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8 Drawer Cabinet

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Descriptive Information

Title
8 Drawer Cabinet
Coverage-Year
1914/192X
Description
This is an 8 drawer cabinet made using horseshoe nail boxes as drawers. The drawers are furnished with white porcelain 1" diameter drawer pulls held with a bolt and nut. There is no back to the cabinet.
Interpretation
These homemade drawers held nails, calks, mower sections, and other items that the blacksmith would use daily. Instead of throwing away the packaging of the horse nails, these blacksmiths created something new and useful for their shop.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American communities in history
  • How we learn about communities
Learning Standards
  • 15 Economics
  • 18 Social Systems
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 16 History
Resource Type
Still image
Subject / Keywords
  • Blacksmiths  
  • Blacksmithing  
  • Horseshoe nail boxes  
  • Wooden cabinets  
  • Homemade furniture  
  • United States  
Collection Publisher
Early American Museum
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
1998.016.0257
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Title8 Drawer Cabinet
Coverage-Year1914/192X
DescriptionThis is an 8 drawer cabinet made using horseshoe nail boxes as drawers. The drawers are furnished with white porcelain 1" diameter drawer pulls held with a bolt and nut. There is no back to the cabinet.
InterpretationThese homemade drawers held nails, calks, mower sections, and other items that the blacksmith would use daily. Instead of throwing away the packaging of the horse nails, these blacksmiths created something new and useful for their shop.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American communities in history
  • How we learn about communities
Learning Standards
  • 15 Economics
  • 18 Social Systems
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 16 History
Resource TypeStill image
Subject / Keywords
  • Blacksmiths  
  • Blacksmithing  
  • Horseshoe nail boxes  
  • Wooden cabinets  
  • Homemade furniture  
  • United States  
Collection PublisherEarly American Museum
Rights StatementCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier1998.016.0257
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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