Child's Tool Chest
date: label: date made
content: 1911 - 1924
name: label: maker
content: R. Bliss and Co.
notes: label: Description
content: As illustrated in this child's tool chest from the early 20th century, children frequently encountered their society's gender expectations at a young age. The tool chest from R. Bliss & Co. declared carpentry to be boys' work. It came with a hinged lid and a sliding, removable top tray. Inside is a colored picture of boys building a house under a banner that reads "BLISS UNION TOOL CHESTS FOR BOYS." R. Bliss & Co., established in 1845, started as a tool company, making wooden screws and clamps for piano and cabinetmakers, before it became a leading manufacturer of toys by the turn of the 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
topic: label: Subject
content: Carpentry
label: Subject
content: Toys
label: Subject
content: Hand Tools
label: Subject
content: Boys
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John R. Gerwig, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1101.0167
label: accession number
content: 1977.1101
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1101.0167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Chest, Tool
label: Object Name
content: chest, tool, child's
label: Other Terms
content: Chest, Tool; Toys
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 17 in x 9 in; 33.02 cm x 43.18 cm x 22.86 cm