. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 5 lbs. Collins" Per <loz., § Each. Figure 52.â19TH century: The Americ.\n axe was unexcelled in design and ease of use. European observers praised it as distinctly American. At the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 Collins and Company of New York City was singled out as one of the outstanding manufacturers exhibiting these axes, a reputation that persisted. {Tools for all Trades, Hammacher, Schlemmer and Company, New York, 1896. Smithsonian photo 56625.) S^^. No. 76. Incli, ,./,-, â lICll, 30 1^ -j: â¢It* »0 F
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 5 lbs. Collins" Per <loz., § Each. Figure 52.â19TH century: The Americ.\n axe was unexcelled in design and ease of use. European observers praised it as distinctly American. At the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 Collins and Company of New York City was singled out as one of the outstanding manufacturers exhibiting these axes, a reputation that persisted. {Tools for all Trades, Hammacher, Schlemmer and Company, New York, 1896. Smithsonian photo 56625.) S^^. No. 76. Incli, ,./,-, â lICll, 30 1^ -j: â¢It* »0 Figure 53.â1876: Disston and Sons long continued to remind prospective buyers of the company's success at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition by retaining the "Centennial Saw, No. 76" as a brand name. {Illustrated Catalogue, Baldwin, Robbins and Company, Boston, 1894. Smithsonian photo 56627.) Or was it mainly a compulsion to dress, with little effort, a lackluster material that seemed stark and cold to Victorians accustomed to the ornateness being achieved elsewhere with the jigsaw and wood? What- ever the cause, the result did not persist long as a guide to hand-tool design. Instead, the strong, plain lines that had evolved over two centuries won uni- versal endorsement at the Centennial The prize tools reflected little of the ornateness ap- parent in the wares of most of the other exhibitors. American makers of edge tools exhibiting at the Centennial showed the world not only examples of quality but of attractiveness as well. Change .American hand tools in 1876 did not achieve the popular acclaim accorded the Corliss engine, yet few products sho\vn by American exhibitors were more highly praised by foreign experts. It seems justified to suggest that American edge tools displayed at the Centennial had reached their high point of develop- iTientâa metamorphosis that began with the medieval European tool forms, moved through a period of relian
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