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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Lemon Squeezer
Date Made:ca. 1870
Type:Cooking Utensil
Materials:Walnut and iron
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Overall: 10 3/4 in; 27.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK B.11.A.66.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
This lemon squeezer or juicer represents an early attempt at mechanizing juice extraction, although the design has not changed significantly from the plastic or metal versions common today. Lemonade has existed in various incarnations for centuries, taking its current form during the temperance movement when alcohol was no longer considered a key ingredient in the drink.

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: An old wooden lemon squeezer, made from two flat pieces of walnut, with turned handles, hinged by two thin iron plates, the top having a protruding hemisphere and the base a corresponding round depression, with five holes bored through to allow the juice to escape. Length 10 3/4". Cat. 4/12/1935.

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