Browse Items (698 total)
- Item Type: Object
Framed print of Loxley House at 2nd and Spruce Streets in 18th century
Description:
framed print of Loxley House at 2nd and Spruce Streets in 18th century
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print of Loxley House
Metal storage box
Description:
Metal storage box to house old official documents for Carpenters' Company; papers moved to Hollinger box with original deeds that will move to APS. This box kept for historic recognition.
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Metal storage box
Baccarat Crystal
Description:
Baccarat Crystal 9-1/2" H 4-1/4" W 2" deep; probably gift from London Company in 1990s
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Baccarat Crystal
Metal butterfly hinges with three small holes in each side.
Description:
very rusty.
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butterfly hinges
Twist auger drill bit.
Description:
twist auger drill bit
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twist auger drill bit
Portrait of Gunning Bedford, photographic copy
Description:
Portrait of Gunning Bedford, member of the Carpenters' Company. This is a photographic copy of the original painted by Charles William Peale. The original painting was loaned to the Hall for an unspecified amonut of time ~1988. (according to the…
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Portrait of Gunning Bedford
Hammerman's Guild framed photographic print of original emblem.
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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…
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framed print
Mallet headed point or punch; mitring tool
Description:
iron; octagonal body or shaft which tapers to a four sided point. Round head mitring tool
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mitring tool
Paring chisels see individual entries
Description:
paring chisels: see individual entries
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paring chisels
Sharpening stone in pine box
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Sharpening stone in a pine box. The stone is rectangular in shape. The box fits extremely tightly around the stone.
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sharpening stone
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
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fore plane
Molding plane
Description:
molding plane
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molding plane
Flagpole base
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flagpole base
Unidentified wood piece
Description:
portion of furniture or architectural piece. three joined sections of wood, carved.
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wood piece
Ten metal center bits of various small sizes (unmarked)
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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book
Woodworker's wooden clamp.
Description:
threaded screw arm. maker's name illegible.
Item type:
clamp
Metal bit with triangle-shaped top and twisted bit.
Description:
some rust visible. point of bit not sharp.
Item type:
twisted auger bit
Mitre square
Description:
Steel blade, rosewood handle. Brass mitre and square edge. "D. Walker," owner's mark.
Item type:
square
Set of ten spoon bits, ranging in size from 0.5" to1.5"
Item type:
bits
Wooden compass
Description:
mahogany with brass fittings.
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compass
Steel bit brace
Description:
steel with wooden handles. conventional chuck. no legible maker's name.
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bit brace
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…
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engraved silver plate
Thick metal key which is hollow
Description:
There are three almost complete circles attached to the end of the key.
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key
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.
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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.
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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.
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mallet-headed trimmings and blade
Cutting edge
Description:
blade for mallet-headed trimmingdouble-edged cutting tool. one edge broken- one tooth missing?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.