Some Notes on Bayberry Candles
Reprinted from The Chronicle Volume VI, No. 1, January, 1953 A report prepared by M. W. Thomas, Jr. and W. D. Geiger in connection with the operations of the chandlers craft in Colonial Williamsburg....
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The Serrated Bread Knife
by Bob Roger Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume 63, No. 1, March 2010 First, there was bread. Then, a long time later in Fremont, Ohio, the serrated bread knife — an interesting tool that...
“Another Tool Classification” (Burglar’s Tools)
By Harry Baer Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume XVII, No. 3, September 1964 We are all normally accustomed to thinking of tools as implements wholly beneficial to man’s welfare. Unfortunately, this is ndt always...
The Tools Of America’s First Glass Blowers
by J. C. Harrington Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume X, No. 1, March 1957 Since the Spring meeting of the Early American Industries is to be held at the Corning Glass Center at Corning,...
‘Beekeeping Exhibit Open at Shelburne Museum’
This article is excerpted from The Chronicle, Volume X, December 1957 An exhibit of old-time beekeeping equipment i now open to the public at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. This collection of old...
‘The Greenwood Gift to The Smithsonian Institution’
By C. Malcolm Watkins, Associate Curator, Division of Ethnology, U.S. National Museum Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume IV, January, 1951 Of special interest to members of the Early American Industries Association is the Greenwood...
‘Country’s Largest Tool Store at the Turn of the Century’
by R. James Aber Reprinted from The Chronicle, Volume XXIV, September 1971 One of the finest hardware stores in the United States at the turn of the (20th) century, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. spared...
The History of the Early American Industries Association
Our Purpose: The Early American Industries Association Preserves and Presents Historic Trades, Crafts, and Tools and Interprets Their Impact on Our Lives The Early American Industries Association was founded in 1933 in the midst...