For sale is a vintage BRASS ILCO LOCK from the Independent Lock Company, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This original ILCO pad lock is in great condition but the key is missing. The bottom of the lock is marked “KX07585”. The front of the lock features the company logo.
In the early 1900s, Morris Falk’s company made plastic hair pins but due to changing hair styles the public demand for his product collapsed. As a result, he adapted his company to make automobile keys. In 1926, he named his company the Independent Lock Company and moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The Independent Lock Company registered “ILCO” as their company trademark on June 6, 1946.
