Lovret Tool Box
notes: label: Description
content: This dark wood tool box belonged to John Emile Lovret. He was born in 1912 in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of an American civil engineer. From 1928-1933 he was employed by the Southern Pacific Co. in El Paso, TX. From 1939 to 1941 he entered the Texas College of Mines and was later employed as a toolmaker in Philadelphia and Detroit. From 1942-1946 he served in the US Army and from 1946-1948 he was a US representative for a group of businessmen in the Philippines. He also served as the President of Lovret & Processing Co in the 1950s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Emile Lovret
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0079.16
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0079.16
label: accession number
content: 1999.0079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tool Box, with tool accessories
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 19 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 49.53 cm x 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 19 5/8 in x 8 1/4 in; 35.8775 cm x 49.8475 cm x 20.955 cm