1922 Wiss: Shears, Scissors, Tinner Snips, Razors.
1925 Catalog Shears, Scissors, Tinners Snips, Razors.
Despite the word razors on the cover, there are no razors inside. This was made from photographs taken of the catalog in the Smithsonian American History archives. 80 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2". Also in PDF.
1929 Catalog Wiss: Shears, Scissors, Tinners' Snips, Pruning Shears, Hedge Shears, Grass Shears
84 pp. 23 cm, Form 52-29. Has price list in next entry. Also available as a PDF file (29 MB).
Net Price Sheet to Dealers: Revised February 1, 1920.
Price Sheets No. 122: January 1922.
Two price lists: dealer and suggested resale prices. They were a companion to the c1921 catalog that is in the Smithsonian American History Museum Library. 4 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Price Sheets No. 123: January 1923.
Two price lists: dealer and suggested resale prices. The catalog pages and models match up exactly with the Price Sheet No. 122, just the prices are higher. 4 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Canadian Price Sheets No. 123: January 1923.
Two price lists: dealer and suggested resale prices. The catalog pages and models match up exactly with the American Price Sheet No. 123, just the prices are different. 4 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Canadian Price Sheets No. 124: January 1924.
Two price lists: dealer and suggested resale prices. The catalog pages and models match up exactly with the Price Sheets No. 123, except the razors have disappeared. 3 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Suggested Retail Prices for West US: April 1925.
This was a companion to the 1925 Catalog. 4 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Canadian Price Sheets No. 425: April 1925.
Two price lists: dealer and suggested resale prices. This was a companion to the 1925 Catalog. 4 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
1927 Wiss: Shears, Scissors, Tinners' Snips, Pruning Shears.
48 pages. Also in PDF.
Price Sheet to Dealers: March 1929.
This was a companion to Catalog 52-29 [previous entry], but was distributed separately. 6 pages. 5-1/2" × 8-1/2".
Catalog Cover Letter: October 21, 1920
Response to Concession Question
Dated December 31, 1925. A response to A.H. Winslow in Vermont on a concession discount question. Has different stationery.
Cover Letter for Sending a Show Case
Dated August 23, 1927. A cover letter for a scissor show case being sent to A.H. Winslow in Vermont.
Gardening Tools Catalog Cover Letter
Dated August 10, 1928. A form cover letter for a proof of a new jobbers salesmen's catalog page on Wiss Gardening Tools. Also in PDF.
#52-29 Catalog Price List Cover Letter
Dated May 1, 1929. This was the cover letter for the March 1929 price list above. Also in PDF.
"Wiss Shears and Scissors, Advertised in Newspapers and Magazines, Read by 12,641,000: This Advertising is for YOU, Mr. Dealer." This 12 page booklet for dealers is filled with the ads that Wiss was planning to run in the Fall of 1923 in newspapers and women's magazines. A list of the publications and their circulation, and a page showing dealer displays available are included. It measures 9-1/2" × 12-1/2". Available in PDF and slide show jpegs.
"Wiss: National Advertising means More Sales for You, Read the Advertisements and List of Publications Inside this Folder." This 12 page circa 1927 folder is an improved version of the above. While it still has the ads that Wiss was running in newspapers and women's magazines, the pages devoted to them has been reduced and replaced with display materials and anecdotes on increasing sales. A list of the publications and their circulation, and two pages showing dealer displays available are included. The covers measure 9" × 13". Available in PDF and slide show jpegs.
Displays and Storage Boxes. A collection of 32 pages showing various display units and boxes for the dealer to use. Has 1923 prices.
How You Can Successfully Sell Shears and Scissors. Printed 1925.
Picture of glass counter top display from the 1920s.
Wiss Display Service for Increasing Business in your Cutlery Department 1922
Wiss Display Service for Increasing Business in your Cutlery Department 1923
Wiss Display Service for Increasing Business in your Cutlery Department 1924
Display Wiss Shears 1924
Goods that are easy to sell-- 5 Reasons Why Dealers Prefer Wiss Shears and Scissors
Two New Patterns of Wiss Scissors: With Special Selling Features. A folder showing the new Professional Manicure scissors (a cuticle scissors) and a Pedicure Scissors (the model 623-1/2). From 1926.
Gift Set lists:
• Shears and Scissors in Sets
• Special Gift Sets of Wiss Cutlery. Price list dated 6/15/23.
• Special Gift Sets of Wiss Cutlery. Price list dated 5/1/24.
• Special Gift Sets of Wiss Cutlery. Price list dated 5/1/25.
Surgical Seconds lists:
• Price list of "Surgical Seconds in stock 10/25/22"
• Typed lists of seconds, dated 1/1/24
• Letter on seconds dated 5/7/24
Box for 764 Ladies' Oval Pattern Scissors: 1922
Wiss: Orange Clippers, Pruning Shears, Thinning Shears
Wiss Forged Steel Tinner Snips: Best By Actual Test
Wiss Shears: Last A Lifetime. Printed 1923. One is now in my collection.
Shears and Scissors that Stay Sharp: Make Sewing and Dress Making a Pleasure!. Printed 1923.
Why it pays-- to get Wiss shears and scissors, instead of the ordinary kind.. Printed 1925.
Wiss Barbers' Shears: Wonderful Cutters. Printed 1925.
Gift Sets of Wiss Shears and Scissors. April 1924.
Gift Sets of Wiss Scissors.
Hand dated 5/1/25.
Gift Sets of Wiss Shears and Scissors
Special Gift Sets of Wiss Cutlery. Circa 1926.
A page section in a 1925 Channon Company catalog that lists with prices Wiss Tinners' Snips.
Marting Bros. envelope