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Cabinet Card Photograph: GEO. MOYNAN CARRIAGE MAKING AND GENERAL BLACKSMITHING.

Photograph, Cabinet Card GEO. MOYNAN CARRIAGE MAKING AND GENERAL BLACKSMITHING. Cabinet Card. Interesting image of a group of carriage makers / blacksmiths holding tools of their trades. Notice that the woodworker is holding a transitional plane? Yup, they where used by the working man. There is the remains of a... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: HARDWARE STORE INTERIOR. c1890.

Photograph: Cabinet Card HARDWARE STORE INTERIOR. c1890. Cabinet Card. Quite obviously the proprietor of this hardware store pushed Gypsine brand paint over and above all others. Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: A WELL APPOINTED HARDWARE STORE. c1910.

Photograph: Cabinet Card A WELL APPOINTED HARDWARE STORE. c1910. Cabinet Card. . Push drills, handsaws, braces, hammers, chisels, folding rulers and every type of hardware the enterprising workman needed, carefully stored in bins. The foot prints on the floor attest to the rough n ready work atmosphere. Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: 7 COOPERS POSED IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOP.

Photograph, Cabinet Card 7 COOPERS POSED IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOP. Cabinet Card. A generally friendly grouping of a team of coopers, clearly pulled directly from their workshop. Read more →

RPPC Real Photo Post Card: Coopers Shop, Agnew, California c1920

Postcard, Real Photo COOPERS SHOP, AGNEW, CALIFORNIA. c1920. Quite the proud bunch of Union Coopers arrayed in the shop yard. Check out that small pile of wood on the right. If anyone knows of a coopers shop from Agnew, California, please contact me. Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: Commercial Woodworking Shop

Photograph, Cabinet Card COMMERCIAL WOODWORKING SHOP. Cabinet Card. Furniture? Commercial fixtures? Although the backing of this cabinet card is in nice shape, with clear embossing, the image was very faded. I brought as much detail out as I could. I can't make out what they are making, but they are... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: Carpenter At His Bench

Photograph, Cabinet Card CARPENTER AT HIS BENCH. Cabinet Card. Details make the image. The proper Bowler Hat in place, right hand placed properly on the toe of the bench plane, shaving curls on the bench, which has a nice two screw vise and an empire style bureau in the rear.... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: MAN PLANING A BED HEADBOARD WITH A STANLEY # 113 CIRCULAR PLANE. C1900

Photograh, Cabinet Card MAN PLANING A BED HEADBOARD WITH A STANLEY # 113 CIRCULAR PLANE. C1900? You have to look closely to see that this carefully dressed and coffered furniture-maker is using a Stanley #113 Circular Plane to shape the top of the headboard. Living proof that people actually used... Read more →

Stereoview: Built This Desk - Women Woodworkers

Stereoview BUILT THIS DESK. An unusual stereoview of a woman, her feline assistant and the various tools she used to Build This Desk (as entitled along a lower edge). The fingerprint is original to the stereoview too. Read more →

Photograph: Cabinet Card Cabinet Shop. c 1890. From the stacks of ready to assemble dry sink parts, it's clear that this was more than a small custom shop. The work area is carefully laid out for maximum use, good use of available light and ready access to parts. It almost... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: CARPENTRY CREW AT THE RAILROAD STATION.

Photograph, Cabinet Card CARPENTRY CREW AT THE RAILROAD STATION. Cabinet Card. Impossible to say if they built the station or are waiting on the next train to go to work. I wonder where they store their tools on the train? This cabinet card is an example of the bad things... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: B. B. CHAPMAN LUMBER COMPANY AND THE WEBBER CARPENTRY SHOP.

Photograph, Cabinet Card B. B. CHAPMAN LUMBER COMPANY AND THE WEBBER CARPENTRY SHOP. Cabinet Card. Date the automobiles and you date the card. The winner gets the horse. Ok, so this is another one of those eye-popping finds. The whole crew complete with Nelly the Horse and those new fangled... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: 5 CARPENTERS OF ILL REPUTE.

Photograph, Cabinet Card 5 CARPENTERS OF ILL REPUTE. Cabinet Card. . A scurvy lot if ever I saw one. Watch out for the guy in the beard. he's watching you. Of interest is the back of this cabinet card, displaying the photographer and the fact that this image is a... Read more →

Cabinet Card Photograph: c1880 Well Dressed Carpenters

Photograph, Cabinet Card WHAT THE WELL DRESSED CARPENTER WEARS TO WORK. c1880. Cabinet Card. . Fine posed image of two carpenters making porch and other detail work. While posed, the work benches, tools and material are all as found. It looks to me as if this is an on-site workshop... Read more →

CDV Carte De Visite Photograph: YOUNG BRITISH WOODWORKER WITH PLANE.

Photograph, CDV (Carte de Visite) YOUNG BRITISH WOODWORKER WITH PLANE. CDV. In the interest of cross-Atlantic goodwill, here is a nice CDV of a young woodworker posing in his finery whilst holding a jack plane. Photographer: Hazell, Linden Road, Clevedon Read more →

CDV Carte De Visite PhotographL 3 TIMBER FRAME HOUSE CARPENTERS.

Photograph, CDV (Carte de Visite) 3 TIMBER FRAME HOUSE CARPENTERS. CDV. Three house carpenters with the tools of their choice: Timber frame drill, jack plane, square, hatchet and handsaw.. Look closely at the nuts on the handsaw and see if you can guess the manufacturer. Read more →

CDV Carte De Visite Photograph: Carpenter Wearing Plaid Overalls

Photograph, CDV (Carte de Visite) AT THE HEIGHTS OF FASHION... CDV by Schofield Bros., Wakefield, R. I. One may become the image on my business card. Just don't have a full mouth of food when you look closely at this CDV. I wonder if I can buy a pair of... Read more →

CDV Carte De Visite Photograph: CARPENTER HOLDING A PLANE, SAW AND SQUARE.

Photograph, CDV (Carte de Visite) CARPENTER HOLDING A PLANE, SAW AND SQUARE. CDV taken by W. E. George of Monette, Missouri. Not a duplicate at all, this is the type of CDV produced by a local photographer for a proud, local carpenter. Read more →

Photograph, CDV (Carte de Visite) THE JUGGLING CARPENTER. CDV (Duplicate). Yet another obviously plagiarized CDV, most likely from a Tintype of indeterminate date and origin. Look closely at the tools surrounding this kneeling carpenter. He has a novel way of carrying his tools. Read more →

Cyanotype Photograph: 3 CARPENTERS FROM MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Photograph, Cyanotype 3 CARPENTERS FROM MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS. Cyanotype Print. A much less frequently seen type of print, Found in Melrose, Massachusetts. Reportedly one of these gents was from Melrose and built the house in the rear. Read more →