Hammer, Bush
- Object Name:
- Hammer, Bush
- Object ID:
- 1981.030.01.002
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Bush Hammer. Rectangular steel head; layered steel plates fastened together with four nuts and bolts; "1327/1902" stamped on face; "MX scratched on face; "SIDE 1" stamped on opposite side. Rounded hickory handle. One of 111 pieces in tool chest 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
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-9 L-18.5 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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