Kitchen Scale
notes: label: Description
content: These objects tell the story of three Washington, DC, bakers who used their skills and reputations to raise funds for racial justice organizations during the racial justice movement sparked by George Floyd’s murder. During the summer of 2020, pastry chefs Willa Pellini, Paola Velez, and Rob Rubba launched the collective Bakers Against Racism to hold a virtual bake sale (selling baked goods online). The effort expanded around the United States and also attracted support in other countries. The collective raised an estimated more than $2.5 million.
label: Description
content: Willa Pellini used the kitchen scale to measure ingredients for baked goods for the first sale. She also sold ice cream sundaes, offering three different types of sundaes, served in paper cups branded with the Bakers Against Racism logo, and used the scoop in making the sundaes.
place: label: place made
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
label: Exhibition
content: Giving in America
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0041.1
label: accession number
content: 2022.0041
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0041.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scale
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electronic wiring (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.7 cm x 14.7 cm x 21.5 cm; 1 15/32 in x 5 25/32 in x 8 15/32 in