Tool Collection

Medieval goldsmith at work
Workshop of Etienne Delaulne, a goldsmith in Paris, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Apprentice carpenter
Young carpenters apprentice planing a block of wood, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Feudal lord instructing peasant workers
Peasants receiving their lords orders before going to work, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a manuscript miniature illustration

Colonial sawmill, Virginia, 1600s
Water-powered sawmill used in Jamestown Colony before 1650. Hand-colored woodcut from " Virginia Truly Valued" by Edward Williams, 1650

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Young George Washington working as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval peasant
Peasant carrying a shovel in the 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Native American corn grinding tools, Tennessee
Wooden mortar and pestle for grinding corn, Chucalissa Native American village, Memphis, Tennessee. Photograph

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
Blacksmith fitting a horseshoe, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Salado culture prehistoric metate y mano for grinding corn, Arizona
Maize grinding stones at Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park, a multi-storied Salado village inhabited circa 1225-1400 AD, Arizona. Digital photograph

Cannon lighting tool, 18th century
Cannon lighting tool in history of artillery demonstration at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Corn ground into meal at Mount Vernon
Wooden mortar and pestle for grinding maize at Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home in Virginia. Photograph

Making coins in the Middle Ages
Medieval coiners in their workshop. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Early iron workers, replacing Stone Age technology
Prehistoric people learning ironworking, the start of the Iron Age. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Replica Native American hoe made of a buffalo shoulder-blade, a living history demonstration, Fort Mandan, North Dakota. Photograph

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Villagers watching a blacksmith working at his forge, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Iron foundry, circa 1803-1806. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Surveyors level, 18th century
Surveyors level from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

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George Washington as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Surveyors compass, 18th century
Surveyors compass from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

Burial artifacts of prehistoric Jutland
Prehistoric burial artifacts found in Jutland. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration of artifacts

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Farmer plowing sod with a team of horses, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Cobblers tools at a reenactment at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

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Native American metates y manos, or grinding stones for corn, at San Luis Rey mission, California. Digital photograph

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Aborigine kindling fire by twirling a stick for friction, Australia, 1800s. Hand -colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Colonial spinning wheel. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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