AuthorHopkins, Albert Allis, 1869-
TitleThe lure of the lock : a short treatise on locks to elucidate the John M. Mossman collection of locks in the Museum of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in the city of New York, including some of the "Mossman papers" ; with 500 illustrations / by Albert A. Hopkins.
PublishedNew York : General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 1928.
Descriptionix, 246 p. : ill. (incl. ports., facsims.) ; 21 cm.
Acq. Note SourceGift of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 1928.
SubjectsLocks and keys.
Locks and keys -- History.
Locks and keys -- Private collections -- New York (State) -- New York.
Locksmithing.
Mossman, John Malcolm, 1846-1912.
OrganizationsGeneral Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Museum.
LC Card Number28-22548
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: TS 520 H793 1928
mq154023: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
[Record 90845]