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12553
Date Created1870-1900
DescriptionThe semi-permeable material of the trap effectively warded off flies while ensuring proper ventilation underneath.
12554
Date Created1870-1900
DescriptionA cider press makes cider from apples. Apples would be placed at the top and then someone would rotate its handle, crushing the apples.
12555
Date Created1870-1900
DescriptionThese saws would have been used to cut large logs.
12556
Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionWooden butter ladles were used to handle freshly churned butter and also to mold the butter into squares or circles. Using this ladle to mold the butter would ensure that pockets of air or liquid in...
12557
Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionA hybrid between spoon and pot, the water dipper effectively captured liquids with little spillage. It was an essential in all kitchens for its many purposes.
12558
Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionThis wooden bucket was used to hold sugar. These sugar buckets became staples in households due to the importance and demand of sugar in diets. Such buckets also became known as “firkins”.
12559
Date Created1870-1900
DescriptionThis oyster knife would have been used to shuck oysters. The tip of the knife is pointed so that it can pry open the tightly closed shell, but is dull enough so it won’t cut the oyster’s flesh.
12560
Date Created1870-1900
DescriptionAlthough the modern shaker maintains a similar cylindrical shape, this predecessor is equipped with a handle.
12561
Date Created1905
DescriptionPostcard is dated 1905 and addressed to Miss Jennie Deuchaue. Pictures Basking Ridge Oak Tree and the cemetery of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church.
12562
Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionPhoto of interior of Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church in the mid-1800's