CHURN, BUTTER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EGG SHAPE CERAMIC BOWL
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD, CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19800021000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- EGG SHAPE CERAMIC BOWL
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- IRON, WOOD, CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 55.8
- Width
- 45.7
- Diameter
- 45.7
- Description
- FRAME: 99.1 (BACK), 58.4 CM (L) (BOTTOM) CHURN: DIMENSIONS ABOVE. CERAMIC, IRON, WOOD. CHURN CONSISTS OF A WOOD & IRON FRAME, & CERAMIC VESSEL, REMOVABLE LID, WITH CORK STOPPER. DRAINAGE HOLE AT BOTTOM, STOPPER MISSING. METAL BAR TO HOLD TOP DOWN IS MISSING. "EUREKA SANITARY CHURN" ON FACE OF CHURN.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- MADE BY EUREKA PLANTER CO. LTD. OF WOODSTOCK ONT. WILLIAM & MARTHA MICHAELIS CAME TO MILK RIVER IN 1907. THEY HOMESTEADED EAST OF MILK RIVER, & THEN MOVED TO 9.7 KM NORTH OF MILK RIVER UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1949; THEN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF 3 BOYS, 2 GIRLS. ALL BUT 1 BORN IN MILK RIVER. FAMILY ORIGINALLY FROM MINNESOTA. THE CHURN WAS USED TO MAKE LARGE AMOUNTS OF BUTTER WHICH WAS SOLD LOCALLY, UNTIL THE 1930'S. BROTHERS HARRY & HELMAR TOOK TURNS CHURNING BUTTER AT 25 STROKES EACH UNTIL BUTTER READY. THE CHURN WAS LATER USED TO BRINE PICKLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19800021000
- Acquisition Date
- 1979-12
- Collection
- Museum
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