Tongs, Bending

Object/Artifact

-

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Tongs, Bending

Entry/Object ID

1999.4.1

Description

Handmade blacksmith tongs, made & used by Hans Martin Syverud (1890-1943) who came from Norway as a young man & worked in the lumber camps in Wisconsin. He eventually settled in nothern Illinois where he worked as a blacksmith & welder.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.4

Source or Donor

McKee, Shirley; Pedersen, Solveig; Capp, Evelyn

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1943

Notes

Date: 1900-1943

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Tongs, Bending

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tongs, Metalworking

Nomenclature Class

Metalworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Search Terms

blacksmith, lumber camps, tools, blacksmithing, immigrants, Norwegian

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Syverud, Hans Martin

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

October 6, 2004

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

July 3, 2016