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...
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...
Oct 31, 2020 | Hammer of the Week
Dental Hammers Hammers have been used in the practice of dentistry for as long as dentistry has existed. A hammer and chisel were used to extract decayed teeth for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. As more advancements were made in dentistry, hammers began being...
