Carpenter's Tools
Object Details
- Description
- Pictured here are a carpenter's hammer and square. Carpentry was considered both skilled and semi-skilled labor. Many carpenters worked independently and traveled the countryside looking for work opportunities.
- Description (Spanish)
- En esta foto se observan un martillo y una escuadra de carpintero. La carpintería se consideraba como mano de obra calificada y semi-calificada. Muchos carpinteros trabajaban en forma independiente y viajaban a lo largo del país buscando oportunidades de empleo.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 20th century
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1130
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1130
- Object Name
- hammer
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 cm x 11.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 12 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in x in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Work
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Herramientas de Carpintero
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Record ID
- nmah_602500
- Usage
- CC0
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