Benjamin Moore catalogs

A banner-shaped image of paint samples from a Benjamin Moore catatalog. The colors are light pastels: yellow, pink, blue, green and orange. The text on the left reads "House Colors, A Pure Linseed Oil Paint"

Founded in Brooklyn in 1883, the Benjamin Moore company is best known today for their innovative interior and exterior house paints. Smithsonian Libraries collection of Benjamin Moore trade catalogs reveals a variety of products and color trends throughout the company’s history including coach and car paints from their earliest days.

Cover of "Decorating note"

Decorating notes

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1931
Cover of "Description of decorative finishe"

Description of decorative finishes

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1935
Cover of "Ensemble"

Ensemble v.2:no.3 (summer 2004)

Benjamin Moore & Co.
Benjamin Moore & Co.
summer 2004
Cover of "House built on sand"

House built on sand

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1935
Cover of "Impervo surface"

Impervo surfacer

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Industrial maintenance coatings IronClad® quick dry industrial enamel, including OSHA colors & piping color marking codes"

Industrial maintenance coatings

Benjamin Moore & Co.,
Cover of "Interior and exterior decoratio"

Interior and exterior decoration

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Moor-O-Matic universal color system color as you like it"

Moor-O-Matic universal color system

Benjamin Moore & Co.
Benjamin Moore & Co.
196-?]
Cover of "Mooramel"

Mooramel

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Moore's cement coating"

Moore's cement coating

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Moore's pure linseed oil house pain"

Moore's pure linseed oil house paint

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Moore's superfine coach & auto colors ground in Japan"

Moore's superfine coach & auto colors

Benjamin Moore & Co.
Manufactured by Benjamin Moore & Co.
[1926?]
Cover of "Moore's superfine coach and car colors a line of colors of exceptional merit ground to the last degree of fineness : quick-drying, perfect flatting a"

Moore's superfine coach and car colors

Benjamin Moore & Co.
Manufactured by Benjamin & Moore Co.
[189-?]
Cover of "Muresco for wall and ceiling decoration white and tints"

Muresco for wall and ceiling decoration

Benjamin Moore & Co.
Benjamin Moore & Co.
[1939?]
Cover of "Paint products of Benjamin Moore & Co"

Paint products of Benjamin Moore & Co

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "Sani-flat, sanitary flat oil pain"

Sani-flat, sanitary flat oil paint

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
detail from the cover of a paint catalog showing two cans, viewed from above, with swirling paint colors inside

Universal tinting colors

Benjamin Moore & Co.,
Cover of "Varnishes, japans, drier"

Varnishes, japans, driers

Benjamin Moore & Co.
1927
Cover of "[Trade catalogs on Paqua synthetic-resin paint deep colors, tints and intermixed shades ... ]"

[Trade catalogs on Paqua synthetic-resin paint

Benjamin Moore & Co.; Smithsonian Libraries. American History Trade Literature Collection.
B. Moore & Co.
[1951]-