Rake
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| Nom de l'objet : | Rake |
| Matériaux : | wood, metal |
| Numéro d'accession : | BE2009.1.306 |
| Date de début de production : | 1908 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1930 |
| Description : | A lawn rake with a double row of teeth. One side has rounded points while the other has more sharper points. The metal head is attached with bracket that fits around the tapered wooden handle snugly. The bracket is attached to the tines rack with rivets. |
| Fonctions : | One side of the rake can be used to rake the lawn without damaging the turf as its tines are not as sharp. A double rake like this was advertised in The Toronto Daily Star in 1908 for sale at The Russill Hardware Co. in Toronto for 35 cents.Rake was used on the Benares property for help maintaining the lawn. When James Beveridge Harris bought the property in 1837 more than half of the cleared land was used for growing grains with a small percent used for garden crops and apple orchards. By the time Arthur got the property in the 1900s most of the land was used for apple orchards and a change started to occur between subsistence farming to commercial crop farming. Along with apples and strawberries Arthur also kept dairy cattle, chicken, geese and peacocks on his farm. He was a gentleman farmer who did some of the work himself but also hired workers to help with various farming and garden activities. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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