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Potato Harvesting Scoop

Object/Artifact

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.

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Like its name suggests, the potato harvesting scoop, or potato shovel, gently lifts potatoes out of the ground. Unlike digging potatoes up with a regular shovel which pulls the dirt up with it, the soil goes through the bars of the scoop causing less damage to the potatoes.

Genesee Country Village and Museum

1890 - 1920

Potato shovel

43 in

12 in

4 in

Wood

Iron

Paper

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