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Object Name |
Bit |
Donor |
Jensen, Geert |
Description |
Metal drill bit. Long cylindrical body with a coiled bit end which comes to a sharp point, and a four-sided opposite end that is blunt. The tip is narrower than the beginning of the four-sided section. Something is imprinted onto one of these four sides, but is illegible - perhaps a "3"? Dark silver in color. |
Dimensions |
L-8 inches |
Owned By |
Knudsen, Knud |
Used By |
Knudsen, Knud |
Material |
metal |
Associated People |
Knudsen, Knud |
Search Terms |
Knudsen, Knud wood working drill bit |
Provenance |
Tools belonged to Knud Knudsen, a Danish immigrant. Knud had been a "shipswright" and he jumped ship in New York in 1890, worked there for a few yars, was hired to work on the Panama Canal, and stayed there until the Canal's completion. After this, he went back to Denmark and married his boyhood sweetheart, and in 1920 they immigrated together to Canada, likely the Toronto area. Knud established himself as a building contractor and retired in Victoria BC around 1940. The donor and his wife were Danish citizens and married there in 1946. They wanted to come to the U.S., but because of the five-year waiting period, they decided to go to Canada instead and settled in Victoria BC in1948. Later, in 1951, they moved to the U.S. They settled in California, where Geert started an export company. It gradually became the largest of its kind west of Chicago and they specialized in American-made appliances. He retired in 1988 and sold the company. Geert met Knud shortly after immigrating to Canada. When Geert left for the U.S. in 1951, Knud gave him a set of drill bits and the hand drill, pieces that Knud had brought to Canada with him when he immigrated. Knud had purchased them in Denmark, apparently an English import to Denmark. |
Date Received by Museum |
10/11/1990 |
Images |
131\1990152007.JPG |
Accession number |
1990.152 |
Object Identification Number |
1990.152.007 |