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Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Table clamp metal apple peeler; wood handle crank; five gears total; largest verticle gear has four club designs at the center; the arm has an inscription that reads, "PAT MAY 24 1898 TURNTABLE '98 MADE BY GOODELL CO. ANTRIM, N.H. U.S.A."

2019.02.171

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Goodell Company

circa 1898

Antrim

New Hampshire

United States of America

North America

Inscription

Frame

PAT MAY 24 1898 TURNTABLE '98 MADE BY GOODELL CO. ANTRIM, N.H. U.S.A.

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeled

10-3/4 in

7-3/4 in

5-1/4 in

Cast iron

Wood

2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.155, 2019.02.156, 2019.02.157, 2019.02.158, 2019.02.159, 2019.02.163, 2019.02.164, 2019.02.165, 2019.02.166, 2019.02.167, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.173, 2019.02.174, 2019.02.175, 2019.02.176, 2019.02.177, 2019.02.178, 2019.02.179, 2019.02.184, 2019.02.192, 2019.02.193, 2019.02.194

Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 58.

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