Browse Items (698 total)
- Item Type: Object
Punch (?)
Description:
There is no item description in this file, only a photo.
Based on the photo and the context that this photo was found in, it is most likely a Punch. The tool itself is rather wide in the middle with a tapered point. Likewise, it has a flat head.
Based on the photo and the context that this photo was found in, it is most likely a Punch. The tool itself is rather wide in the middle with a tapered point. Likewise, it has a flat head.
Item type:
scablars?
Fore plane
Description:
fore plane; beech wood, closed handle, cutter and wedge missing, toe of body worn, manufacturer: Sandusky Tool Company
Item type:
fore plane
Molding plane
Description:
molding plane
Item type:
molding plane
Flagpole base
Item type:
flagpole base
Paper certificate
Description:
certificate of membership in Carpenters' Company dated 1796, to Wiliam Govett. Engraving of Standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.
Date:
late 18th C.
Item type:
Membership certificate
Paper certificate
Description:
Carpenters' Company membership certificate dated 1800, to William Palmer. Engraving of standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.
Date:
c. 1800
Item type:
membership certificate
Unidentified wood piece
Description:
portion of furniture or architectural piece. three joined sections of wood, carved.
Item type:
wood piece
Ten metal center bits of various small sizes (unmarked)
Item type:
center bits
Auger bit
Description:
A kind of Auger used to bore only crossgrain, never end grain. Some rust visible. The center of auger bit-has a point to hold bit in one spot. Likewise it has a sharp scriber which cuts through the outline of the intended hole and a small blade…
Item type:
auger bit
Bit which obviously has broken away from its base
Description:
very rusty
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twisted drill bit
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit
Description:
very rusty. the top is flattened as though hit repeatedly.
Item type:
twisted drill bit
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit
Description:
short with thick bit. rusty.
Item type:
twisted drill bit
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit
Description:
silver metal. small, long thin bit.
Item type:
twisted auger bit
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit
Description:
very rusty
Item type:
twisted auger bit
Short uniform-width silver twisted metal drill bits
Item type:
twisted drill bits
Title: Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Rules for Subordinate Bodies Under the Jurisdiction
Description:
Published by Carpenters' Printing Plant, Indianapolis. Light green covered paperback booklet of 64 pages. Stamped on the cover in red ink, "David B. Walker." Printed on the cover: "Established August 12, 1881. Constitution as amended by The…
Item type:
book
Title: Rules for the Government of the Associated Carpenters' and Joiners' Society.
Description:
Published by The Darien Press, Bristo Place, 1905. 72 pages. Red worn cover is tearing away from red paper cover beneath. Inside the cover- pencil-written personal notes with names and names of Streets. Stamped on the title page in red ink, "David B.…
Date:
1905
Item type:
book
Rules of the Amalgated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
Description:
Publishers- P.J. Collison & Co., Brooklyn, NY. Date: 1911. 152 pages. Accession number written on reverse side of title page and on page 66.
Item type:
book
Woodworker's wooden clamp.
Description:
threaded screw arm. maker's name illegible.
Item type:
clamp
Steel plumb bob
Description:
steel. japanned.
Date:
late 19th c.
Item type:
plumb bob
Beech wood.
Description:
Bitstock with a wrought iron ring repair around neck of chuck. straight sweep, unusually nice form due to carving at front of sweep.
Date:
18th c.
Item type:
wooden bitstock
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit.
Description:
some rust visible. point of bit not sharp.
Item type:
twisted auger bit
Headquarters of General Washington at Yorktown- photograph
Description:
Pictured, unidentified group of men. Framed.
Date:
late 19th c. [?]
Item type:
framed photograph
Framed flags, pennants and ribbons
Description:
framed flags Associated with the reception of General U.S. Grant, Dec. 16, 1879: 2 flags, 3 ribbons, 6 pieces of notices. Framed (mahogany).
Date:
1879
Item type:
framed flags, pennants and ribbons
Mitre square
Description:
Steel blade, rosewood handle. Brass mitre and square edge. "D. Walker," owner's mark.
Item type:
square
Wooden handled auger with 20" long gimlet starter
Date:
late 19th C.
Item type:
Auger
Set of ten spoon bits, ranging in size from 0.5" to1.5"
Item type:
bits
Wooden compass
Description:
mahogany with brass fittings.
Item type:
compass
Steel bit brace
Description:
steel with wooden handles. conventional chuck. no legible maker's name.
Item type:
bit brace
Cast iron brand
Description:
Cast iron brand used for branding Company Windsor chairs. "CARPENTERS' CO."
Date:
c. 1790
Item type:
brand
Heavy, long rectangular silver plate which is engraved with a blank Carpenters' Company check.
Description:
The check is engraved with the following: -The dates of the institution (1724) and incorporation (1790) of the C. Co. -The name and address of the C. Co. -"To The Tradesmen National Bank and Trust Company." -There are spaces left for the date, the…
Item type:
engraved silver plate
Thick metal key which is hollow
Description:
There are three almost complete circles attached to the end of the key.
Item type:
key
Eyes for the Navy certificate
Description:
Paper certificate issued to Thomas H. Marshall. The certificate was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Currently it has a plain black wooden frame. Goes with a telescope (88.2.1)
Date:
1917?
Item type:
certificate
Mallet-headed scablar or boaster
Description:
Mallet-headed scablar or boaster possibly iron. The tool is clearly octagonal with sharp edges. The tip flattened to cutting edge.
Item type:
mallet-headed scablar or boaster
Scablar; cutting tool
Description:
Tool is possibly iron. It has a flat, round head and a flattened cylindrical body. The end of the tool flares to cutting edge.
Item type:
mallet-headed scablar or boaster
Cutting edge
Description:
Blade for mallet-headed trimming. The blade itself has a double-sided cutting edge with ten teeth on either side.
Item type:
blade for mallet-headed trimming
Cutting tools
Description:
Iron blade. Flare toward end. Roughly octagonal body and round head. Wedge-shaped end is slit to allow blades to be interchanged. There is a total of 10 teeth.
Item type:
mallet-headed trimmings and blade
Cutting edge
Description:
blade for mallet-headed trimmingdouble-edged cutting tool. one edge broken- one tooth missing?
Item type:
blade for mallet-headed trimming
Double-edged blade
Description:
Blade for mallet-headed trimming; one edge is uneven / broken. There is a double-sided trimming blade.
Item type:
blade for mallet-headed trimming
Cutting tool
Description:
Iron cutter. Mallet Headed, flat round head. Originally octagonal by the worn body has become almost round. End flares to wedge with slit for blade. Currently there is no blade.
Item type:
mallet-headed trimming
Point / punch
Description:
Punch possibly made of iron. Roughly octagonal body. very sharp edges at point. The punch tapers to four-sided point.
Item type:
mallet-headed point or punch
Scablar; cutting tool
Description:
Iron scablar; flat round head. This tool has a roughly octagonal body flaming widely toward cutting edge. Additionally, it has an extremely asymmetrical cutting edge.
Item type:
mallet-headed scablar or boaster
Cutting tools.
Description:
Iron Boaster. Cutter with octagonal body flares to wide cutting edge. The tool has a flat, round head. One tip of cutting edge is missing.
Item type:
mallet-headed scablars or boasters
Drafting tool
Description:
Cutting tool; iron. The tool has a roughly octagonal body. Likewise, it flares toward tip; creating a rough wedge-like tip. Flat round head.
Item type:
mallet-headed margin or drafting tool.
Cutting tool.
Description:
Cutting tool; possibly iron. The tool has a roughly octagonal body, a thin neck and a flat round head.
Item type:
mallet-headed margin or drafting tool
Drafting tool
Description:
Drafting tool; possibly iron. The tool has a small, flat, round head and a cylindrical body. The drafting too flares toward tip. The tip could be described as wedge-like.
Item type:
drafting tool.
Cutting tool mallet headed pt.; margin or drafting tool
Description:
Cutter; possibly iron with a flat round head. Likewise, there is an octagonal upper body and a flattened cylindrical lower body. Finally, there is a wedge-like tip; mallet headed pt.
Item type:
mallet headed pt.
Cutting tool
Description:
Cutter, possibly iron. The body has octagonal shape and a wedge-like tip. Small flat round head.
Item type:
mallet-headed margin or drafting tool.