Our first mini-dive into obscure foundries looks at Wright & Bridgeford and their transition into Bridgeford & Co.
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Let’s Check in on Our Friend, Marietta.
Almost three years after the fateful repair, we take a look at how our wonderful friend, the number 9 Maritta skillet that was terribly cracked, is fairing.
Don’t Toy With Me: How to Tell if Your Tiny Stove is a Toy or a “Salesman’s Sample”
In this post, we explore the plethora of miniature iron stoves and learn how to appropriately identify them as toys or salesman's samples.
Anthrospin Shaves the World Part 5: Redbeard’s Revenge
In this post we take a look at modern shaving's ties to one of the most horrible occurrances in human history while simultaneously exploring a fantastically constructed and aesthetically beautiful razor.
This is the only time you should take my word for it.
A cautionary tale about letting your guard down in research. The past happened: We owe it to the history we claim to care about to accurately represent it.
CI Historical Society Finding Aid
The Cast Iron Historical Society: Finding Aid The Cast Iron Historical Society has a large amount of primary and secondary source materials related to stove and hollowware industries worldwide. Almost all of these will be added to the files section and distilled into units to be more easily searched; however, single page documents will either … Continue reading CI Historical Society Finding Aid
Digital Trade Literature
By no means exhaustive of what's out there OR what we've found in our crawling around the interwebs. This is updated as new catalogs are found. It is alphabetized and then where there are multiple years of a single foundry, chronological. You do not need to credit the Cast Iron Historical Society for providing these. … Continue reading Digital Trade Literature
Rolling with the French, Rhode Island Style.
A quick bit of conneting iron to paper, this post describes how a little bit of open collaboration and information sharing can bring a lazy assumption into a strongly supported presumption.
Anthrospin Shaves the World Part 4: Would ‘Gillette Me Explain?
In this installment of Anthrospin Shaves the World, we go back to the early 20th century and explore Gillette's breakthrough design and how it took over the world. And we learn a bit about pampering our skin.
Anthrospin Shaves the World Part 3: Twist and Shout
In this post I talk about Gillette's breakthrough invention and business model while working through my collection of twist to open razors, and finally landing on the blade for me.
Everyday Anthropology 