Wood Screws as an Aid to Dating Wooden Artifacts
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 31 no. 1, March 1978 by Warren E. Roberts A close examination of any wood screws used is of great importance in attempting to discover the date at which...
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Return of the Craftsman
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 27 no. 1, April 1974 by Doris S. Halsey Before the advent of the assembly line, when time was of lesser importance and fine workmanship was expected and appreciated,...
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The Slaughtering Roll
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XIX No. 2, June 1966 Editor’s note: Do not read this article if you’re squeamish. by Mary Earle Gould Villages of the early years commonly had a tannery, a...
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The Papermaker’s Hand Mould
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. IV no. 4, October 1951 By Harrison Elliott A somewhat simple and ingenious contrivance is the paper mould used in forming each sheet separately by the hand process for...
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Coffee Grinding Mills
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XII No. 4, December 1959 By Laurence A. Johnson “Though thou shouldest bray ( beat small) a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will his...
Justus Roe & Sons: Makers of Steel Tape Measures since 1876
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 57 no. 4, December 2004 by Louise Muse In 1876, Justus Roe of Patchogue, New York, decided to go into the business of manufacturing steel tape measures. The company...
Bone-Shakers
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. X111 no. 4. December, 1960 by Laurence A. Johnson The speed and enthusiasm with which the American public in the late 1860’s took up the use of the self...
J. E. Minott, Edge-Tool Maker & Iron Forger
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 57 no. 1, September 2004 by Roger K. Smith Jonathan Eastman Minott’s career encompassed most of the nineteenth century, but although the first part of his career was spent...
Socks and Stockings, Shirts, Drawers, and Sashes
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol., 53 no. 4, December 2000 by Richard M. Candee Hand and Machine Knitting for the Union Army This paper explores the Civil War’s impact onthe making of knit‑goods, especially...
Passing the Block
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 56, no. 4, December 2003. by Elton W. Hall Among the Providence, Rhode Island, tool and hardware dealers in the second quarter of the nineteenth century were Henry Reynolds...
The Stinehour Press: Half a Century of Fine Printing in the Northeast Kingdom
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...
History of the Taylor Thermometer Makers
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...
A Treasure Chest of Late-Nineteenth-Century Tools: John E. Kraus’s Tool Chest
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...
Files and Sandpaper
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...
Sixteenth Century Nürnberg Tools
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...