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Rakestraw, William
Description:
Master builder William Rakestraw is probably the son of William (d.1736)) and grandson of William (d. 1718), making it difficult to sort early references. As a lad he was apprenticed to the leading master builder James Portues who bequeathed him 40…
Member number:
61*
Birth date:
1/1/1718
Date elected:
1/5/1763
Rakestraw, Joseph
Description:
oseph was one of the most prominent master builders of the years immediately before and after the Revolution. The son of Joseph and Elizabeth Fox Rakestraw, he had become important in Carpenters' Company affairs by the 1760s, although his date of…
Member number:
59*
Birth date:
1/1/1732
Date elected:
1/2/1763
Rabbeting plane, molding plane, 1.375" rabbet cut
Description:
Top wooden part is coarse. Beech wood. I. McNutt, owner. D. Colton & B. Shineman, makers. unusual side boxing of boxwood. rabbeting plane
Date:
1846-52
Item type:
rabbeting plane (molding)
Rabbeting plane with fork. used for cutting crossgrain.
Description:
Fork is rusty. On side where fork is exposed more, wood is warped and chipped. Rabbeting plane
Item type:
rabbeting plane
Queen Elizabeth II and Philip- photograph
Description:
Photograph presented to C.Co. on their July 6, 1976 visit to the Hall. Autographed. Framed, mounted on blue-papered backboard. On the back of the photograph frame is a letter thanking John B. Ganes for a book received.
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed photograph