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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Apple press
Type:Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Place Made:North America; United States
Accession Number:  MH SK B.23.A.45.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: An old apple barrel press, consisting of two cross pieces with a heavy wooden screw and two iron rods, hooked at the end to catch under the barrel. Used to press down apples packed in a barrel so that as they shrunk they would not work loose and be bruised in shipping. Screw 27 3/4" x 2 1/4". Rods 40". Cat. 1/11/1935.

Tags:
farm equipment

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