Hoe, mid-19th c.
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1840
notes: label: Description
content: This hoe dates to about 1840 and was used to cultivate crops on small farms before plows and harrows became readily available. It has no handle, and the blade is heavily worn. It weighs 1/3 pounds. This object was displayed at the bicentennial exhibition, “A Nation of Nations,” until 1988. It was gifted to the museum by the New York Historical Association in Cooperstown, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Farming
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: New York Historical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.58A05.01
label: catalog number
content: 58A05.01
label: accession number
content: 213356
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hoe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 10.795 cm x 3.81 cm