We have seen a 10-inch sensitive drill from this maker that appears to be from about 1950.
Information Sources
- We learned of this maker in an owwm.org forum discussion.
- From a 1951 edition of Aviation Week, in a list of suppliers to a new plant: "Taylor Foundry & Mfg. Co., San Francisco, drill presses, CI. 17A, $69,375."
- The 1954 and '55 Polk's San Francisco Directory list, under Foundries, "Taylor Foundry & Mfg Co. 1201 Fulton".
- From a 1955 edition of Western Machinery and Steel World:
Taylor Foundry & Mfg. Co. has purchased building at 1300 Bryant St., San Francisco, for new plant for manufacture and sale of machinery.
- From Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California for 1957, the index lists "TAYLOR, STANLEY W. (Taylor Foundry & Mfg. Co.) v. P.G.& E. CO., reparation, judgment as res judicata..."
- The 1959 and '60 Polk's San Francisco Directory list, under Foundries, "Taylor Foundry & Mfg Co. 1300 Bryant".
- 1977 through 1981 San Francisco Directory listings include, under Foundries, "Taylor Foundry And Manufacturing Co., 1201 Fulton St."