5 minManufacturingTin Plate and the TinkerExamples of stretching. Photo by Mary Earle Gould. Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 4 No. 2, April 1951 by Gillian W.B. Bailey Although...
11 minHistoricalBurning Brands or Marking IronsFigure 1. Geo. J. Mayer Co., Indianapolis, ca. 1924. Manufacturer of marking devices of all kinds. Excerpted from the The Chronicle Vol....
12 minAgricultureThe Staff of Life in Colonial AmericaExcerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 39 No.1, March 1986 by Charity Gedney Charity Gedney has been deeply involved as a volunteer worker in...
7 minAgricultureCider Making in the 1870sFigure 1. Cider Making on Long Island, ca. 1870, by William M. Davis (1836?-1927). The whole cider-making operation can be seen from...
7 minManufacturingThe Forming Machine: How the manufacturing of hats went from 6 to 600 per dayFigure 1. A selection of hats on display at the Stockport, England, Hat Museum, Hat Works. As you can see, felt can be "blocked" into a...
8 minTechnologyAn X-ray of a Dovetail Joint, & Letters and Comment on Puzzle MalletExcerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 30, No. 2, 1977 by Christopher Tahk While the skill of a joiner is evident in the quality of his...