Shoemaker's Knife
date: label: date made
content: 1840 - 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Cornelius Hinds used this knife as a shoemaker in Templeton, Massachusetts during the mid-19th century. The knife is part of a large accession documenting the numerous tools necessary to make shoes by hand before the mechanization of the industry. The shoemaker used a variety of knives to cut the raw leather by hand and mold it into the necessary shapes to make a shoe.
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Deborah M. Russell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.6312C
label: accession number
content: 153037
label: catalog number
content: A006312C
label: catalog number
content: A006312C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm