Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
When commercial air travel arrived on the scene in the 1930s, it was a far more luxurious experience than it is today. Over the course of the next 50 years, flying was transformed into a trendy way to get from one place to another. Airlines competed in making air...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
As the harvest season begins, The Hammer Museum would like to highlight this unique harvesting tool. Prior to mechanization, almonds were harvested by striking the trunk of the trees with a hammer like this one and collecting the falling nuts in large canvas...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
This unique, ornamental hammer was patented by Mitteldorfer Strauss of New York City, New York on January 10, 1928. Strauss’ hammer is a design patent, meaning the patent protects the way the hammer looks rather than the way it is used. Design patents last for 14...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
The post-war era in the United States saw a boom in such middle-class luxuries as widespread car ownership and the advent of the ‘rumpus room’ and home bar. This hammer of the week fit right in amongst the bar tools used by the regular home bartender. The “Lovable Bar...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Leather postcards came into being in 1903. They were made out of deer hide. Images were burned and inked into them. These postcards were novelties: sent to relatives and laced together as pillow coverings or wall hangings. Successful cards tended to be based on...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Combination tools can be found all around the Hammer Museum. This highly sought after tool appeals to efficiency and ease. Combination tools reflected society’s focus on productivity during the Industrial revolution, in the late half of the 19th century. This...
