Sifter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions on this item read “HUNTER’S / NEW LIGHTNING / SIFTER / SIZE O / DISTRIBUTED BY / J. H. DAY & CO. / CINCINNATI & NEW YORK CITY.” Jacob M. Hunter, inventor of a convenient flour sifter, established The Hunter Sifter Manufacturing Co. in Cincinnati in 1877. J. H. Day (1851-1909) bought the machinery department of the firm in 1887, and organized the J. H. Day & Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: Jacob M. Hunter, “Improvement in Flour-Sifters,” U.S. Patent 218,121 (Aug. 5, 1879).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
label: associated place
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10828
label: accession number
content: 254352
label: catalog number
content: 254352.307
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sifter
label: Other Terms
content: Sifter; Manufacturing & Dispensing Equip
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 54.1 cm x 31.4 cm; 21 5/16 in x 12 3/8 in