By 1851, Chubb & Son and their “Detector” lock was so highly respected that they were given the assignment of creating a special security display cage that housed the great Koh-i-Noor diamond ...

After more than a decade of planning and a year of construction, the first phase of an effort to restore the 19th-century Erie Canal locks to working order opened ...

The 19th century lock-up has retained some of its original design and fixtures, ... the old police station has links to Lancashire Constabulary who used the building in the early 1900s.

Locks of hair were often exchanged as a gifts between family or friends. In 1827, artist Gilbert Stuart gave his mother a miniature of himself that was mounted on a bracelet crafted from his own ...