Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.061
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Fork
Title:
Handmade Grain Pitch Fork
Date:
1920
Description:
Hand made wood grain fork. 3—tine. Central tine extends into handle. Tines are 4 sided. 3 cross pieces support tines. Cross pieces smaller than tines. 4 sided, rounded mortice and tenon joinings. 3 galvanized shingle nails later added at some joints. Outer tines and cross pieces are oak. Central tine / handle different hardwood (hickory?). Tines tapered to rounded tips at outer ends.
Notes:
Collected &preserved by Thomas S. Parke. Likely collected in Juneau area or nearby from homestead during 1930s or 1940s.
See doc file for Sears & Roebuck 1902 catalog listing of grain forks, pg 668.
Search Terms:
T&E
Agriculture
Dairy