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- Woodworking Vise -
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Woodworking Vise
- Twist Auger with a Turned Handle, 1900-1920 - For centuries, the hands of carpenters, shipwrights, wheelwrights, coopers, and furniture and instrument makers, among others, have twisted a spiral auger bit into wood to create holes. We still use augers today, but power drills ease the burden of manually turning a bit.
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Twist Auger with a Turned Handle, 1900-1920
For centuries, the hands of carpenters, shipwrights, wheelwrights, coopers, and furniture and instrument makers, among others, have twisted a spiral auger bit into wood to create holes. We still use augers today, but power drills ease the burden of manually turning a bit.
- Moving Filester, 1868-1874 -
- 1868-1874
- Collections - Artifact
Moving Filester, 1868-1874
- Turpentine Hack -
- Collections - Artifact
Turpentine Hack
- Miniature Tool Chest with Woodworking Tools, Presented to Henry Ford, 1938 -
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Tool Chest with Woodworking Tools, Presented to Henry Ford, 1938
- Tenoning Machine, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, circa 1887 -
- circa 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Tenoning Machine, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, circa 1887
- Woodcarver in Greenfield Village, 1965 - The Henry Ford held its first Country Fair event at Greenfield Village in 1951. The program embodied typical features representing America's early country or county fairs. Visitors enjoyed craft demonstrations, concerts, shows, parades, races and contests, engine and vehicle displays, and animal and livestock exhibits, to name just a few activities. The nearly annual springtime program lasted for thirty years.
- 1965
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Woodcarver in Greenfield Village, 1965
The Henry Ford held its first Country Fair event at Greenfield Village in 1951. The program embodied typical features representing America's early country or county fairs. Visitors enjoyed craft demonstrations, concerts, shows, parades, races and contests, engine and vehicle displays, and animal and livestock exhibits, to name just a few activities. The nearly annual springtime program lasted for thirty years.
- Mortising Machine, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, 1887-1890 -
- 1887-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Mortising Machine, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, 1887-1890
- Belt Sander, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, circa 1887 -
- circa 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Belt Sander, Used by the Rowe Wagon and Carriage Shop, circa 1887
- Carved Portrait of Henry Ford, 1926 - Acknowledging Henry Ford's innovative spirit, individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts bestowed hundreds of handmade gifts upon him. The translated inscription of this piece -- "to the great American industrialist in recognition and proof of manufacturing wherein works do not strike" -- reflects the opinion of the Polish artist regarding the industrial instability in Poland of that time.
- 1926
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Carved Portrait of Henry Ford, 1926
Acknowledging Henry Ford's innovative spirit, individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts bestowed hundreds of handmade gifts upon him. The translated inscription of this piece -- "to the great American industrialist in recognition and proof of manufacturing wherein works do not strike" -- reflects the opinion of the Polish artist regarding the industrial instability in Poland of that time.