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Catalog Number |
979.97 |
Object Name |
Churn |
Date |
before 1920 |
Features |
Made of wood, bench type - gear driven by attached handle, slanted for drainage and has 6 sided roller for pressing liquid from butter into 2 through to carry off the water. No. 1 on back B- extra gear C- extra handle |
Object Story |
different kind of butter worker emerged in the first part of the 19th century. The big picture shows one of the new kind in the kitchen of a German-American Wisconsin farmhouse. It seems like a good design: tilted to help liquid drain away through the holes, simple to make with home carpentry skills, and easy to operate. Moving the rod from side to side over the butter will press it and "work" it into good shape. The simplest of the "modern" butter workers are generally only slightly more complicated than using a rolling pin on a wooden table. In the course of the 1800s more sophisticated combinations of roller and board were introduced. Rollers cranked by a handle, using metal fixings, lightened the work without being too complicated or expensive. People started to patent a variety of designs. This butter table was puchased by Greta and Jim Powell in the 1920s. Greta Garrison [1895-1974] married Jim Powell [1891-1971] October 27, 1915. Jim was born in London, England, but moved to Canada sometime before his marriage , which took place in Lennox and Addington County. In 1921, they are recording having resided in Richmond Township. They had a son in 1926. Both Greta and Jim Powell are buried in St. Alban The Martyr Anglican Church and Cemetery, Adolphustown |
People |
Powell, Jim Powell, Greta (nee Garrison) |
Subjects |
Butter working Farming Agriculture |