 

[Anduril]

Can't help, but very cool and I love it. I would use it to store some of my ammo in. I'd probably need about 4 of them store all my ammo.

I'm not sure my ammo would fit.
Just a single round, mind you.

But seriously, you know how HEAVY that would be?
You'd rip the bottom out of it.

OP: Nice find !!
Too late tonight to do any real research on it, though.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Here's and ad for a 1919 version one, said for storage of gun powder, shotgun shells, and dynamite. Looks different than yours obviously, but it does confirm it's for explosive storage use. Still looking for one like yours........

https://books.google.com/books?id=i...ittleford bros explosives storage box&f=false


Screenshot of another 1919 ad showing same box from above ad.

 

[Plug N Play]

Another one, also 1919 :

 

[Retired Sarge]

Another one, also 1919 :

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Looks like you and I are on the same page and search grid here..........

 

[Deftone]

Interesting stuff. Can't read whats under the lady on the pic. But looks like she still has her arm. But, her hand must have went through hell.

 

[csa1865]

Thanks for all the help . It is NOT has heavy as I made it sound . 2 good men could move it . I have had two strokes and a carton of milk is heavy for my left side . I can pick one side up a little with my right side . My wife is giving me hell for buying it . She said I collect the strangest stuff and as far as weight , I need to collect things that don't weight as much , like cotton ! Going to get me some round wooden rods and make me some fake dynamite . I my self think it is cool as crap . It did come out the oldest family owned hardware store in NC . Wilson Hardware . Same family ran it from 1906 (or 1909) until 2016 . I think it will clean up real good . NOT going to restore . Just give it a lite bath and wipe it down with something I have ( Can't remember the name ) it will bring out the red color in it . This is the other paper with the prices on it . dated 1936

 

[Hawks88]

Very interesting purchase. Great conversation piece. Should look real nice after a bath and maybe a little wax.

 

[Reanm8er]

Very cool CSA, Congrats!

I guess the newspaper clipping was a reminder to be careful?

Best wishes!

 

[Johnbrian]

Can't help, but very cool and I love it. I would use it to store some of my ammo in. I'd probably need about 4 of them store all my ammo.

Just four Pfffttt, rookie!

 

[Retired Sarge]

Just four Pfffttt, rookie!

Yeah, Hurricane Michael put a dent in my ammo cache.