Pg 90 - The Pilliod Lumber Co.

Pilliod Lumber Co., Swanton, OH

1910 - 1926

From the HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY published in 1920 – “The Pilliod Lumber Company, organized July 8, 1902. - - -Since 1909 the company has discontinued the sale of lumber and has engaged in the manufacture of tool chests. The boiler blew up and destroyed the sawmill end of the business, and when the firm rebuilt they engaged exclusively in the manufacture of cabinets.

From the OLDTOOLS ARCHIVE – Inside the chest I found a letter dated 1980 from the previous chest owner to the Pilliod Co. The letter asked about the chest, and the return contained the following information: “Walter Hable, sales manager, stated that this chest was marketed as a Mechanic's or Machinist's Tool Case, the production of which was discontinued in 1926". (My guesstimate had been 1928).

The above stated that they started their line of Machinist Tool Cases in 1909. However, their introductory tool case ad was placed in 1910.

Pilliod Lumber Co. discontinued their own line of tool cases and chests in 1926. The Pilliod Co. continued making tool cases and chests for other suppliers. When they started manufacturing for two other companies is when they may have started sending new Pilliod inquiries to H. Gerstner & Sons. Gerstner estimates this period to be 1937-1945.

Aug. 1910 Catalog adv.