Bound account book with marbled paper covers belonging to William H. Snedaker (1838-1908). William H. Snedaker was a farmer in Junius, Seneca County, New York. His father died when he was young and he lived in the household of Smith Thorne as a boy. He married his daughter Sarah Thorne. Account book dates between 1863 and 1867. The book keeps the accounts for his farm and transactions with the Smith Thorne farm. There are expenditures such as "Grocery Store" and "Blacksmith" as well as income such as "Corn Field" and "Eggs Sold".

Wooden handled adze.

October 1893

One completely hand made brush hook with wrought iron blade, blade attachment hardware and wooden handle. Blade or hook is "S" shaped

1886

1893

A dibble made of wood with a wrought iron piece that connects the handle to the shaft of the tool. The end is sharply pointed.

A diploma awarded by the New-York State Agricultural Society to James V. R. Chapman for "Best Specimens of Business Penmanship" at the Rochester meeting, 1864. Printed with handwritten components. Features a pastoral scene surrounded by sheaves of wheat, livestock, and images of farming life. State agricultural societies awarded a multitude of "diplomas" for a variety of categories from awards for livestock care and breeding, to improvements to tools and machinery, to in this case penmanship.

Hay knife with a wooden handle at the top and cast iron handle near the bottom. Wide cast iron double prongs at the bottom that form an upside down "V" shape.

A hayfork with four prongs made out of a natural tree formation.

Hand colored lithograph entitled Husking. Image depicts barn interior with one woman and two people in background husking corn. Chicken perches in hay loft. In the center, a young farmer bears a basket of husked corn on his shoulders. On the left, an older man braids corn while young girl at his knee looks on. On the right, a young couple sit gazing at each other. The young man is dressed for hunting, wears a powder horn, and has brace of birds at feet. Outside the barn door, on right is a rifle. Above the rifle is the inscription "Union Forever." This print is after a work, "Corn Husking 1860" originally by Eastman Johnson, in which the inscription on the barn door was Lincoln-Hamlin, the presidential ticket for 1860. This image is considered one of the best 50 Currier and Ives images.

Wooden husking peg with attached leather loop. Sharpened point at one end.

Cast iron spike wrapped with leather with leather loop handle.

Michigan State Agricultural Society Medal. (Front) Features a woman dressed in a toga sitting among agricultural devices and sheaves of wheat with a harbor view in the background. Top of coin reads "Michigan State Agricultural Society". (Back) Inscribed: "To J. F. Gordon Co. For self raking binding harvester At The 20th Meeting 1868". Top of coin reads "Michigan State Agricultural Society" and bottom reads "Organized March 24th 1849." Made of silver.

Paper Improved Canteloupe Musk Melon Seed Packet. Illustration of melon in green. From Hiram Sibley & Co.

Photograph of six Gordon brothers. Back row (L-R) George Donaldson Gordon, Edward Young Gordon, John Henry Gordon. Front row (L-R) James Fraser Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Angus Cameron Gordon. James Fraser Gordon was the creator of "The Gordon Self Raking and Binding Harvester", patented May 12, 1868. We have a model of the Harvester in the GCV&M collection, as well as the patent and medal it won.

One wood and iron potato shovel. The handle is a single piece of wood that has been squared off. The end of the handle has been split and a piece of wood inserted at the end, creating a triangular grip area. The handle curves where it meets the iron blade, which is a series of bent wires that go through the wooden handle and curve around to be affixed to the straight iron band across the end. There are remains of a long paper label across the front of the handle, although much is worn away.

A salesman's model of " The Gordon Self Raking and Binding Harvester". Patented May 12, 1868 by James Fraser Gordon.

Sugar auger with a straight center tine with 2 end tines that curve around it. Made of a stout iron rod with wooden crossbar handle.

Brick red cloth with gold and black decoration. Catalog marked on cover "Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden." Following p. 120, "Vick's Priced Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants for 1876." Many black and white illustrations and four chromolithographic illustrations of flowers.