DRILL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AUTOMATIC DRILL IN CASE
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, CARDBOARD, BAKELITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19990038037
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AUTOMATIC DRILL IN CASE
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, CARDBOARD, BAKELITE
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 26.2
- Width
- 3.5
- Description
- 1. DRILL - SILVER AND BLACK. BAKELITE HANDLE. THE END OF THE HANDLE ROTATES TO REVEAL EIGHT DIFFERENT HOLES, WITHIN WHICH ARE EIGHT DRILL BITS. ETCHED BELOW THIS ROTATABLE PIECE ARE THE NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 8, AND "MILLERS FALLS CO GREENFIELD MASS, MADE IN USA NO.188A". THERE IS ALSO A SMALL SILVER KNOB THAT MOVES VERTICALLY, TO LOCK AND RELEASE ROTATING END. 2. BOX - 2 PIECES. CARDBOARD. LID IS RED. A GOLD LABEL ON LID READS IN BLACK "ONE AUTOMATIC DRILL WITH BAKELITE MAGAZINE HANDLE CONTAINING 8 DRILL POINTS MADE IN U.S.A. BY MILLERS FALLS COMPANY, GREENFIELD, MASS.". GOLD LABEL ON ONE SIDE OF LID AS WELL.
- Subjects
- MULTIPLE USE ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- BELONGED TO FRED A. EWING. BAKELITE HANDLE SUGGESTS TIME PERIOD BEFORE WWII, AFTER WHICH BAKELITE WAS LARGELY REPLACED. SEE P19990038001-GA FOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990038037
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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