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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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...
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...
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...
Mechanical Kitchenalia: Parers
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...
The Niddy-Noddy
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XI, no. 1, March 1958 by Laurence A. Johnson “Niddy-Noddy, Niddy-Noddy, two heads and one body” sang the proprietress of the antique shop in New England many years ago....
EAIA Today
We are nearing the end of summer here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is hot, humid and we suffer from occasional showers and downpours which seem to run right off. But September...
‘Whatsits’
By John Verrill, Executive Director, Early American Industries Association One of the pleasures of working in the EAIA office is getting frequent requests to identify tools whose purposes are unknown to the inquirer. We...
A Collection of American Implements
From The Chronicle, Vol. 1. No. 12, July 1935 by William B. Sprague Author’s note – The publication of the following article in Old Time New England in July, 1933, contributed in such large...