Title:
Yankee ingenuity
Author:
Gaines, Judith
Subjects:
Paper Bags
Sulfur-dipped match
Monkey Wrench
Ballpoint Pen
Flat Broom
Earmuffs
Sulfur-dipped match
Monkey Wrench
Ballpoint Pen
Flat Broom
Earmuffs
Object ID:
scr-030-051
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Globe
Pubication Date:
N.D.
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
This article explains how many inventions that are now in widespread use were invented in New England. The inventions mentioned in the article include the square-bottomed paper bag, sulfur-dipped matches, and the monkey wrench. The article also mentions that a religious order based in New England and New York known as the Shakers have come up with several such inventions including packaged garden seeds and the Washing Machine. Another invention of note, Earmuffs were created by a 15-year old boy in 1873, who is now memorialized with a festival in his honor in his hometown of Farmington, Maine
People:
Billings, Josh
Crowell, Luther Charles
Crowell, Peter
Reid, Nancy
Wright, Harry A.
Dickens, Charles'
Phillips, Alonzo
Coes, Lor.
Loud, John J.
Sprigg, June
Bates, Theodore
Greenwood, Chester
Stanley, William
Shea, James
Bradley, Milton
Ball, Harvey
Chapin, Daniel
Crowell, Luther Charles
Crowell, Peter
Reid, Nancy
Wright, Harry A.
Dickens, Charles'
Phillips, Alonzo
Coes, Lor.
Loud, John J.
Sprigg, June
Bates, Theodore
Greenwood, Chester
Stanley, William
Shea, James
Bradley, Milton
Ball, Harvey
Chapin, Daniel
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Weymouth
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