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Offline Poor Bull

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1830 Period Shovel
« on: May 04, 2023, 10:12:00 PM »
 This may be unusual to ask about.   I want a period correct shovel to keep by my water bucket for fire protection in a rendezvous camp.   I would appreciate any picture, sketch or information about such a shovel.  Thank you!
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Offline mr. no gold

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Re: 1830 Period Shovel
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2023, 10:23:10 PM »
Check out pages 266 and 268 for these tools in the book:  "Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution" by George Neumann & Frank J. Kravic; 1975 by Rebel
Publishing, Texarkana. My copy is soft bound, but hard bound issues may exist. As the title suggests, the pieces shown likely date to the late 1700s, but that should not be an impediment to your needs. Things changed a bit slower in those days and the style would have been close if not the same, by the 1830s. Hope this helps some.
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Offline alyce-james

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Re: 1830 Period Shovel
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2023, 02:02:25 AM »
Sir. PM Sent. AJ.
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Offline Monty59

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Re: 1830 Period Shovel
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2023, 10:23:21 AM »
Hello, the best website is -The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center -  unbelievable what you can find there, several hundred pdf's
below a link for Tools Shovels & Spades

https://de.scribd.com/document/262747317/Tools-Shovels-Spades#

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Re: 1830 Period Shovel
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2023, 07:33:29 PM »
Poor Bull. PM Sent. AJ (Jim)
"Candy is Dandy but Liquor is Quicker". by Poet Ogden Nash 1931.