Claiming "Since 1876", Montgomery & Co. was a firm apparently consisting of George T. Montgomery and Frank Lambert, and was a New York City machinery and tool supplier. A small wood lathe with "MONTGOMERY & CO. LATHE" cast into the bed appears to date from early in this firm's history. In 1901 Lambert and Montgomery patented and introduced a tapping attachment. As best we can tell, this tapping attachment was sold only until 1904. We have seen a 1903 ad from them for a power hacksaw, and we have seen a machine vise, appearing to from World War II era, bearing the name "Montgomery & Co., Incorporated"; the vise is actually a "Grip-Master" from Heinrich Co. or its predecessor, National Machine Tool Co.

Information Sources

• August 1899 Machinery has an advertisement for Montgomery & Co.'s tool catalog.
• Text ad in August 1904 Machinery: "Lambert Automatic Tapping Machines / Montgomery & Co. / 105-107 Fulton St., New York City."
• August 1905 Machinery lists Montgomery & Co., New York, as a supplier of "Tools". They are not listed as a supplier of tapping machines or taps and dies.
• 1913-07-03 American Machinist lists Montgomery & Co. as a supplier of files and rasps; machinists' small tools; chucking lathes; machine shop supplies; saw frames and hacksaw blades; steel stamps; taps and dies; and music wire
• October 1916 Condensed Catalogues of Mechanical Equipment lists Montgomery & Co., Inc., 105-107 Fulton St., New York, as a maker of taps and dies.