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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
The Blanchard Butter-Worker
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....
Some Interesting Shoemakers’ Tools
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...
Central New Jersey Chairmaking of the Nineteenth Century
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...
Hearth Ovens
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...
Eel Tongs – A Forgotten Tool
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...