Nickel-plated Backsaws
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 62 No. 2, June 2009 by Phil Baker Many years ago a Disston & Sons, circa 1873, came my way (Figure 1). At first glance, this saw did not...
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The Barbells of Old South
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 55 no. 4, December 2002 The Barbells of Old South: The Extraordinary Early, Pressed-Glass Doorknobs of Old South Meeting House by Franklin Pierce Hall In the winter of 1999,...
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An Ingenious Fly Trap
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. II No. 6, September 1938 by Lawrence B. Romaine “The Edson Revolving Fly Trap, Patent Applied for. Hudson, Mass. The Edson Manufacturing Company, Sole Manufacturers, Boston Office, 53 High...
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Ohio’s Sandstone: Once the Source of the World’s Finest Grinding Stones
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 60 No. 1, March 2007 by Dana Martin Batory In our small village of Crestline, Ohio, a friend once kept in front of his antique shop a foot-powered grinding...
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A Glimpse Inside a Small Musical Instrument Shop
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 55, no. 2, June 2002 by Carl Bopp The three objects in Figures 2, 3, and 4 were bought as a group at an antiques show. They are thought...
The Niddy-Noddy
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XI, no. 1, March 1958 by Laurence A. Johnson “Niddy-Noddy, Niddy-Noddy, two heads and one body” sang the proprietress of the antique shop in New England many years ago....
The Axemakers of Cornwallis Township
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 34 no.1, March 1981 by Robin H. Wyllie This article covers but a fraction of the documentary information discovered during the project. Much of it, for example the Blenkhorn...
On Heating a Bake Oven
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II, no. 1, January 1954 The following passage is taken from Chapter 5, Article 3 of Le Parfait Boulanger (The Perfect Baker), by M. Parmentier, Paris, I778, and has...
Saw Hammers
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XIX, no. 2, June 1966 By R.D. Morris The four hammers in fig. 1 are saw hammers and are often mistaken for file maker’s hammers. These, as well as...
Paper Barrels
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. X no. 1, March 1957 by Laurence A. Johnson The pictures used in this article are from Mr. W. H. Murphy’s catalogue, entitled “CATALOGUE containing cuts of the Special...
The Humble Hod
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II No. 14, June 1940 By Joseph E. Sandford About two thousand two hundred years ago, the Greek comic poet Diphilus wrote a comedy called The Brick-Carrier. Only two...
Clams, Pearls, and Button Cutting Tools
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XXIII, No. 3, September 1970 By Barbara Tucker, Grace Mary Ederer, and Coral Draxten The real romance and excitement of the big pearl hunting days on the Mississippi River...
Tin Plate and the Tinker
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 4 No. 2, April 1951 by Gillian W.B. Bailey Although the manufacture of tin plate had -long been a monopoly of Bohemia, about 1620 the industry spread to Saxony...
Burning Brands or Marking Irons
Excerpted from the The Chronicle Vol. 31 No. 3, September 1978 by John R. Grabb Methinks the realms of England, France and Ireland Bear that proportion to my flesh and blood As did the...
The Staff of Life in Colonial America
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 39 No.1, March 1986 by Charity Gedney Charity Gedney has been deeply involved as a volunteer worker in various collectors’ societies for many years. She says she deplores the...