Emery-Waterhouse - Three Diamond Vintage Axe Shirt

Emery-Waterhouse was a wholesale distributor to hardware stores and lumber mills that was founded in Portland Maine in 1842. 
 
The Emery-Waterhouse Company didn't actually make their own axes.  The axes and artwork were outsourced to Snow & Nealley of Bangor, Maine.   Snow & Nealley had a reputation for high quality hand made axes.  The Emery-Waterhouse line was no exception.
 
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Charles Snow and Edward Bowdoin Nealley opened a shipping chandlery in 1864.  Axes became the cornerstone of the Snow & Nealley brand.
 
In 1897, William Pope Nealley succeeded his father as president of the company.  In 1920, William had an opportunity to market their products in a catalog that was owned by a Mainer named Leon L. Bean. The business relationship between L. L. Bean and Snow & Nealley worked wonderfully, lasted for decades and gave national notoriety to the brand.  
 
1933 Edward Nealley II took over for his father as president and guided the brand through the great depression and many other trying times. 
 
In 1956, William Nealley (great grandson of Edward Bowdoin Nealley) took over for his father and became the company's 4th president.  
 
In 1984, William's wife, Lois Nealley, took over as president and moved the company toward garden tools to follow the consumer need.
 
Snow & Nealley still continues to this day producing a quality line of hand tools.
 
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This shirt celebrates the artwork of Emery-Waterhouse for their "Three Diamond" axe. You get a high quality, exact reproduction of the actual axe label that was attached to the Three Diamond axes. The back of the shirt reads "The Emery-Waterhouse Co." on the top line and "Portland, Maine." on the second line in the middle upper back.