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
Hammerfest 1st Place Hammer This Pittsburgh 16 oz. hammer was given out as a prize for Hammerfest. Hammerfest, which is sponsored by the Southern Indiana Triathlon Team, is a series of bicycle races that take place every summer near Evansville, a small city in...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Dulcimer Hammers These hammers are used to play an instrument known as the hammered dulcimer. The word dulcimer is derived from both Latin and Greek and means sweet sound or tune. The instrument is trapezoid-shaped and made of wood. A series of strings are stretched...
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...
