Wooden Box, 1880-1920
THF121930 / Wooden Box, 1880-1920
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Artifact Overview
Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Box (Container)
Date Made
1880-1920
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
28.997.172
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant Material)
Dimensions
Height: 1 in
Width: 4.875 in
Length: 11.875 in
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ArtifactCurrier Shoe Shop
In the late nineteenth century, this small shoe shop located in Newton, New Hampshire, was part of a larger factory system. The owner, Will Currier, received cut leather pieces from a factory in nearby Haverhill, Massachusetts. He and two workmen sewed these pieces together to create a finished shoe. The three could make about sixty-five pairs of shoes a day.