Name/Title
Screw tool, from the collection of John UcovichEntry/Object ID
2025.110.35Description
Acc. No. 25.110.35
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: early 1900s
Object: tool
Description: Large screw tool with knob crank and spot to insert a bit. Metal with wooden handle and knob.
Original tag reads U35.
No inscription
Size: approx. 15” L by 7” W
History of Object: screw tool, 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: 05/07/2026
