Wine press
date: label: date made
content: 1890
name: label: maker
content: Kinzinger, Karl
notes: label: Description
content: This wine press was used for making small quantities of wine for home consumption. It was built around 1890 by Karl Kinzinger, a blacksmith who emigrated to the United States from the Weinstadt area of southern Germany. Kinzinger settled in Philadelphia and, like many immigrants from winemaking regions of Europe, considered wine an essential part of everyday meals, as well as family and community celebrations. He built both this press and a hand-operated grape crusher, which he used for making wine from grapes he bought at local fruit stands. According to his grandson, the wine was probably made from Concord grapes, a type native to North America.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Wine
label: Subject
content: Immigration
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Walter Kinzinger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0259.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0259
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0259.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wine press
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)