Assisted Pull: The Clough Corkscrew

In 1875-76, while Alexander Graham Bell was inventing the Telephone in Boston, 200 miles away W. Rockwell Clough, of Newark, New Jersey, was creating a machine that would bend and shape a single piece of wire into a complete corkscrew. Sturdy and inexpensive, Clough Corkscrews gained wide popularity in America and Europe. In the years that followed, Clough improved upon the basic idea by adding a Sycamore sheath that protected your pocket, as well as the spiral. As luck would have it, the sheath provided a tiny billboard for promoting businesses and brand-names. In 1910, Clough patented a Crown Cork opener, essentially a small squared wire attached to the bottom of the sheath.

BASS & GUINESS
USA

COMPLIMENTS OF
FRANK E. MOGLE'S CAFE
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN.
USA

JOHN LEO WHALAN
NICHOLS AVE. AT W. STREET
WASHINGTON, DC
Phone Lincoln 1112
USA

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Assisted Pull: The Clough Corkscrew

COMPLIMENTS OF FRANK E. MOGLE'S CAFE STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN. USA

JOHN LEO WHALAN NICHOLS AVE. AT W. STREET WASHINGTON, DC Phone Lincoln 1112 USA

COMPLIMENTS OF
FRANK E. MOGLE'S CAFE
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN.
USA

JOHN LEO WHALAN
NICHOLS AVE. AT W. STREET
WASHINGTON, DC
Phone Lincoln 1112
USA