Browse Items (698 total)
- Item Type: Object
14 commemorative medals gold bar pin which says "Philadelphia,"
Description:
Commemorative Medals. Attached to each is a bar pin with a blue and gold ribbon. Additionally there is the lettering "Carpenters' Company 1724" and a gold medal which has the raised images of 4 compasses and lettering which says "Carpenters' Company…
Author:
Made at The Whitebar and Hoag Company.
Item type:
commemorative medals
19th century firemark
Description:
Bulaw #313: c. 1872 cast iron, oval 12"x9-1/2 " raised "U F" old model steam fire engine in high relief. wheels have eight spokes. Bevel edge. Policy number 4002 was issued on December 7, 1872 and covered brick store and dwelling located at 610 south…
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firemark
2-foot rule 20th century
Description:
2-foot rule early 20th century found during kitchen renovations in 1990s wooden rule with brass ends
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2-foot rule
20th century drill handle
Description:
20th century U-shaped drill handle; no drill or screw bits with handle
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20th century drill handle
4 bags used to carry cash
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4 heavy duty canvas bags with heavy zipper and strong lock mechanism. Marked Carpenters Company Provident National Bank 23813, 23815, 23821, 24748
Item type:
bank money bags
5 small pieces of wood
Description:
5 thin pieces of wood; 1x7"; 1;3/4"; 1x5"; 1x3.5";1.75x5.5" from interior of building; unmarked
Item type:
misc. wood
A New Method of Macarony Making, as practiced at Boston in North America. Cartoon Tar + Feather Print
Description:
A political cartoon showing a Custom House officer being tarred and feathered by a crowd at dockside while tea is dumped in harbor. Framed, wood. 9-3-85 - According to Dr. Doris Fanelli, this is a copy of an 18th C. print that was made in the late…
Date:
1775
Item type:
tar + feather print
A pair of strap hinges
Description:
hand wrought hinges
Item type:
hinges
American Flag
Description:
Red, white and blue 13 stripes, 50 stars.
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flag, American
American Flag
Description:
Red, white and blue 13 stripes, 50 stars
Item type:
flag, American
American Flag
Description:
red, white and blue 13 stripes, 50 stars
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flag, American
Andiron
Description:
andiron with the uppermost decoration being shaped like sphere.
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andiron
Armchair
Description:
1 of 2, accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037 One of a set of three comb-back windsor armchairs with carved crest and bamboo turned legs used by the officers of the Carpenters' Company. Mahogany with clear coat finish. The accession number for the…
Date:
second half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair
Armchair
Description:
2 of 2, accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037 One of a set of three comb-back windsor armchairs with carved crest and bamboo turned legs used by the officers of the Carpenters' Company. Mahogany with clear coat finish. The accession number for the…
Date:
second half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair
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
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
Bead plane, 7/8" cut
Description:
Bead plane, 7/8" cut ; Beech wood made by Israel White, Phila.
Around 1831-39, but his widow, Charlotte, continued the business until 1845. Plane rotted at heel.
J. Binder, owner.
Around 1831-39, but his widow, Charlotte, continued the business until 1845. Plane rotted at heel.
J. Binder, owner.
Date:
1831-1845
Item type:
bead plane
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
Bevel square
Description:
Rose wood bevel square 12" steel blade. Brass fittings.
Date:
c. 1885
Item type:
bevel square
Birch print of 2nd & Market Sts
Description:
"Second and Market Street view of Christ Church" copy of Birch Print originally hung by IHA (Independence Historic Assoc.
Item type:
18th century print
Bit which obviously has broken away from its base
Description:
very rusty
Item type:
twisted drill bit
Black and white print of George Washington
Description:
Black and white print of George Washington, in uniform sitting next to a table holding a letter. "WASHINGTON AND THE DUCHE LETTER. VALLEY FORGE 1777" Paper is discolored around the edges and on the back particularly behind the engraving itself. Taken…
Date:
unknown
Item type:
print
Blade type scraper without handle
Description:
heavy blade type scraper without handle Markings: WOBEAV (not clear) and son Electro Boraceo steele
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blade type scraper
Book cover and print of Hall from the book
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Heavy dark red front cover of a book that contained Philadelphia Prints. The remaining print is the exterior of Carpenters' Hall. Scenes from Philadelphia, Society of Raim-Tuppani
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front cover of book
Box used for storage of checks
Description:
small wooden box with sliding lid that contained, in 2009, canceled checks with the bank statements from Guarantee Trust dated 1917. checks and statements moved to authorization records in basement
Date:
c. 1915
Item type:
wooden box
Brass mason's bevel
Description:
Brass Mason's Bevel. The nut-bolt-washer joint is possibly made of Steel.
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mason's bevel
Brass plate for library
Description:
Brass plate marking door to library
Item type:
library plate
Cabinetmaker's screwdriver
Description:
Screwdriver. Wooden handle, metal blade and tip.
Date:
unknown
Item type:
screwdriver
Carpenter's tool chest
Description:
Soft wood, probably pine. Tool chest original dark green paint. Hand dovetailed. Two trays. Included Lock and key. 7-93 escucheon no longer attached.
Date:
c. 1860
Item type:
tool chest
Carpenter's utility knife
Description:
utility knife
Item type:
utility knife
Carpenters' Hall in needle point
Description:
Needle work of Carpenters' Hall done for celebration of 1976 by D.W.
Item type:
needle work print