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Author: Howard, Blanche Willis
Date: 1884

Author: Hare, Julius Charles
Date: 1838, third edition 1847

Author: Mac Donald, George
Date: 1883

Author: Pooley, Sir Ernest
Date: 1947

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Description: Blade on the molding curve is very rusty, not sharp. wooden body. steel blade, blade possibly made from an old saw blade. excellent form.
Date: late 19th C.
Item type: smoothing curve

Author: Fleming, Mary Agnes.
Date: 1873

Description: George Haas was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. According to the City Directory, He resided at 10th above Spring Garden. He worked with George Meyers as Haas and Meyers in 1830. Haas died in 1844.Biography…
Member number: 307*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Author: Oliphant, Laurence
Date: 1887

Member number: 433
Date elected: 1/18/1875

Author: Ray, Ann Chapin
Date: 1890

Author: Knight, C.
Date: 1850

Author: Knight, C.
Date: 1850

Author: Manning, Rev. J.M.
Date: 1872

Author: Estees, Dana
Date: 1874

Author: Proctor, Richard A.
Date: 1868

Description: Alexander Hale was a master builder and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book of architecture published in America. Elected to The Carpenters' Company in…
Member number: 152*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: James Hall was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1814. In the 1820 City Directory he is listed as residing at 126 Pine street. He died in 1846.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildingssite. A project of…
Member number: 263*
Date elected: 1/1/1814

Description: John Hall was a master builder, a founder of the Friendship Carpenters Company (1769) and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture pubished in…
Member number: 145*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: Israel Hallowell was a master builder, a founder of the Friendship Carpenters Company, and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in…
Member number: 147*
Birth date: 1/1/1743
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: Hammerman's Guild framed photographic print of original emblem. "Carved front from Hammerman's loft, Old St. Nicholas Kirk, Dalkieth, Midlothian. Original now in Royal Museum, Edinburgh." Written on small engraved plate on frame. Gift to the…
Item type: framed print

Member number: 382
Date elected: 7/25/1855

Description: William C. Hancock was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1831. He served as Warden of the Company in 1836 and on the Managing Committee in 1839. In 1820 he was listed in the City Directory as an owner of a…
Member number: 303*
Date elected: 1/1/1831

Author: Botta, Anne C. L.
Date: 1873

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Description: metal hand drill with wooden handle and drill size approx. 2"
Item type: metal hand drill

Description: 2nd of two metal hand drills with wooden handle. Drill size approx. 2"
Item type: metal hand drill

Description: Hand-forged butteris, 19th century. Unusual in that blade angle may be adjusted by screw mechanism. steel stock and blade, brass ferrule. Wooden handle.
Date: 19th C.
Item type: butteris
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