Name/Title
Empire Tool Co. 9” Hand Plane No. 2 from the collection of John Ucovich, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2025.110.2Description
Acc. No. 25.110.2
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: early 1900s
Object: tool
Description: Rounded rectangular wooden tool with wooden slab and metal blade on inside.
Original tag had number U2.
Metal and wood inscribed J.L.B.
Inscribed "Empire Tool Co.," "Marten Dos?," "New York" on blade.
Materials marked/inscribed "Warranted Cast Steel" on blade.
Size: approx. L 9” by W 6”
History of Object: Empire Tool Co. 9” Hand Plane, part of a collection of carpentry tools, owned by John Ucovich (presumed), an immigrant carpenter from Montenegro. John Ucovich moved to Alameda around 1925, and ran a trucking business in Oakland. By 1938 John (aged 61) lived with his wife, Myrtle May, at 775 Santa Clara. He died as the result of injuries sustained after being run over by a streetcar on March 28, 1938.
Acquired from: Ron Ucovich
Donation Date: before 2018
Catalog Date: 11/17/2025
