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ACCESSION NUMBER |
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976:0021:0321
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Manufacturing |
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Boehmer's Blacksmith Shop |
| DESCRIPTION |
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Interior view of Boemer's Blacksmith Shop located at 405 Laguna Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two men in dirty work coveralls stand in the center of a spacious blacksmith shop. The man on the left is owner John Boehmer. This shop was powered by a centralized gasoline engine. Power tools were hooked up to belts which were powered by a line shaft that ran along the ceiling. Note the plow shares, the drill press, the power-driven hacksaw, the anvil, and the barrel of water used for quincing. The dirt floor was characteristic of all blacksmith shops. |
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Boehmer, John T. (aacr2)
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Blacksmiths. (lctgm)
Forge shops. (lctgm)
Interiors. (lctgm)
Men. (lcsh)
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi. (lcsh)
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