Rivet tongs
notes: label: Description
content: These rivet tongs would have been used to hold a rivet during the welding and riveting process. The tongs have a long, thin handle, and the tip is slightly curved and pointed to properly hold the rivets.
label: Description
content: This object was gifted by Larry L. Culp from the Culp Welding & Machine Company. Culp was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up primarily in the nearby Maryland suburb of Rockville. His grandfather founded the Culp Welding Company, a small welding business that his father then took over. Culp Welding stayed in steady business for decades, rarely employing more than a dozen workers at one time. Larry Culp sometimes helped on the shop floor, where he observed his grandfather and father run the business. Informed by these experiences and values, Culp became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of General Electric Company, an American multinational conglomerate, on October 1, 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Silver Spring
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry L. Culp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3119.17
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rivet Tongs, Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 34 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 88.265 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 34 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 87.63 cm x 4.1275 cm