Hammer Highlight – Airline Ice Hammer

Hammer Highlight – Airline Ice Hammer

  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...
Hammer Highlight – Almond Tree Knocker

Hammer Highlight – Almond Tree Knocker

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...
Hammer Highlight: Stove Top Lifter

Hammer Highlight: Stove Top Lifter

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...
Hammer Highlight: Saw Setting and Swaging Hammer

Hammer Highlight: Saw Setting and Swaging Hammer

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...
Hammer Highlight: Yates Coal and Lumber Co. Hammer

Hammer Highlight: Yates Coal and Lumber Co. Hammer

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...