Description: Reverse reads: "Herbrand Corp." Herbrand was established in Fremont, Ohio in 1881 Charles Thompson. Patent records suggest that Jacob Herbrand of Fremont, Ohio may have been one of the company's founders. The company began as a maker of vehicle springs and suspension systems, as a number of such patents were assigned to the company between 1881 and 1900. In 1919, "Van-Chrome" was used as a trademark for Herbrand alloy steel tools, which was a popular form of toolmaking at this time. As the popularity of the automobile emerged in the early 20th century, Herbrand expanded production of drop-forged tools for automobile tool kits to high-volume retailers such as Western Auto Supply and Montgomery Ward. By the 1930s, the shift of focus to the higher end professional market broadened the Herbrand tool line as it included a larger range of automotive service tools, including drive tools, sockets, and gear pullers. Throughout the 1940’s, Herbrand continued as a full-service independent tool company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_006_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Drop-forging; Hand tools; Kelsey-Hayes Company
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This large stone celt (ungrooved ax) has side edges that are squared off; one edge is tapered and rounded and other edge was possibly originally squared. The celt is made of highly-polished black cannel coal. This piece comes from Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000014
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: This distal fragment of a triangular biface is of the Jack's Reef type. The flint is predominantly gray in color, and the distal margin is light brownish gray. There is unifacial retouch along proximal margin. This piece comes from the Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000016_011
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: This very thin, triangular biface made of gray flint and is of the Jack's Reef type. The reverse face retains much of the ventral surface of the original flake. This piece comes from the Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000016_009
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: This thin, triangular biface is made of gray flint and is of the Jack's Reef type. There is a fossil inclusion near the center point, visible on both faces. This piece comes from the Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000016_012
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: This thin, triangular biface is made of gray flint and is of the Jack's Reef type. A portion (about 15%) of the ventral surface of the original flake is visible on the reverse face. This piece comes from the Intrusive Mound Culture. The Intrusive Mound culture is one of the least understood culture groups in southern Ohio. As the name suggests, this group is best known for their use of existing Hopewell and Adena culture mounds for burial. The Intrusive Mound culture produced a wide array of tools from bone and antler. Individuals were commonly buried with a wide range of distinctive tools made from bone and antler. Such tools are fairly unique to this time period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A0097_000016_013
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Herbrand Corp." Herbrand Corporation was established in 1881 by Charles Thompson as a drop forging business. Jacob Herbrand was involved with the business as well, but information as to how is difficult to find. The company started by making springs and suspension systems and by 1900 was making many types of hand tools. In 1919, the company began using the “Van-Chrome” trademark for their alloy steel tools, which were possibly the first of this type to be made. By the 1930’s the company had broadened their product line to include a full range of automotive service tools such as sockets, wrenches, and pliers. In 1961 Herbrand was bought by Kelsey-Hayes Corporation, having found it increasingly difficult to complete with the growing tool industry. Manufacturing operations were moved to Spartanburg, North Carolina (and eventually to Toronto, Canada) the following year and the Fremont plant closed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_027_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Drop-forging; Hand tools; Kelsey-Hayes Company
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "District #12 'American Guide Photograph'. Keyer Pipe Manufacturing operation, 1227 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. At the left of the photograph on bench, can be seen the raw material used in the manufacture of pipes. Photo by Federal Writers' photograph. 12-17-36." This photograph shows a man using a machine, which appears to be spinning very fast and could be a grinder or sander of some sort. Many tools hang in two orderly rows in the background, and many other tools are on a narrow work bench, which runs along the length of a wall with many windows. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F11_023_1
Subjects: Pipes--1890-1940; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Tools
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This Speedline made by the Union Fork & Tool Company of Columbus, Ohio, was made from an Army bayonet. The hoe was used for turning garden soil and manufactured for residential use. Union Fork and Hoe Company was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1890. A leading manufacturer and marketer of non-powered lawn and garden tools in North America, the company is now known as UnionTools. View on Ohio Memory.
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Subjects: Agriculture; Garden tools; Hoes; Gardening
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This Robbins type biface is leaf-shaped. It is made of Flint Ridge flint that is mottled pink and gray on one face, and pink and pale brown on the opposite face. This piece is from the Early Woodland Period. In the centuries just before the birth of Christ, a new culture evolved in eastern North America. Archaeologists refer to this as the Woodland period. People of the Woodland period grew more plant food, lived in permanent villages, made pottery, and emphasized ceremony and art. Se archaeologists in the past believed that the Woodland peoples must have moved into Ohio from places as far away as Mexico. More recent research, however, shows that in much of the Ohio Valley, there was not an abrupt change, but rather a slow shift from Archaic to Woodland lifestyles. Archaeologists have divided the Woodland cultures into three segments, Early, Middle, and Late. Within these segments, groups have been distinguished from each other due to differences in the tools they made. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A3490_000072_082
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: This Robbins type biface is leaf-shaped and made of Flint Ridge flint. One face of the blade is predominantly light gray in color, with several brown veins showing through; the reverse face has a large white area and brown veining running diagonally across the face. This piece comes from the Early Woodland Period. In the centuries just before the birth of Christ, a new culture evolved in eastern North America. Archaeologists refer to this as the Woodland period. People of the Woodland period grew more plant food, lived in permanent villages, made pottery, and emphasized ceremony and art. Se archaeologists in the past believed that the Woodland peoples must have moved into Ohio from places as far away as Mexico. More recent research, however, shows that in much of the Ohio Valley, there was not an abrupt change, but rather a slow shift from Archaic to Woodland lifestyles. Archaeologists have divided the Woodland cultures into three segments, Early, Middle, and Late. Within these segments, groups have been distinguished from each other due to differences in the tools they made. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A3490_000072_081
Subjects: Woodland culture; Mound-builders; Tools, Prehistoric;
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Photography courtesy of National Cash Register Co. Dayton, Ohio Nat Cash Register Toomaking Dept. Courtesy NCR Dayton in WPA Guide Ohio" James Ritty invented the ‘mechanical money drawer' in 1879, but it didn't catch on until after John Patterson purchased the company from Ritty in 1884, for $6, 500. Following the practice of the car works, he insisted on fine, accurate workmanship. He searched for artisans and drew them to Dayton with high wages. In 1886 Patterson built a new factory, located at 1400 Main Street in Dayton, Ohio. Originally designed by Frank Andrews the new National Cash Register Company Plant had walls of 80% glass supported by columns of brick-veneered steel. It was the first daylight factory building in America and set a new standard of working conditions and a created a new style of architecture. The company grew so large that its several buildings eventually totaled 51 acres of floor space. In 1906, Charles F. Kettering began working at the cash register plant, where he developed a quick-starting electric motor for cash register. Three years later, he quit the job to give him more time creating his next invention – the automobile self-starter During the World War NCR devoted a large part of its facilities to making precision tools used in war manufactures, and over the years, continued to grow and evolve. In 1968, employee John L. Janning invented liquid crystal displays (LCD), and in 1974, NCR commercialized bar-code scanners. AT&T aquired NCR in 1991, changed the name to AT&T Global Information Solutions (GIS) in 1994, and changed it back to NCR in 1996. In 2003, they were granted a patent for signature capture and they continue to succeed, concentrating their efforts on the software and services business. NCR's corporate headquarters moved to Duluth, GA in 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_030_001
Subjects: Tools; National Cash Register Company
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)