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A prancha alemana

 

Alejandra Castaño Ares · 15 noviembre 2022 22:11


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Date, historical event and historical period
A data deste obxetoé aproximadamente do 1900, pertence ao periodo historico da década do 1900. Este século comeza no medio de grandes avances tenolóxicos.

Explanation of the object
Esta prancha pertence á miña familia pois foi un agasallo do meu bisavo à miña bisavóa ademáis dun recordo de Alemaña, porque o meu bisavo foi traballar ali e mercou este obxecto nunha tenda de antiquedades.
Na época (finais do século XIX) na que se creou este invento, a maioría de mulleres tiñan como traballo facer as labores do fogar e no século XX tamén sucedia.

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Ferrameneta de canteiro.

 

Inés Martínez Antelo · 28 noviembre 2021 22:06


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Estas ferramentas foron mercadas polo meu bisavó cando era novo, aorredor de 1920.

Explanation of the object
Estas ferramentas foron mercadas polo meu bisavó Ramón na súa mocidade cando estaba comezando co oficio de canteiro. Estas, acompañarnno durante toda a súa vida laboral, xa que cando se gastaban ía a apuntalas nun ferriro pero nunca comprou unhas novas e nunca desempeñou ningún outro oficio que non fose o da cantería.
Con estos intrumentos picabase e pulíase a pedra que sería máis tarde empregadar par construir horreos, píos e ata casas; de feito, a maior parte das pedras que compoñen as casas da vila do meu bisavó e da miña avóa na actualidade, foron traballadas por el e os seus obreiros, e séguense a conservar en boas condicións ata hoxe en día.
A cerca da orixe das ferramentas non podo dicir que a coñeza, pero a miña avóa afirmoume que non deberon de ser moi caras xa que este traballo só era pagado con apenas uns cuantos reales, polo que non era posible invertir moitos cartos nestes utensilios.

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_español

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The "Roskopf Patent" watch

 

Lorena Viñas Lafuente · 16 diciembre 2020 22:32


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Date, historical event and historical period
This object belongs to the Contemporary Age, specifically the year 1913.

Explanation of the object
 This watch "Roscopf Patent" was brought from the United States to Galicia by my great-great-grandfather Francisco Lafuente, in 1913.

The first pocket watch was created in 1505 by Peter Heinlein, while this watch brand was invented by Georges Frederic Roskopf, a German nationalized in Suíza, who sold watches to countries such as the United States or Belgium. These types of watches were composed of 57 pieces (instead of at least 160 usual in other brands of the time), and are easy to manufacture industrially. Although initially intended for a proletarian audience, these kinds of watches were surprisingly also adopted by the upper classes. In fact, the proletarian public was not the first to acquire a Roskpof, but aristocrats and army officers.

This is an antique pocket watch, which belonged to my great-great-grandfather Francisco Lafuente, a French man on the part of mother, born in Galicia. He traveled to America when he was already the father of five of his six children, where he worked on freight transport ships, which made a stopover in the United States, where he bought this watch "Roskopf Patent".

Later, he gave it to his oldest son, my great-grandfather, José Antonio Lafuente. When my great-grandfather was older, he gave it to his only son, José Lafuente, my maternal grandfather, who gave it to my mother, and which in the future (I hope far away), will inherit my brother and I.

Secondary sources
.Wikipedia: Georges Frederic Roskopf (consulted the 12 of December of 2020):

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Frederic_Roskopf

.Guía de Gran Canaria documentación Alejandro Moreno (consulted the 15 of December of 2020):
http://www.guiadegrancanaria.org/documentacion/alejandromoreno/roskopf.pdf

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Fountain Pen

 

José Javier Olmo Pernas · 22 diciembre 2020 17:12


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Date, historical event and historical period
The first historical record of a pen with an ink deposit dates back to the 10th century. The details of its manufacture and operation are unknown. Progress in developing a reliable pen was slow until the mid-19th century, due to an imperfect understanding of the role that atmospheric pressure had on the pen, and the use of highly corrosive inks with many sediments.

Explanation of the object
Along with the mass production of the pencil and the introduction of paper, the fountain pen has been responsible for a major transformation in writing and handwritten works during the 19th century. It was the forerunner of the modern office, arriving in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the introduction of the typewriter and the first copiers. Along with the mass production of the pencil and the introduction of paper, the fountain pen has been responsible for a major transformation in writing and handwritten works during the 19th century. It was the forerunner of the modern office, arriving in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the introduction of the typewriter and the first copiers.

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WikiPedia

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A candlestick telephone.

 

Sara Morán Alonso · 18 diciembre 2020 17:14


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Date, historical event and historical period
My historical object is from 1997 specifically, a wedding gift from my parents. But it is an imitation of the classic phones of the 20s- 40s.

Explanation of the object
It was invented in 1890 by Stromberg Carlson and Almon Stowger been the 2nd oldest phone in the world. The candlestick telephones featured a mouth piece (transmitter) mounted at the top of the stand, and a receiver (ear phone) that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When the telephone was not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the telephone network.

Secondary sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_telephone
https://www.oldest.org/technology/phones/#:~:text=Candlestick%20Telephone&text=This%20phone%20model%20was%20popular,the%20ear%20during%20a%20call.
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