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Charles Billings and Christopher Spencer were former employees at the Colt Armory who started their own drop-forging shop in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood in 1872. The Billings & Spencer Company became an important manufacturer of tools. The 1893 Billings & Spencer Company building, at the corner of Russ and Lawrence Streets in Hartford, features a distinctive Romanesque Revival office tower. The building was adapted in the 1980s for use as an apartment building, which is owned by the Melville Charitable Trust.

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Billings & Spencer Company (1893)

5 thoughts on “Billings & Spencer Company (1893)

  • May 30, 2011 at 2:19 pm
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    Sending one more time in hopes you will take time to contact me…I hate to throw such great material in the trash

    I am a longtime Vintage paper Dealer who sells to Corporations, Museums and Private Collectors. I have acquired a large collection of wonderful Advertising on Billings and Spencer…..from all eras and publications…. . going back to the early days of the Company,.Many of the Companies I deal with collect this fine material for their Archives., frame for offices and/or sell at Trade Shows. My 60 plus customers include International Paper, Phelps Dodge, Corvette, Four Roses, South Bend Lathe and Mack Truck.

    I would like to send you a few items to look over before you purchase…your only obligation is to email me when you have decided what you wish to do. I have done business this way for 30 plus years and it has worked well….you get to view the actual material and I save making lengthy lists.If you like what you see, as soon as I receive payment, I will send more

    Please email me even if you have no interest so I may offer to others…

    Thank you for your time.

    Sandra Baker
    Searsport, Maine

  • May 30, 2011 at 9:39 pm
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    I have no connection to Billings & Spencer.

  • June 30, 2012 at 3:14 pm
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    …i have a old billings and spencer co. 3/8 open-end, bottle opener combination wrench. it has the b in the triangle on the bottle opener end…i would like to know how old this wrence…sincere thanks…john o’hara

  • April 24, 2013 at 7:38 pm
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    My grt Uncle worked there.

  • August 30, 2022 at 1:51 pm
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    Have you ever seen any adfvertisements for the Billings and Spencer uncapper/re-capper patented tool, for dealing with shotgun cartridges 10/12 gauge?

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