Original 1954 Oil and Gas trade vintage catalog for the H C SMITH OIL TOOL COMPANY.  Main office and plant were located in Compton, CA. 

Manufacturers of Oilfield Rock Bits.  - Every Bit as Good as the Best.

In the H.C. Smith Oil Tool Company plant at Compton, California, is assembled precision equipment to produce the world's finest Rock Bits. For rough machining, heat treating, finish machining, hard facing, forging and countless other operations in the manufacture of bit parts, the H.C. Smith Engineers have developed advanced processes and plant operations in order to produce the finest equipment possible.

Has numerous product images, description, applications and specifications charts to provide product details.

Unbound from a large rare 1954-1955 Composite Catalog, this unique old twenty-eight page technical brochure would display beautifully matted and framed. Awesome cover graphics. A fabulous addition to your retro oilfield petroleum industry library. (General Catalog 54).