Celebrating Trades, Crafts, and Tools in American History and Their Impact on Our Lives
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 62 no. 3, September 2009 by Elton W. Hall On the morning of July 15, 2008, I arose early and drove north from South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 225 miles to...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 30 no. 4, December 1977 by George A. Caswell The Bicentennial Year 1976 coincided with the 125th anniversary of America’s oldest existing and best-known maker of thermometers and...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 60 no. 3, September 2007 by Jeff Neil Upon returning from a quilting “camp” my wife told me that she had passed my e-mail address along to a woman...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 1 no. 13, September 1935 By L. L. Thwing It is unlikely that we shall ever see a file dating back to the 18th century. or that a claim...
The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 54 No. 2, June 2001 by Drs. Hans Richard Mackenstein & Theodore R. Crom Do you have a sixteenth century tool in your collection? Are you...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 56 No. 3, September 2003 by Elton W. Hall The intensity of the labor in farming and dairying is well-known to all who have ever concerned themselves with it....
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 13 No. 4, December 1960 by Robert Mitchell The shoemaker’s bench shown in figure I came from the Shaker Colony in New Lebanon, New York. It is fully equipped...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Volume 3 Nos. 6 & 7, January & April 1946 by Wm. H. MacDonald Chairmaking in small shops in central New Jersey reached its peak shortly after the middle of...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 14 No. 4, December 1961 by Ruth Lessey TIN ovens were legion during the days of fireplace cooking. They were of many types and many sizes from the large...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Volume 28, No. 1, March 1975 by Norman R. Ball Probable identification of one of the “Whatsits” items in the September 197 4 issue of the Chronicle has been supplied...
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Volume 54, No. 1, March 2001 by Trevor Jones In July 1914, the Chesebro Brothers’ blacksmith shop in Saunemin, Illinois, burned down in a spectacular fire that consumed both the...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Volume 59 No. 4, December 2006 by Ken Turner Most of us in the tool world know that over the years, hand tools evolved or were displaced by various mechanical...
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...
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,...
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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