Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Apple parer
Object Number:
1945.141
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 22.2 x 14 cm )
Marks:
carved: in relief on inside of one of large gears: "MANUFD. BY C.E. HUDSON/ LEOMINSTER/MASS. /PAT'D. JAN. 24, 82"
Description:
Cast iron apple parer, with hand crank with wooden knob, and table clamp and 'kicker' to dislodge pared apple.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles L. Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
