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New Exhibition

A Piece of Cake!

 

Baking an apple cake seems simple, but what if you had to produce all of the ingredients yourself? The production of flour, eggs, maple syrup, apples, milk, and butter takes a lot of hard work as well as the right tools. Take a peek inside the Museum’s cupboards to see the tools needed to prepare these ingredients. See artifacts in action, and you may even be there to see newly-hatched chicks in the incubator. We can be grateful that we don’t need to do more than visit the grocery store!


Some of the A Piece of Cake! artifacts:

All Photos: Courtesy of Tom Alföldi

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Cradle Scythe
Handmade
Wakefield, Quebec
ca. 1840
Artifact no. 1976.0546

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Swing Butter Churn no. 5
Champion Cabinet Creamer Company
Morrisburg, Ontario
ca. 1880
Artifact no. 1973.0325

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“Peerless” Egg Incubator
Lee Manufacturing Company Ltd
Pembroke, Ontario
ca. 1920
Artifact no. 1974.0601

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“Little Giant” Chick Waterer
Miller Manufacturing Company
Saint Paul, Minnesota
1975
Artifact no. 1986.0094

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Wood Splint Fruit Basket
Mi’kmaw Nation Handmade
Nova Scotia
ca. 1890
Artifact no. 2010.0281

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Apple Picking Bucket
Unknown manufacturer
Canada
1964–1972
Artifact no. 2010.0280

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Apple Crate Packing Table
Handmade
ca. 1930
Artifact no. 2010.0287

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Sap Bucket
Handmade
Canada
19th century
Artifact no. 2001.0252

Upcoming Exhibition - A Piece of Cake!enlarge photo

“Permglas” Colour Comparator
Berliner Plastics Inc.
Lake Luzerne, New York
ca. 1985
Artifact no. 2009.0038