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Toolbox

Object number2017.97.1 a-tt

Manufacturer Craftsman

Manufacturer Shore Instrument and Manufacturing Company

Manufacturer Beam-Lite Industries, Inc.

Manufacturer Accurate Step and Repeat System, Incorporated

Manufacturer B. K. Elliott Company

Manufacturer Winsor and Newton Limited

Manufacturer Koh-I-Noor Pencil Company, Inc.

Manufacturer Esterbrook and Company

Manufacturer Joseph Gillott's

Manufacturer Edward C. Muller Corporation

Manufacturer Stoesser Register Systems

Publisher International Paper Company

Manufacturer Keuffel and Esser Company

Manufacturer Chicago Dial Indicator Company

Manufacturer Gardner Laboratory, Inc.

Manufacturer Theodore Alteneder and Sons

Retailer Fisher Scientific Company (founded 1925)

Manufacturer St. Regis Paper Company

Manufacturer Bacharach Instrument Company

Manufacturer Teclock Corporation

Manufacturer 3M

Manufacturer General Electric Company

Date1954-1995

OriginSaint Paul, MN

OriginAddison, IL

OriginUnited States of America

OriginNY

OriginJapan

OriginChina

OriginPhiladelphia, PA

OriginGermany

OriginEngland

OriginNew York, NY

OriginSouth Bend, IN

Possible OriginCleveland, OH

OriginPittsburgh, PA

Possible OriginDetroit, MI

OriginChicago, IL

OriginBethesda, MD

MediumMetal; Steel; Paper; Ink; Adhesive tape; Wood; Paint; Cotton; Paperboard; Plastic; Vinyl; Glass; Foam; Hair; Stone; Velvet; Leather; Brass; Stainless steel; Mercury; Cardboard; Cotton; Styrofoam; Electrical wire; Acrylic plastic

Credit LineGIft of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamster's Local 24M

DescriptionToolbox with wooden drawer and contents.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a - Closed): 10.25 x 20.375 x 9.25 in. (26 x 51.8 x 23.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a - Open): 16.25 x 20.375 x 11.75 in. (41.3 x 51.8 x 29.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 2 x 9.375 x 8.125 in. (5.1 x 23.8 x 20.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c - pamphlets stacked): 6.25 x 3.875 x 0.875 in. (15.9 x 9.8 x 2.2 cm)
Height x Width x Length (d - box): 1.063 x 2.375 x 3.5 in. (2.7 x 6 x 8.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (e): 6.063 x 1.125 x 0.5 in. (15.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 2.375 x 2 x 0.75 in. (6 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g): 1.688 x 1.375 x 0.563 in. (4.3 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (h): 5.688 x 0.938 x 0.813 in. (14.4 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (i - with key in lock): 4.125 x 1.188 x 0.75 in. (10.5 x 3 x 1.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (j): 2.625 x 3.125 x 0.375 in. (6.7 x 7.9 x 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (k): 4.625 x 0.313 x 0.375 in. (11.7 x 0.8 x 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (l - brushes together): 7.75 x 1.5 x 0.375 in. (19.7 x 3.8 x 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (m - pens together): 8.5 x 1.125 x 0.5 in. (21.6 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (n - pens together): 6.875 x 2.625 x 0.5 in. (17.5 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Length (o): 0.875 x 1.5 x 2 in. (2.2 x 3.8 x 5.1 cm)
Length x Diameter (p): 8.5 x 0.438 in. (21.6 x 1.1 cm)
Length x Diameter (q): 4.375 x 0.375 in. (11.1 x 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (r): 1.938 x 1.125 x 0.188 in. (4.9 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (s - individual): 1.75 x 0.875 x 0.125 in. (4.4 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (t): 2.438 x 0.188 x 0.188 in. (6.2 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm)
Length x Diameter (u): 3.938 x 0.5 in. (10 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (v): 5.875 x 12 x 1.125 in. (14.9 x 30.5 x 2.9 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (w): 12.125 x 4.563 x 0.5 in. (30.8 x 11.6 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (x - pamphlets stacked): 8.5 x 4.938 x 0.5 in. (21.6 x 12.5 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (y): 8.313 x 10.625 x 0.125 in. (21.1 x 27 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (z): 7.188 x 4.313 x 0.75 in. (18.3 x 11 x 1.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (aa): 2.5 x 4.313 x 0.125 in. (6.4 x 11 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (bb - envelopes stacked): 3.375 x 7.25 x 0.188 in. (8.6 x 18.4 x 0.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (cc): 5.563 x 3.188 x 0.125 in. (14.1 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (dd): 5.563 x 3.125 x 0.063 in. (14.1 x 7.9 x 0.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (ee): 4.25 x 2.5 x 0.125 in. (10.8 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (ff): 9 x 4.25 x 0.125 in. (22.9 x 10.8 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (gg - all together): 9.625 x 3.125 x 0.5 in. (24.4 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (hh - box): 1.625 x 5.813 x 4 in. (4.1 x 14.8 x 10.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (ii - case): 2.625 x 3.375 x 1.25 in. (6.7 x 8.6 x 3.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (jj): 7.563 x 3.625 x 0.313 in. (19.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (kk): 10 x 5.813 x 0.938 in. (25.4 x 14.8 x 2.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (ll - box): 2.625 x 10 x 2.875 in. (6.7 x 25.4 x 7.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (mm - box): 6.063 x 3.25 x 2.313 in. (15.4 x 8.3 x 5.9 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (nn - stacked): 7.875 x 7.625 x 0.5 in. (20 x 19.4 x 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (oo - box): 2.625 x 10.188 x 3.75 in. (6.7 x 25.9 x 9.5 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (pp - box): 9.563 x 3.813 x 3.25 in. (24.3 x 9.7 x 8.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (qq): 8 x 4.625 x 1.625 in. (20.3 x 11.7 x 4.1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (rr - blocks together): 3.563 x 1.625 x 0.5 in. (9.1 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (ss - pieces stacked & flattened): 9.5 x 3 x 0.375 in. (24.1 x 7.6 x 1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (tt): 4.75 x 1.5 x 0.031 in. (12.1 x 3.8 x 0.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Top of toolbox has number at center below handle "6512".

Top of toolbox has address label in the back proper right corner with black text "Mr. Charles Matthews / 6708 Drewys Blf. / Bradenton, FL 34203-7828" and white paper label with black text "Ship to: / GCC IBT / Local 24M / 1825 Blvd. of Allies / Pittsburgh, PA 15219".

(c)
Pamphlet entitled "AMEDNDED / CONSTITUTION / of the / Pennsylvania / AFL-CIO / ... / June, 1983".

Pamphlet entitled "1956-1958 / AGREEMENT / between / ALLEGHENY LITHOGRAPH CORP. / ATLAS LITHOGRAPHIC CO. / HERBICK & HELD PRINTING CO. / WILLIAM G. JOHNSTON CO. / and / AMALGAMATED / LITHOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA / Local No. 24 Pittsburgh".

Pamphlet entitled "1960-1962 / AGREEMENT / between / UNION EMPLOYERS' SECTION, / PRINTING INDUSTRY / OF PITTSBURGH, INC. / and / AMALGAMATED / LITHOGRAPHERS OF AMERICA / Local No. 24 Pittsburgh / ... / 1962".

Pamphlet entitled "1964-1967 / AGREEMENT / between / UNION EMPLOYERS' SECTION / PRINTING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION / OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA / and / AMALGAMATED LITHOGRAPHERS / OF / AMERICA / Local No. 24 Pittsburgh / ... / 1964".

Pamphlet entitled "HERBICK & HELD PRINTING COMPANY / Personnel Roster / ... / 1960".

Pamphlet entitled "HERBICK & HELD PRINTING COMPANY / Personnel Roster / ... / 1964".

(d)
Adhesive label on side of instrument has white raised text "PARA-MAG".

(e)
Front of instrument has black numbers 5-100 in increments of 5.

(f)
Perimeter of open window on loupe has raised numbers around the perimeter:
On two sides are 0-15 in increments of 5 and on other two sides are 0-3/4 in 1/4 increments.

(h)
Paper taped to side has handwritten text in blue ink "Clean inside with / baking soda & water / before loading batteries".

(w)
Envelope has handwritten red "19" on front.

(x)
Pamphlet entitled "KNOW / YOUR RIGHTS / Graphic Communications / Conference/IBT / Local 24M Pittsburgh".

Pamphlet entitled "THE / INTER-LOCAL / PENSION FUND / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL / OF AMERICA / AMALGAMATED LITHOGRAPHERS / OF AMERICA / July 1, 1958".

Pamphlet entitled "HERBICK & HELD PRINTING COMPANY / Personnel Roster / HH / June 1, 1956 / ..."

Pamphlet entitled "Personnel Roster / December 1978 / HERBICK & HELD PRINTING COMPANY / 1117 Wolfendale Street / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233 / ..."

Pamphlet entitled "Personnel Roster / September, 1987 / HERBICK & HELD PRINTING COMPANY / 1117 Wolfendale Street / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233-2182 / ..."

(y)
One side has handwritten text in ink including "To find the center of a / circle...two chords / as MO & OH" and "Using the minor axis as a diameter draw a circle from the center O / ..."
Other side has handwritten text in ink including "Actual Size" once and "Reducted / Size" three times.

(z)
Title page has handwritten notes in blue ink.

(cc)
Guide has gray numbers 2-21 along right edge.

(dd)
Swatch has black text along bottom edge "black 3-color white cyan violet magenta primary red yellow green".

(ii)
White text on underside has numbers 0-1 in increments of .2.

(mm)
Instrument has black printed numbers around the perimeter: 0-90 in increments of 10, twice.

(pp)
Box has handwritten text in black marker on one short end "B1-F".

One side of the stand's base has silver text "ON OFF".

(qq)
Underside has hand-engraved signature "Chuck Matthews".
Marks(a)
Front has plate at center with text "Guaranteed Highest Quality / CRAFTSMAN / MADE IN U.S.A."

Top of each latch has text "CRAFTSMAN".

(e)
Sleeve has white printed text on front of top flap "Shore / INST. CO. / NEW YORK".

Instrument has white text on the side "SHORE INST. & MFG. CO. N.Y., U.S.A." and black text on the back "3445".

(f)
Case has text on the interior of the female snap "VICTORY".

Underside of loupe has white text "[logo] / Schawkgraphics"

(g)
Case has imprinted text on flap "JAPAN".

(h)
Side clip has imprinted text "BEAM LITE"; text is vertical.

Black end has raised text "JAPAN".

(i)
Top of lock has imprinted text "DIAMOND", underside of lock has text "[diamond logo] / Chinese characters / MADE IN / CHINA / 30MM", and side of arch has imprinted text "HARDENED".

Each key has diamond logo on one side of bow and text on the other side "DIAMOND".

(j)
Paper insert has red printed text including "SAMPLES / DOWELS & FITTERS / ACCURATE / STEP AND REPEAT / SYSTEM, INCORPORATED / ... / Phila. 7, Pa. / PRINTED IN U.S.A."

(k)
Side of handle has imprinted text "B.K. ELLIOTT Co. / GERMANY".

(l)
Brown-handled brush has text "2 POLYCHROME NO. 212".
One black-handled brush has text "4 SERIES 7. FINEST SABLE HAIR".
One black-handled brush and yellow-handled brush have text "[logo] WINSOR & NEWTON LTD MADE IN ENGLAND".
One black-handled brush has text "8 MISCO..."; text is difficult to read.

(m)
Black-handled pen has imprinted signature that is illegible.
Brown-handled pen has text "No 03 1/2 "KOH-I-NOOR" / Germany ".

(n)
Three black-handled pens and two red-handled pens have text "No 116 1/2 "KOH-I-NOOR" / Germany".

Black-handled pen with undulating handle has illegible text.

(o)
Box has text on it "K+E".

Paper label on one end of bottom is partial and has visible text "...ULE / ...OR / MADE IN U.S.A. TM'S REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.".

Some pen nibs have imprinted text on the shaft "331 / ESTERBROOK & CO. / SCRATCH KNIFE / MADE IN U.S.A." and others have "30 / JOSEPH GILLOTT'S / SCRATCH KNIFE / MADE IN ENGLAND".

(p)
Text on handle "EDWARD C. MULLER 1".

(r)
Text on top face "Stoesser / Register Systems / 8113c / .145 / High".

(t)
Red label adhered around sides is only partial and has black printed text including "MADE IN SCOT... / TRADE THE CELEBRATED... / "TAM O' SHANTER / Used by the most eminent... / Clock Manufacturers, Lithograph..."

(v)
Front flap of case has gold text at bottom center "B.K. Elliott Co / Germany" and top right corner "2110".
Many of the tools has engraved text "B.K. ELLIOTT Co. / GERMANY".

(w)
Template has engraved text on face "B. K. ELLIOTT CO."

(y)
One side of paper has handwritten and stamped text near viewer's top right corner "Herbick & Held / JAN 25 PM 9 . 3 / 1955".

(z)
Front cover has text "INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY / POCKET PAL / A GRAPHIC ARTS PRODUCTION HANDBOOK".
Back cover has text "INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY / ...NEW YORK, NEW YORK".
Title page has text "Eleventh Edition" and back of page has text including "Second Printing - January 1976".

(aa)
Front of envelope has black handwritten and printed text "2 / No. 50 / Round Brass Floating Dowels / Accurate Step and Repeat System, Inc. / ...PHILADELPHIA 7, PA."

(bb)
Larger envelope has black text printed on front "K+E / TRANSPARENT / XYLONITE IRREGULAR CURVE / 1860-26 / KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. / MADE IN U.S.A. TRADE MARK".

Smaller envelope has black text printed on front "K+E / TRANSPARENT / XYLONITE IRREGULAR CURVE / 1860-5 / KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. / MADE IN U.S.A. TRADE MARK".

(cc)
Front of envelope has printed blue and white text including "Stouffer / 21 STEP SENSITIVIY GUIDE / PART #T2115 / TRANSMISSION / STEP WEDGE / ... / A quality control scale / that helps the user deter- / mine and standardize the / proper exposure and / processing of photo / sensitive materials. / Used with litho plates, / photo polymer plates, silk / screen stencils, printed / circuit boards, film posi- / tives, photo print papers, / and more. / Made By: / STOUFFER GRAPHIC ARTS / EQUIPMENT CO. / South Bend, IN..."

Guide has printed black text at top "STOUFFER / Graphic Arts / T2115".

(dd)
Envelope has red printed text on front "THIS ENVELOPE / CONTAINS (1) / ONE TRANSPARENT / MULTIPLE / COLOR SWATCH / 78-221".

(ee)
Envelope has printed black text on front "B. K. ELLIOTT CO. / CLEVELAND PITTSBURGH / DETROIT / ENGINEERS / SUPPLIES / DRAWING / MATERIALS / ARTISTS' SUPPLIES" and back "BLUE PRINTING / PHOTO COPYING / PHOTO-LITHO PRINTING / REPRODUCED TRACINGS".

(ff)
Template has text engraved on face "B. K. ELLIOTT CO."

(gg)
Styluses have text on handle "EDWARD C. MULLER" and five have imprinted "1" and two have imprinted "3".

Paint brush has red text on handle "6 CLASSIC Japan".

(hh)
Top of box has text "CDI / CHICAGO".

Face of instrument has text at center "- + / .0005" . .125 RANGE / D-412 / CDI / CHICAGO / MADE IN U.S.A. / 2-B25-125-5".

(ii)
White text on top "INTERCHEMICAL THICKNESS GAGE / U.S. PATENT NO. 3,128,558 / CANADIAN PATENT NO... / MADE BY GARDNER LAB., BETHESDA, MD."

(jj)
Side has white text "dico / No. 1894".
Underside has white text "JAPAN".

(kk)
Top has raised text at bottom center "THEO. ALTENEDER & SONS / 10 / STAINLESS STEEL".

(ll)
Box has markings:
label on top "GLASS / Handle with CARE";
label on front "Distributed and Service by / FISHER SCIENTIFIC" and "BACHARACH SLING PSYCHROMETER / Code: 12-7011 Range: 30° to 110°F Mercury / 11-664"; and
label on back "ONE SLING / PSYCHROMETER / ... / ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY / ... / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA".

Sling psychrometer has text on removable cap "BACHARACH / PITTSBURGH U.S.A."

Instruction sheet has printed text including on front "INSTRUCTIONS 12-C-65 / Operation and Maintenance Instructions / BACHARACH SLING PSYCHROMETER / ... / BACHARACH INSTRUMENT COMPANY / A DIVISION OF AMBAC INDUSTRIES, INC. / ... PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA / ..."

(mm)
Box has printed text on the front "Teclock / DIAL / GAUGE", on the proper left side "MADE IN JAPAN", and on the underside "AI-921 / 1.0" - .001" / TECLOCK / ... / TECLOCK CORPORATION".

Instrument has printed black text on face "Teclock / AI-921 / SHOCK PROOF / TECLOCK / CORPORATION / MADE IN JAPAN".

(oo)
Matchprint viewer has text on top "BLUE FOR YELLOW / RED FOR CYAN / GREEN FOR MAGENTA / MODEL 402 AC PRINTING PRODUCTS DIVISION" and underside has text including "... / USE LAMP #222X OR 222".

Power supply has text "3M / POWER / SUPPLY / FOR MODEL 402 AC / MATCHPRINT / VIEWER / INPUT 120V 60 Hz / PART NO. 77-8007-5521-5" and "... / ADDISON, ILL. ..."

Spare light bulb has text "GE 222 USA".

Paper booklet has text including on front "MATCHPRINT / VIEWER / OPERATION / GUIDE", inside "THE 3M MATCHPRINT / VIEWER MAKES 4-COLOR VIEWING THE ULTIMATE / SIMPLICITY", and on back "3M / COMPANY / ...SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA".

(pp)
One side of base has silver text "MAGNETICBASE" and opposite face has text "JAPAN".

(qq)
Underside has raised text at bottom center "THEO. ALTENEDER & SONS / 8 / STAINLESS STEEL".

(rr)
Shorter block has blue printed text on one face "...LITE... / Z97.1 / hapters / A No. 14 / es for a..."

Longer block has blue printed text on one face "ACRY / the... / RYL / TTI / ..."
Historical NotesToolbox that belonged to Charles Matthews, a Stripper (person who cuts and arranges film strips to create printing plates) who retired in 1995. Matthews joined the union at age 19 in 1954. He worked for Fort Pitt Litho as a Stripper Apprentice, then as full time Stripper. Part of a collection from Local 24 of the Graphic Communications Conference-International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The national union descends from the National Typographical Union which formed in 1852 and became the International Typographic Union in 1869. The union splintered in the late 1890s/early 1900s into several unions representing pressmen, bookbinders, stereotypers/electrotypers, lithographers, and platemakers, before slowly merging back together over the years. In 1983, the Graphic Communications International Union formed from the merging of the Int. Printing and Graphics Communication Union and the Graphic Arts International Union. Finally in 2005, the GCC union merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to create the present-day organization. Local 24 started in the early 1900s as a group of Lithographers in the Pittsburgh area. In 2016, they downsized their offices and moved from Uptown to Three Mile Run, and in the process, donated their records and this collection of artifacts. Most of the material donated was made by the union such as buttons, posters, stickers, flat product sheets, and two printing sheets that show the change in printing technology from raised letters to flat sheets.

Previous owner Charles Matthews

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