Grain measuerer
notes: label: Description
content: This object is a rough wooden bucket that was used as a grain measurer by the donor’s grandfather. It was coopered from narrow wooden staves set on a 4-plank bae and strapped together with 3 narrow metal wires. It has nails in its base, and one is coming through the bucket’s interior near the side. There are two handles that are nailed onto each side opposite each other. This object was donated by Frank Robinson, whose family owned and operated tobacco farms in Maryland. According to Robinson, this grain measurer was purchased by his great-grandfather Robert H. Robinson (1851-1937) for use on the family’s Ferndale Farm in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Here, along with tobacco, Robert Robinson raised rye, wheat, and oats, which he measured in this bucket.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Location of Ferndale Farm where this bucket was likely used
content: United States: Maryland, Prince Georges
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Franklin A. Robinson Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0009.19
label: accession number
content: 2000.0009
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0009.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Grain Measurer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 cm x 35 cm; 10 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in