I just bought an antique auger and there is some information engraved
on the shaft (I amd assuming that this is a manufacturer's mark) that
reads "Tibbals, Brooks & C9" with the number 6 (in script larger than
the rest of the lettering) following. That really IS a "C9" and not
"Co". Does anyone have any idea who these manufacturers were and where
they were located?

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| I just bought an antique auger and there is some information
| engraved on the shaft (I amd assuming that this is a manufacturer's
| mark) that reads "Tibbals, Brooks & C9" with the number 6 (in
| script larger than the rest of the lettering) following. That
| really IS a "C9" and not "Co". Does anyone have any idea who these
| manufacturers were and where they were located?

In days of yore it was customary to abbreviate 'company' with an
uppercase C followed by an underlined and superscripted 'o',
optionally followed by a period.

I ran a MetaCrawler search (includes Google) and couldn't turn up
anything that looked relevant. Sorry.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Thanks for the reply. This just doesn't look familiar to any of the
tool manufacturers from my location here in Massachusetts. 'ppreciate
the help.