Name/Title
"CARPENTERS' TOOLS"Entry/Object ID
2000.208.1.1Description
Color: Black; Gray
"Carpenters' Tools: No 17-A," issued by the L. & I. J. White Company, 1918. The 48-page catalog has a gray paper cover with the title and number at the top. At the center is the company's logo, and at the bottom is the name and address of the company. Around the lettering is a border. All of the printing on the cover is in black ink. Written on the inside of the front cover at the top is, "F S. Reed / 9-11-19." The name is also at the bottom of the first page which faces the front cover and is a warranty. Also at the beginning of the inside is a list of terms and a note on blade lengths. There is a wide variety of chisels available including casket firmers; socket butts; socket framers; socket gougers; ship carpenters' socket chisels; carpenters' slicks; tang firmers; long pairing tang firmers; tang butts; trowel shanks; turning chisels; mortisers; and special points. Also available are hand axes; broad axes; ship axes; ship deck scrapers; adzes; ice choppers; calking irons; calking mallets; draw knives; shaves; plane irons; chisel and axe handles; and machine knives. At the inside of the back cover is a note on some of the other catalogs printed by the company. There are many black and white illustrations included throughout. Found within the artifact was a price booklet which is item .2, and a discount sheet which is .3. With brittleness; creases; darkening of the paper; holes from pest damage; spiling; stains; and tears, the artifact is in good condition.Lexicon
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Carpentry, Tools, AxesSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Catalogs, L. & I. J. White Company, Carpentry--Tools, Woodworking tools, Planes (Hand tools), Chisels, Calking