HATCHET - SHORT HANDLED
1926 - 1938Broad blade hatchet with square head opposite the cutting edge. Has a splintered ill fitting wooden handle with a bent nail as a wedge.
Tools used by Charles Duncan in his Blacksmith and Wheelright shop. The shop was called Duncan & McNamee and was located on the corner of Jull Street and Third Road, Armadale. It was open from 1926-1938.
The use of the HURD name was used with the Johnsonville Axe Manufacturing Co and the American Axe & Tool Company.
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Text on the blade [HURDS / RAZOR / BLADE / ATCO TM STEEL / GLASSPORT. P.A.]
Pennsylvania
United States
This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.
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