Help with type of fasteners.

[Garabaldi]

Found this cover to an old fastener container. The writing says they had over 100 patents. The company was in Waterbury Connecticut. A lot of CW buttons were made there, any idea what type of fasteners this company made?

 

[mile-ender]

Found this cover to an old fastener container. The writing says they had over 100 patents. The company was in Waterbury Connecticut. A lot of CW buttons were made there, any idea what type of fasteners this company made?

Allll sorts

 

[mile-ender]

But seriously...from the looks of it paper fasteners - http://www.officemuseum.com/staplers.htm
also check out the history part here -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapler
and the paper clip http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm I think about the 6th paragraph

 

[Gecko]

aloha
here is a canister of them for sale. http://www.etsy.com/listing/61904785/on-sale-mcgills-brass-paper-fasteners

 

[GpSnoopy]

Here's what the original lid looked like, and the text that came with the picture.

McGill’s Fasteners, manufactured by Holmes, Booth, and Hayden, were the father of the modern paper clip and staple. They were T-shaped brass strips that were driven through multiple sheets of paper by a special press. These particular flat head fasteners were very plain, but some of the many (100 according to the container) were very ornate. The company became a part of American Brass in 1901. The modern-shaped paper clip was patented on April 27, 1899 by William Middlebrook of Waterbury.

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This was but a small part of what the company manufactured. Check out the following 2 links....
Lamp parts
Photographic Equipment

 

[Garabaldi]

But seriously...from the looks of it paper fasteners - http://www.officemuseum.com/staplers.htm
also check out the history part here -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapler
and the paper clip http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm I think about the 6th paragraph

aloha
here is a canister of them for sale. http://www.etsy.com/listing/61904785/on-sale-mcgills-brass-paper-fasteners

Nice work gents.