Work - Overview The tools, rules, and relationships of the
workplace illustrate some of the enduring collaborations and
conflicts in the everyday life of the nation. The Museum has
more than 5,000 traditional American tools, chests, and simple
machines for working wood, stone, metal, and leather. Materials
on welding, riveting, and iron and steel construction tell a
more industrial version of the story. Computers, industrial
robots, and other artifacts represent work in the Information
Age. But work is more than just tools. The collections include a
factory gate, the motion-study photographs of Frank and Lillian
Gilbreth, and more than 3,000 work incentive posters. The rise
of the factory system is measured, in part, by time clocks in
the collections. More than 9,000 items bring in the story of
labor unions, strikes, and demonstrations over trade and
economic issues. "Work - Overview" showing 1 items. - No Image
Available - H. Joseph Gerber invented the computer-controlled
fabric cutter - This videohistory do