AR3. MACHINERY
Machinery:
Description:
Donation Date:
Donor:
Location:
Accession Number:
Machinery: Celery Trimmer
Description: Made by Jake Hildebrand to use for trimming celery stalks. Angled L shaped wooden cradle (to hold celery) mounted on wooden base with a curved cutting blade mounted on right side.
Donation Date: October 20, 1992
Donor: Henry Koop
Location: On display
Accession Number: 992.120.4
Machinery: Cross Cut Saw
Description: Belonged to Irma's father (John Warkentin) who used it for his farming during the 1930's
Donation Date: April 19, 1994
Donor: Irma Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.316.14
Machinery: Manual Drill
Description: Red handle, "Dunlap" name, rusted, no bits.
Donation Date: July 12, 1993
Donor: Et Cetera Shoppe
Location: On display
Accession Number: 993.22.6
Machinery: Hayfork & Pulley
Description: Used to unload hay from the wagon into the haymow. The barn had a track attached under the ridge beam of the barn extending through the “Hay Door” to the outside. A trolley system travelled on the track. The wagonload of hay was positioned under the track. The pointed spurs on the hayfork were driven into the hay as far as desired & the movement of the handle turned the spurs at right angles, enabling a large quantity of hay to be lifted.
Donation Date: Sept.15/04
Donor: John H. & Helen (Bergen) Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number:004.24.32
Machinery: Horse Collar
Description: Belonged to Irma's father (John Warkentin) who used it for his farming during the 1930's
Donation Date: April 19, 1994
Donor: Irma Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.316.12
Machinery: Lumber Hook
Description: Used by Rudy Wiens in the Reesor settlement, Northern Ontario, in the pulpwood harvesting activities. Metal tool, curved hook, D shaped handle, silver paint
Donation Date: May 17, 1994
Donor: Rudy Wiens
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.334.1
Machinery: Measuring Tape
Description: Used by Nick Isaak in 1920's, when employed by Spruce Falls Pulp and Paper Co. in Spruce Falls (30 miles from Reesor) to measure cords of wood before being shipped out in the winter.
Donation Date: November 22, 1994
Donor: Edith (Isaak) Tiessen
Location: Glass front display cabinet.
Accession Number: 994.28.6
Machinery: Slide Projector
Description:
1) 110 cm screen.
2) Kodak carousel projector
3) 8 carousel slide trays
Donation Date: March 22, 1994
Donor: Ernie and Annie Neufeld
Location: Storage room
Accession Number: 994.326.1-3
Machinery: Suitcase Rack
Description: The homemade rack, used to hold a suitcase in place, was clamped to the running board of a Star car, belonging to Jacob and Maria Koop. Illustration by John Wiens demonstrates how the rack was used.
Year: 1928
Donation Date: October 20, 1992.
Donor: Henry Koop
Location: Display shelf
Accession Number: 992.120.5
Machinery: Tractor replica
Description: (a) Replica of the 1937 John Deere tractor the original of which was purchased in 1949. It was used to farm 200 acres of land located in the N.E. corner of the 4th Concession and Highway77.
b) It may be seen in the framed newspaper clipping.
Donation Date: Oct./06
Donor: Henry & Sally Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number: 006.451.4 (a) (b)
Machinery: Wiffletree or Single Tree
Description: Wooden single tree; used in 1930's for farming with a horse. It was the connecting link between the horse’s harness and the load it was pulling.
Donation Date: April 19, 1994
Donor: Irma Warkentin Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.316.15
Machinery: Typewriter and Case
Description: Brother Valiant make typewriter used by Elder N.N. Driedger to type first church bulletins as well as his book on the history of the Leamington United Mennonite Church.
Year: 1950's
Donation Date: November 8, 1993.
Donor: Henry and Käthe (Driedger) Warkentin
Location: Glass front display cabinet
Accession Number: 993.315.1
Machinery: Watermelon Crusher
Description: Two vertical wood pieces attached to a wooden base, with a dowel running through the vertical pieces. A crank was attached to one end of the dowel and two sheet metal halfcircle pieces to the other end. Was used to remove the pulp from watermelons. The juice was then boiled down to produce “watermelon syrup” which was used as a sweetener for cooking and baking.
Donation Date: August 4, 1999
Donor: Ernest Rempel
Location: On display
Accession Number: 999.332.1
Machinery: Shallow Well Water Pump
Description: Belonged to Irma's father (John Warkentin) who used it for his farming during the 1930's
Donation Date: April 19, 1994
Donor: Irma Dyck
Location: On display
Accession Number: 994.316.13
Machinery: Grind Stone
Description: The stone is 4.5 cm thick X 30 cm in diameter. It has a metal shaft through the centre with a crank on one end for manual operation. Was donated without a support stand. Was used to sharpen knives and scythes, etc. Owned by Jacob Koop.
Donation Date: October 20, 1992
Donor: Henry Koop
Location: On display
Accession Number: 992.120.3
Machinery: Corn Planter
Description: Manual corn planter used to plant corn or beans before mechanical planters were invented. Later it was used to replant where plants were missing in a row.
Henry’s father once planted several acres of corn with this device when he didn’t have access to a mechanical planter.
Donation Date: October 15, 2003
Donor: Henry J. and Irma (Unger) Janzen
Location: On display
Accession Number: 003.360.2