Highlights : Work : Women: Domestic production

Subcategory Women: Domestic production contains 13 item(s).

	"Betty at the Churn" c. 1904 1996.14.2304.01-.02 Frances and Mary Allen highlighted the important role New England farm women traditionally played in the dairying process when they posed this young woman churning butter.
	Butter Churn 1926.11.05 This large wooden churn was used to process cream into butter, thus preserving a perishable dairy product that would otherwise rapidly spoil without refrigeration.
	Cheese press 1881.087.01 This cheese press "pressed" the remaining whey from fresh curds to make cheese.
	Niddy-Noddy c. 1800 1914.07.27 Women used niddy-noddys to measure homespun yarn for length and to keep it from tangling.
	Milk Pan c. 1800 K.139 Fresh milk was placed in large, shallow earthenware pans in New England homes throughout the 18th and 19th centuries to allow for the cream to rise.
	Hand Cards 1800-1850 1875.17.01a-b These brushes, or "cards," were used to untangle and align wool fibers prior to spinning.
	Flax break pre 1802 1880.033.01 In the process of making linen thread, the outer skin on the stem of the flax plant must be broken up using a flax break to gain access to the fibers within.
	Egg crate 1881 1986.14 This wooden box contains four trays fitted with wires to hold eggs for shipment.
	Tape loom c. 1800 1883.31.12 At the time this tape loom was made many people purchased fabric and sewing notions but some women and girls continued to use tape looms to weave narrow fabric bands, or "tape."
	Bonnet 1830-1850 MH.D.235 In the early 19th century women wore bonnets such as this one to shade their faces from the sun.