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Personal Library
Unless otherwise noted, all of the references shown here are from our personal library which has been accumulated over a period of twenty-five years.

Google Books
There is a lot of information available from Google Books, and the amount keeps increasing.

e-bay
We have used e-bay extensively as a reference source. In addition to photos and descriptions of switches, locks, keys and tools, we have amassed over 800 pictures of antique automobiles and their ignition switches (and locks where available).


References Used in Our Research

For Locks and Keys of Antique Automobiles.

Catalogs for Locks, Keys and Switches

A J Marcotte Co, Locksmith Supplies, Catalog 23, 1947
B & S Auto Lock & Key Catalog, 1933 (reprint)
B & S Lock, Key, Switch Catalog , AS1080 (reprint), 1939
B & S Auto Lock & Key Parts Catalog, 1942
B & S Auto Lock & Key Parts Catalog, 1948
B & S Auto Lock & Key Parts Catalog, 1952 (reprint)
B & S Auto Lock & Key Parts Catalog AS2065-102, 1952
Brown & Caine, Switch Plugs, Keys and Levers (excerpt - copy), ca 1918
Circle ESS Key Blank Catalog, 1934 (reprint)
Clum Manufacturing Co, Service Catalog, 1928 (reprint)
Delco and Remy Service Parts Catalog No 100 (copy), 1925
Delco-Remy Service Parts Catalog No 301 (copy), 1928
Delco-Remy and Northeast Catalog No 101 (copy), 1937
Delco-Remy and Northeast OE Electrical Service Parts, 1941
Eagle Lock Co Locks & Keys catalog 31 (reprint), 1914
Eagle Lock Co Padlocks Catalog No 42 (reprint), 1924
Eagle Lock Co Catalog Volume 46, 1930
Graham Catalog of Keys and Hardware Specialties No 42, ca 1934
Graham Catalog of Keys and Hardware Specialties No 44, ca 1938
H Hoffman Co, Locksmith Supplies, Catalog 21, 1939
H Hoffman Co, Locksmith Supplies, Catalog 29, 1945
H Hoffman Co, Locksmith Supplies, Catalog 40, 1949
H Hoffman Co, Locksmith Supplies, Catalog 49A, 1956
Hurd Auto Locks & Keys Catalog (reprint), 1947
Hurd Locks and Key Blanks Catalog No 54, 1954
Ilco Key Blank Catalog No 6 (reprint), ca 1920
Ilco Locks & Key Blank Catalog No 7 (reprint), ca 1926
Ilco Locks & Key Blank Catalog No 8 (reprint), ca 1927
Ilco Locks & Key Blank Catalog No 9, 1930
Ilco Catalog Key Blanks & Locksmith Supplies No 11, 1936
Ilco Key Blank Catalog No 21, 1970
Ilco Key Blank Catalog No 60R, 1984
Ilco Key Blank Catalog No 60S (Supplement), 1990
Keil Key Blanks Catalog 1926
La Tourette Co, Locksmith Supplies & Hdwe, ca 1937
Locksmith Supply Company, Locksmith Supplies, ca 1935
Majestic Door Handles, Catalog 162, March 1933 (copy)
Miller Padlocks for the Automobile Trade (1924 - reprint)
Niessen Key Blank Catalog (1936, & Supp A - 1938)
Padlocks Mfr'd by Reese Padlock Co Catalog No 4 (reprint), 1926
United Motors Service Catalog (including Delco & Remy), 1922
United Motors Service Buick Master Parts List (copy), 1931
United Motors Service Catalog for Chevrolet (copy), 1933
Universal Catalog of Genuine Electrical Service Parts (copy)
Yale Locks & Latches Catalog, 1913 (reprint)
Yale Key Blanks (2317-1-25-100), ca 1920
Yale Catalog (shelf goods) (No 25), 1921
Yale Key Blank Catalog, 1939 (Reprint)

Code Books for Locksmiths

Best and Baird Double-Bit Key Charts, ca 1930
Code Book for Automobile Keys (Curtis), 1952
Curtis Auto Key Code Book, 21st Edition, 1969
Reed General Code Book (3 versions), ca 1933 - 1960
Reed Code Book (modern) Volume 8 (contains old auto info), ca 1975
UMS Key Code Book

Automobile Journals and Magazines

Automobile Dealer and Repairer (Motoring Journal)
Automotive News Almanac, 1949
Automotive News Almanac, 1954
Ford Owner Dealer, 1922
Motor Age
The Horseless Age (Automobile Journal)
The Accessory and Garage Journal

History and Biography

Automotive Giants of America (1926)
Edward Payson Baird, Inventor, Industrialist, Entrepreneur
Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook No 2
Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook No 3
Floyd Clymer's Historical Motor Scrapbook No 4
Floyd Clymer's Scrapbook of Early Auto Supplies, Vol 1
Ford, The Men and the Machine
Henry's Wonderful Model T 1908-1927
Locks and Lockmakers of America 3rd ed, revised
Standard Catalog of Chrysler 1914-2000 2nd ed
Story of the Automobile (1917)
The Complete Encyclopedia of MotorCars 1885 to the Present
The Fall of the Packard Motor Car Company (1995)
The History of Locks (pamphlet)
The Ohio Gang (1981)
Those Wonderful Old Automobiles
Treasury of Early American Automobiles
Unlocking Adventure
The Legend of Briggs & Stratton
This was Trucking

Books about Locks and Keys

Antique Classic Marque Car Keys, First Edition
Antique Classic Marque Car Keys, 2nd Edition
B & S Bulletin No 600 (copy)
B & S Lock Service Instructions AS2042-12/82
Brand Names, Trade Names, Trade Marks of Lock & Key Mfrs
Cal Allan's Model A Locks & Keys, DVD (2009)
Chevrolet Service News, Vol 16 No 1(Locks and Keys)
Key Collectors Journal 11 Volumes
Key Collectors Key Type Identification Guide
Locksmithing from A to Z (1924)
Loxology (mini pamphlet)
So you will know more about locks.... (Hurd info pamphlet)
The Master Locksmith, Volume 1 (1987 Reprint)
The Master Locksmith, Volume 2 (1987 Reprint)
The Master Locksmith, Volume 3 (1987 Reprint)
United States Patent Keys
United States Patent Padlocks
Yale Auto Locks and Key Service Info (copy)
Yale Auto Locks and Key Service Info (reprint)
Yale Automotive Locks and Key Service Info (copy)

Books about Automobiles

Audel's Answers on Automobiles (1912)
Auto Appraisal (Green Book) January, 1931
Automobile Ignition Starting Lighting (1923)
Automobile Trade Journal 1915, 1928
Automobiles, A Practical Treatise (1904)
Chilton Automobile Directory (1925)
Dykes Automobile and Gas Engine Encyclopedia (1920 CD)
Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia (1923)
Ignition, Valve Timing & Electric Systems (1919 on CD)
Model T Ford Service Bulletin Essentials
Model T Souvenir Booklet (reprint)
Modern Gasoline Automobile (1920 on CD)
Modern Methods of Ford Repairing (1920 on CD)
Motor Vehicles and their Engines (1919 on CD)
Motor-Car Handbook 1905
Motor's Auto Repair Manual 1942
Principles of Automobile Body Design (1922 on CD)
The Ford Motor Car and Truck - Fordson Tractor (1919)
The Gasoline Automobile (1919 on CD)

Miscellaneous Books and Magazines

New York Guide to Places of Interest (Rand McNally (1924)
The Automobile Road Book (AAA pamphlet for the tourist)
Automobile Blue Book Volume 4 (1910 - Middle West)
Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers (1906)
Popular Mechanics 1933, 1922