Mr, Alexander W, Drake,the owner of the collection, we have not spoken, for wehave felt that we could add no word to the tributes whichhave been already paid to him. Furthermore, his workspraise him. For he has not been content to label, caseand catalogue after the manner of collectors. By… … THi: i:voLUTioN or thi: locr -^BY e:. ale:xandi:r powell HERE is, perhaps, no craft which has un-dergone such an evolution in the last cen-tury as that of the locksmith. In less thanone hundred years it has dropped from thestatus of an art to that of an industry; be-Ifore the march of progress…
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