Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Today we're delving into a different set of "Kennedy Files" - taking a look at the origin story for Kennedy Manufacturing, the company that makes those brown machinist's chests.

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Kennedy web-site: buykennedy.com/company/history

Old Kennedy Catalogs: archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Kennedy+Manufacturing+Co.%22

Kennedy Patents:
patents.google.com/?inventor=Howard+L+Kennedy&sort=old

1927 Tackle Box Ad:
google.com/books/edition/Outdoor_Life/sePq_ianyFsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kennedy+manufacturing+co&pg=PA57&printsec=frontcover

1928 Cat Ad:
google.com/books/edition/Atkinson_s_Evening_Post_and_Philadelphia/DmRYo8RP2mEC?hl=en&gbpv=1

1930 Kennedy Bio (football analogy):
books.google.com/books?id=RkYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=kennedy+manufacturing+co&hl=en

JVA Buys Kennedy 2007: reliableplant.com/Read/6769/kennedy-manufacturing-purchased-by-jva-partners

Cornwell buys Kennedy 2016: thevwindependent.com/news/2016/10/04/cornwell-quality-tools-acquires-kennedy-manufacturing

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Two Brothers
02:27 A Pantsless Cat?
03:15 A Lesson from Football
04:28 Kennedy Designs
06:47 New Owners
07:50 The Homak Conspiracy
08:25 Outro