The Champion Blower & Forge Company, General Catalogue No. 62, originally published by The Champion Blower & Forge Company Lancaster, Pa., U. S. A. 1940. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Leesburg, VA, 2004. 8½ x 11 softcover in report cover, 126 pages.

Please note that this is a PHOTOCOPIED reproduction of the 1940 original. The accompanying images were scanned from a reprint, not the original. The original was three-hole punched, in a customized report cover with the logo, text, and box in raised gold printing on a dark blue heavy paper, and these copies are also three-hole punched, with professionally printed gold on dark blue cardstock. 

Champion Blower & Forge Company was founded in 1877, and began using the Champion name in 1881. By the end of the century, the company had become the largest American manufacturer of forges and blowers for blacksmith work. An 1889 catalog comprising 36 pages was reprinted by Doug Fruend in his 2001 A Blacksmith’s & Hammerman’s Emporium. Obviously, by 1940, Champion’s product line had greatly expanded. The present reprint includes hundreds of detailed drawings of:  

Blowers

Forges

Tuyere Irons

Drills

Vises

Chucks

Lathes

Power Hack

Saw Machines

Bench Saws

Exhaust Fans

Disc Wheels

Band Saws

Jointers and Planers

Saw Mandrels

Scroll Saws

Grinders

Buffers

Polishers

Garage and Arbor Presses

Screw Plates

Taps

Dies

Tap Wrenches

Thread Cutting Machines

Fans for Heating, Cooling, Ventilating, Drying and Mechanical Draft

Tire and Axle Shrinkers and Welders

Tire Benders

Power Hammers

Punches

Shears

Cream Separators

There is only one picture of an anvil, though this is of Champion’s own cast anvil, offered in seven sizes from ten to 150 pounds. 

Also included is a complete price sheet, which should prove to be an invaluable resource for industrial historians.