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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.57.7 |
Object Name |
Knife, Pocket |
Title |
Pocket Knife, Howard and McCarvell Plumbing, circa 1925 |
Date |
circa 1925 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Description |
Pocket knife branded with information for Howard and McCarvell Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters, circa 1925. Green, celluloid pocket knife with retractable blade. Business information is engraved into one side of the knife. Edwin Austin Howard and William McCarvell opened a shoe repair business together in 1918. At some point circa 1925 the partners operated a plumbing business together. |
People |
Howard, Edwin Austin McCarvell, William A. |
Search Terms |
Howard and McCarvell Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters |
Subjects |
ADVERTISEMENT COMMERCIAL - PLUMBING |
Dimensions |
W-1.5 L-9 cm |
Dimension Details |
Green celluloid pocket knife with retractable metal blade measures 9cm long and 1.5cm across the widest point and 1cm across the narrowest point. The knife is 0.5cm thick. A circular metal pin allows the blade to be moved. Text is engraved on one side of the knife. |
Collection |
Artifacts |