Vintage Owatonna Tool Box any idea on year?

[runoncomics]

Great toolbox my neighbor put out for a garage sale, hoping to see if anyone has some information as to how old it is and get an idea of value.

[Papaw]

Welcome to Tool Talk!
That is a nice box!
Here is the Wiki on Owatonna- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTC_Tool_Company

And they are mentioned on Alloy Artifacts- http://alloy-artifacts.org/owatonna-tool-company.html  , but no mention of tool boxes.

[wvtools]

I have an old OTC catalog, but there is no date on it.  It shows the shield logo on the catalog pages, but the toolboxes have a round logo decal on them.  It looks like yours is probably a later version of the No. 110 Standard Mechanics Chest.  What are the dimensions of yours?  '

The one in my catalog has a different style lid/cover, but it has the right number of drawers and looks about the right size.  It appears that you may be missing a pull out tool tray that was in the top.

My catalog lists the 110 as 22L x 8 1/4W x 9 1/2"D with 21"L drawers with depths of 1 1/2, 2, and 3.

I have a similar Craftsman with that style lid that I do not really like.

[bill300d]

The shield logo runs from about 1945-74. Design of the box suggests 1950's.

[Bill Houghton]

That's a score!   

[jimwrench]

 Ive got a copy of his big brother which came from a tag sale a few years ago but no info on date of manufacture.

[wvtools]

Your big brother is called the Deluxe Mechanics Chest in the catalog.  It should also have a removable tray in the top.

[EVILDR235]

Very nice boxes. I have a Kennedy box with that style of lid. I believe i also have a Plomb box with that style of lid.

EvilDr235

[mikeswrenches]

My 1965 Snap-on box also has a lid like that.

Mike

[runoncomics]

Thank you all who responded!

Welcome to Tool Talk!
That is a nice box!
Here is the Wiki on Owatonna- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTC_Tool_Company

And they are mentioned on Alloy Artifacts- http://alloy-artifacts.org/owatonna-tool-company.html  , but no mention of tool boxes.

Thank you for the links! Still hunting for info.

I have an old OTC catalog, but there is no date on it.  It shows the shield logo on the catalog pages, but the toolboxes have a round logo decal on them.  It looks like yours is probably a later version of the No. 110 Standard Mechanics Chest.  What are the dimensions of yours?
The one in my catalog has a different style lid/cover, but it has the right number of drawers and looks about the right size.  It appears that you may be missing a pull out tool tray that was in the top.

My catalog lists the 110 as 22L x 8 1/4W x 9 1/2"D with 21"L drawers with depths of 1 1/2, 2, and 3.

Yeah couldn't track down the pull out tray unfortunately. I tracked down the 110 and yeah looks to be a older version. Outer Dimensions are 24"W x 10.5"H x 10" Deep
Is this the catalog you have?

http://toolarchives.com/sites/default/files/1949OTC.pdf

That's a score!   

No Doubt!

The shield logo runs from about 1945-74. Design of the box suggests 1950's.

Thank you much for the help narrowing down the era

Ive got a copy of his big brother which came from a tag sale a few years ago but no info on date of manufacture.

Is is posted here somewhere? Would love to see it.

Very nice boxes. I have a Kennedy box with that style of lid. I believe i also have a Plomb box with that style of lid.

EvilDr235

Nice! I like the funky design on it

My 1965 Snap-on box also has a lid like that.

Mike

Wonder what they were trying to make work with the design. More access?

[EVILDR235]

I hope you bought it. That is very nice.

EvilDr235