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Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
1865
Z.2603
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
Commemorated: Abraham Lincoln

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Apple parer

Apple parer
Object name 
Apple parer
Date 
ca. 1898
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Goodell Co.
Medium 
Iron
Dimensions 
Overall: 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 28.9 x 21.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description 
Cast iron apple parer with one large gear (with pierced trefoils) connected to two smaller gears, blade attached to large solid gear, and wing bolt to clamp apple parer to working surface.
Credit Line 
Gift of Charles Larned Robinson
Object Number 
1945.160
Marks 
cast: on apple parer: "PAT MAY 24/1898/41/TURNTABLE '98/MADE BY GOODELL CO./ANTRIM, N.H. U.S.A."
Provenance 
The Charles Larned Robinson Collection of Early American Apple Parers
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.