Tools of our Fathers

These are photos of tools used by three generations of Eiermann men from Frederick Eiermann who came to New York in 1879 at the age of 16 from the little village of Rohrbach Villingen in the Grand Duchy of Baden (in what is now S.W. Germany). He became a carpenter building houses in Brooklyn and Queens, he pass the business down to his son Frederick Herman Eiermann and his Grandson Frederick George Eiermann who build houses in Queens and  Nassau Counties. These are just some of the tools that have survived to be pass down to Frederick Eiermann’s Great-Granddaughter and my wife Adele Grace Eiermann Boyle   

Hammers and planes used by the Eiermann's Builders

Tool Box made by Frederick Eiermann who came from Baden now Germany in 1879 at the age of 16 and build houses in Brooklyn and Queens and used by two generations that build house on Long Island's Nassau County.

Molden Plane