8 Drawer Cabinet

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Resource Type

image

Title

8 Drawer Cabinet

Coverage / Year

1914 to 1920s

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

Author or Creator

Unknown

Subject / Keywords

Blacksmiths
Blacksmithing
Horseshoe nail boxes
Wooden cabinets
Homemade furniture
United States

Collection Publisher

Early American Museum

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

1998.016.0257

Date Created

37419

Resource Type	image
Title	8 Drawer Cabinet
Coverage / Year	1914 to 1920s
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
Author or Creator	Unknown
Subject / Keywords	Blacksmiths Blacksmithing Horseshoe nail boxes Wooden cabinets Homemade furniture United States
Collection Publisher	Early American Museum
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	1998.016.0257
Date Created	37419

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