Original early 20th-century trade catalog issued by Joseph G. Pollard, manufacturer and dealer in contractors’ tools and supplies, with office and factory at 141 Raymond Street, Borough of Brooklyn, New York.

The cover prominently advertises “Pipe Line Supplies” and notes that the business was established in 1837.

Inside, the catalog offers a broad range of equipment for contractors, public works departments, pipeline crews, and heavy construction work. Illustrated items include:

• Contractors’ and public works tool carts
• Pick-up carts / beam trucks
• Pipe furnaces
• Pouring pots
• Cast iron melting pots
• Heavy cast iron grates
• Jute packing rope
• Manila rope
• Chain
• Pipe-line and construction supplies

One especially interesting page illustrates a Contractors or Public Works Tool Cart, priced at $52.00, along with several sizes of beam trucks used for transporting large pipe, I-beams, rails, and structural iron.

The introductory section emphasizes direct ordering from the catalog and notes that the firm did not maintain traveling salesmen, instead passing the savings on through lower prices.

A very good piece of early Brooklyn industrial, pipeline, public works, construction, and contractor supply history, with crossover appeal to collectors of engineering catalogs, municipal equipment, pipe-line construction, tools, heavy industry, and New York trade literature.