History of Locks

A Tour of Locks from Pre-History to the Present

• An Introduction to the History of Locks
• Security was a Guardian Angel
  
• Security was a Knotted Rope
  
• Locks from the Orient
  
• "Firsts" in the Development of Locks
  
• Primitives
  
• Locks from the Old World
  
• German Castle Locks
  
• Security in the 14th and 15th Centuries
  
• Padlocks
  
• Locking In
  
• Inventive Ingenuity
  
• Castle and Chest Locks
  
• Locks for Treasure Chests
  
• The Key was a Latchstring
  
• There were No Secrets in Madrid
  
• Marie Antoinette's Husband was a Locksmith
  
• Safecracking Under Seas
  
• The Safemakers and the Yeggs
  
• To Please a Lady
  
• Americana
  
• Elegance in Metal
  
• The Mystique of the Key
  
• Keys from the Time of Nero to Queen Victoria
  
• The Ceremony of the Key