Lovret Tool Box
notes: label: Description
content: This is a light wood tool box, owned by John E. 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: Description
content: Inside the tool box, there are some items nails and clipped onto the inside of the lid - an "Ace of Hearts" playing card is nailed to the proper left and to the proper right is a clip that is nailed on with photographs of his family and paper calculators underneath the photographs. The photos span from 1948-1960.
label: Description
content: In the compartments are drill bits, other tools and a notebook "Machinist's Practical Guide." With the top open, the second compartment below is able to be opened (pegs in the wood push down into the cover of the second compartment when the top is closed). The door is removed to reveal 5 rows of drawers. There are 5 short drawers at the top and two full length drawers below. The drawers contain various tools and "kits" and one of the drawers has a "Fourth Edition American Machinist's Handbook."
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: 1999.0079.17
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0079.17
label: accession number
content: 1999.0079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tool Box, with tool accessories
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 20 in x 9 1/4 in; 38.1 cm x 50.8 cm x 23.495 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/8 in x 20 in x 9 1/8 in; 33.9725 cm x 50.8 cm x 23.1775 cm