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Woodworking industries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

American Car and Foundry woodwork

 Collection
Accession: 1969-007
Abstract:

American Car and Foundry Company is a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock and railcar parts, founded in 1899. In the company's early years, American Car and Foundry Company constructed its railcars from wood. Additionally, the company engaged in architectural millwork for buildings. This collection features twenty-five copy photographs of building interiors and exteriors with emphasis on wooden architectural elements.

Dates: circa 1924

George Whitelock bill

 Collection
Accession: 0974
Abstract:

George Whitelock (1780-1833) was a cabinetmaker and chair-maker in Wilmington, Delaware. This item is a bill for a coffin for Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), a French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator.

Dates: 1817 August 3

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. photographs of employees

 Collection
Accession: 1969-062
Abstract:

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington began in West Chester in 1867 manufacturing wooden spokes for wheels. By the eighteen-eighties it was one of the largest wooden wheel makers in the country. Workers at the wooden wheel-making plant of Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. of West Chester, Pennsylvania, photographed at machinery. Includes portraits of Thomas Hoopes, then head of the company.

Dates: circa 1966

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, Inc. "The Last Wheel Works" documentary film and photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1969-063
Abstract:

Hoopes Brothers & Darlington began in West Chester in 1867 manufacturing wooden spokes for wheels. By the eighteen-eighties it was one of the largest wooden wheel makers in the country. This collection contains film and photograph materials related to the Smithsonian Instituation documentary "The Last Wheel Works," showing the steps involved in the making of wooden wheels from the delivery of the logs to the finished project.

Dates: 1969

"Threshold of Tomorrow" film

 Collection
Accession: 2014-253
Abstract:

The Masonite Corporation was a construction and interior design company established in 1925 by William H. Mason (1877-1940) as the Mason Fibre Co. This item is a sponsored public relations film by the Masonite Corporation about their advanced production of wood products that are "wood better than wood." The technology of wood and creative industrial process of creating 'hardwood,' siding, panelling, and a great range of products.

Dates: circa 1960s