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front Flail
1850-1900
1985.0011.01
A flail is used to separate, by hand, the seeds of grain (usually wheat) from the husks that protect them.
front The Planet Dust Beater
c. 1900
1987.30.04
The Planet Manufacturing Company patented this rug beater in 1895.
front John Sheldon (1658-1733) Snowshoes
c. 1700
IR.061
John Sheldon probably wore these snowshoes when he journeyed to Canada to negotiate the release of his children and other captives taken in a French and Indian raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704.
front Side chair with leather upholstery
1660-1680
1880.047.01
This 17th century New York-made side chair's handsome leather upholstery was more costly than a wood or rush-seated chair.
front Bellows
c. 1800
1876.11.03
A bellows encourages a sluggish fire by fanning sparks into flames and also makes a fire burn hotter.

 

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