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
Coors Ceramic Hammer The same Coors family who created the popular Coors beer also developed the Coors Porcelain Company in the early twentieth century. With the onset of World War I and the embargo on German imports, the Coors family saw an opening in the market for...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Hytron Handy Tube Tapper Electronics companies, such as Hytron Handy, developed tube tappers like the one seen here. These little hammers served several purposes. The tool, as the name suggests, was used to tap hytron vacuum tubes. These tubes were the basis of most...
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...
