THRALL & SON, WILLIS, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Bevels, Levels, Marking Gauges, Rules, Squares and Wood Planes
  • from 1860 until 1895
  • From DAT, "They were hardware dealers who marked planes, but they probably made the rules and some other such items they sold - at least in their earlier years. Willis had been a rule maker before taking his son into the business and expanding into the hardware business."

    THRALL, WILLIS, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Rules
  • from 1842 until 1860
  • Thrall succeeded S.A. Jones & Co.; he added "& Son" to his name in 1860. The companies Willis Thrall and Willis Thrall & Son were in business for a combined 53 years. S.A. Jones was in business for 3 years.
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