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"Founded in 1849 and in business through the turn of the century, E. L. Parker & Co. of Baltimore, Maryland was a major importer and wholesaler of tin plate, sheet iron and related metals, General Store hard goods and Tinners (Tinsmith) tools and machinery. ""It's reputation and sales are widespread and it has important connections in England, as well as with the best firms of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee."" Baltimore: It's History And It's People. Vol. II Biography, page 335. The E. L. Parker & Co. 1868 trade catalog is reproduced in facsimile from the original held in the collection of Gary Roberts, Publisher, The Toolemera Press. www.toolemerapress.com"

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Since 2006, Gary R. Roberts, an historian of early crafts and trades, has returned to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries under The Toolemera Press imprint. A retired research Librarian and lifelong Bibliophile, Mr. Roberts has concentrated his focus on early hand tools and machinery, Sloyd/Slojd, and traditional crafts. Gary Roberts founded The Toolemera Press imprint in 2006. A retired Librarian, Mr. Roberts returns classic books on early crafts, trades and industries to print. All titles are produced, in-house, from original books in his personal collection. Mr. Roberts maintains an online museum of ephemera, books and photographs of early crafts, trades and industries at www.toolemerapress.com.

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