VISE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOOD VISE
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- HARDWOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19641082000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOOD VISE
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- HARDWOOD
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 66.0
- Length
- 86.4
- Width
- 12.8
- Description
- MACHINE MADE. TWO THREADS TO THE INCH. TOOLS CONSISTS OF: BASE, CLAMP BOARD WITH SLIDING ADJUSTMENT, LARGE WOODEN SCREW THROUGH CLAMP AND BASE C/W HANDLE THROUGH CLAMP AND BASE C/W HANDLE AND LOCK NUT. LOCK NUT IS CRACKED. STAINED BASE; BADLY ERODED. SCREW HANDLE MAY BE A REPLACEMENT. WOOD DRY.
- Subjects
- WOODWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- BROUGHT FROM QUEBEC. UPDATE: NICOLE HEMBROFF COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT SPOKE TO GORDON MCRAE'S BROTHER DALE MCRAE ON OCTOBER 14, 2010 BY TELEPHONE. MCRAE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE VISE, ALTHOUGH HE SUSPECTED THE VISE WAS PASSED DOWN FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. ACCORDING TO DALE MACRAE, THE MCRAE FAMILY HAS BEEN RANCHING IN THE PINCHER CREEK AREA FOR OVER 100 YEARS. GORDON MCRAE WAS ORIGINALLY RANCHING IN THE DRYWOOD CREEK AREA UNTIL A SULFUR PLANT WAS BUILT NEAR HIS LAND. HIS FAMILY SUFFERED HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO THE GAS LET OFF BY THE PLANT AND THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE. THEY RESUMED RANCHING IN THE BEAVER MINES AREA. GORDON MCRAE'S DAUGHTER STILL RUNS THE RANCH AND HIS WIFE LIVES WITH HER. GORDON MCRAE PASSED AWAY IN 2007 FROM CANCER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19641082000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-06
- Collection
- Museum
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