Machinist's Tool Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1940s
notes: label: Description
content: This machinists' tool box was the gift of William Alson Wheeler (1941-2022), who served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. As a collection of mid-twentieth-century machinists' tools, it illustrates the trade. It is also a story of a twentieth-century working class American who combined military service and skilled blue-collar labor.
label: Description
content: The body of the box is oak veneer, with a leather handle, and closes with five latches. The interior of the chest is lined with green felt; the top of the drawer has a black-and-white photograph of Wheeler in his military uniform along with the name "A. Wheeler." The chest also has eleven drawers, all lined with green felt, containing machinists' tools in good condition and a book.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Alson Wheeler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0180.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0180
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tool chest