WHETSTONE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLD STONE SHARPENER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, STONE, TIN
- Catalogue Number
- P20010069001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COLD STONE SHARPENER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, STONE, TIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 91.5
- Length
- 78.8
- Width
- 35.6
- Description
- STEEL FRAME WITH A ROUND STONE WHEEL MOUNTED VERTICALLY. FRAME IS PAINTED RED, WITH A BLACK SEAT AND PEDALS. PEDALS ARE SHAPED LIKE FEET AND HAVE EMBOSSED GRIPS ON THEM. PEDALS ACTIVATE WHEEL. EXTENDING DOWN FROM TOP OF FRAME IS A BLACK PAINTED ROD WITH A TIN CAN AT THE END THAT HAS ONE END CUT OUT. STONE WHEEL IS A LIGHT BEIGE COLOR, AND HAS CIRCULAR GROOVES IN THE SIDES.
- Subjects
- METALWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- ITEM REFINISHED BY DONOR BEFORE DONATION TO MUSEUM. DONOR'S FAMILY RECEIVED SHARPENER IN 1928 IN A TRADE WITH ORIGINAL OWNER JOHN CZERNY. DONOR USED ITEM AS A FARMER TO SHARPEN BEET HOES, KNIVES, SICKLES, ETC. DONOR FIRST ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, WHEN HIS FAMILY MOVED TO RAYMOND, IN 1927, FROM EUROPE. DONOR TOOK ITEM WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED TO FARM IN PICTURE BUTTE IN 1934. DONOR THEN FARMED DRY LAND AT THE CAMERON RANCH NEAR CHIN; ORIGINALLY OWNED BY CHARLES S. NOBLE. DONOR REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1965 AND THEN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19880062001 FOR MORE RESEARCH.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010069001
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-12
- Collection
- Museum
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