Sifter
notes: label: Description
content: Inscriptions on this item read “HUNTER’S / NEW LIGHTNING / SIFTER AND MIXER SIZE 00" and “J. H. DAY CO., CINCINNATI, O.” Jacob M. Hunter established the Hunter Sifter Manufacturing Co. in Cincinnati in 1877. J. H. Day (1851-1909) bought the machinery department of that 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
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10827
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sifter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (legs material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handles(2) material)