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
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...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Saw blades are not as straight as one may think. It is actually necessary for the blade of a saw to be set at a slight angle. A small curve in the saw’s teeth prevents the blade from getting stuck in the log it is cutting into. If a saw blade was straight it would...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
By the 1950s meat production was the primary concern of American farmers, with this came an increasing demand for the modern cowboy. During the 1950s and 1960s livestock transportation shifted from a reliance on trains to trucks. This allowed cattle to be sold at...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
By the turn of the century the United States coal industry employed over 300,000 people. Coal production peaked in the early twentieth century with over 600 million short tons distributed at the peak in 1918. With hundreds of different companies selling and...
