Hand-Operated Grape Crusher
notes: label: Description
content: This hand-operated grape crusher has spiked metal rollers as the crushing mechanism inside the wooden hopper. It was used by Francesco Lee (Lia) to make wine at his home in New Jersey. Like other home winemakers in the eastern United States, Lee purchased wine grapes that had arrived by rail from California. While one member of the family poured the grapes into the hopper, someone else turned the crank to operate the rollers. Placed on top of a wide container, such as a wooden barrel, half-barrel, or quarter-barrel, the crusher emptied the grape pieces and juice directly into the container.
topic: label: Subject
content: Wine
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Lee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0154.02
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0154.02
label: accession number
content: 1997.0154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grape crusher
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 30 in; 46.99 cm x 29.21 cm x 76.2 cm