Chest, Tool
- Object Name:
- Chest, Tool
- Object ID:
- 1981.030.01.001
- Date:
- 1890-1930
- Description:
- Tool Chest. Rectangular wooden box with hinged cover. Iron-clad corners. Iron handle on each of two sides. "W.S.W." painted in black letters on back. Contains granite cutting tools, 111 pieces. Owned and used by Winfield Scott Mayo (1872-1934), master stone cutter for the Maine and New Hampshire Granite Corporation in Redstone (Conway), NH, 1909-1931.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-8.75 W-30 D-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Winfield Scott Mayo (1873-1933), North Conway, NH. Used in Redstone Quarry, Conway, NH. The donor, Thelma M. Kenison (1914-2009), was the daughter of Zelda Kenison (1894-1974), the daughter of Winfield Scott Mayo.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Thelma M. Kenison
- Subjects:
- Granite quarrying, Stone carving, Stone cutting, Stone quarrying, Stonecutting
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