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front Fire Engine (pump)

1926.11.02
This fire "engine" required workers to operate it and pump water on the fire.
front Auger Bit
c. 1850
1953.15.01.01
The auger bit is used to bore holes in wood.
front Sewing Machine
1860-1870
1958.11
This small sewing machine may have been produced locally by one of the many small area sewing machine companies in the 19th century.
front Plane

1964.11.04.01
The plane is used to give a particular shape to a piece of wood.
front Level
c. 1870
1964.11.05
The Stratton Spirit Level Company of Greenfield, Massachusetts, manufactured this level, used in construction to ensure a board is perfectly horizontal or vertical.
front Clothes Wringer
c. 1872
1967.07.01
The wooden wringer, to squeeze the water from newly washed laundry, was patented May 28, 1872.
front Wagon Jack
1883
1967.07.02
A wagon jack was used to raise the wagon in order to repair or change a wheel.
front Pencil Pointer
post 1890
1978.42
This pencil pointer, or sharpener, was patented in Portland, Maine, in 1890.
front Cutlery Box
c. 1905
1983.03m
This set of cutlery was a wedding present to Charlotte Wardner Lamson when she married Charles Hyse Warren in 1905.
front Patent Model of Plow
c. 1840
1977.44
This model of a plow was made by Dexter Pierce of Montague, Massachusetts. The Patent Law of 1836 required that any request for a patent had to be accompanied with a model.

 

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