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      Used in the barber shop, once located in Iron Bridge.

      These are silver manually operated hair clippers with a fine blade often used for close trimming, the wing nut allows for tension adjustment. Some barbers still use them today.

      The markings on the back read "GDA - France" CB Field Havilland - Limoges (Toronto Winnipeg). The GDA mark on the back establishes the age of the piece as being after 1898 when the GDA was added to stand for Gerard Dufaisseix and Abbott.

      This is small rectangular wooden box that is made of wood that was used to squeeze the buttermilk out from the butter in the last stages of the process. The press fit inside with the handle extending out through the hole in the top to allow the butter to be …

      This is small rectangular wooden box that is made of wood that was used to squeeze the buttermilk out from the butter in the last stages of the process. The press fit inside with the handle extending out through the hole in the top to allow the butter to be …

      This bowl would have been used in the butter making process while trying to get the milk solids to form and would have been used with the large flat wooden butter spoon. From Hugh and Mary (Reed) Montgomery farm in Parkinson

      This is a two cup sifter with writing on the side that indicates there was a Patent applied for on this particular design.

      "Stover" written on Waffle Press

      This is a large cast iron flat griddle with handles on each end, it is approximately 24 inches long and 15 inches wide. It would have been used on top of an woodstove and would allow the cooking of many different items at once.

      This type of cream separator used centrifugal force to separate the lighter cream from the skim milk. This allowed the process to be completed quicker and with less cream left behind in the milk.

      This type of straight bit was used primarily for draft horses in the early 1900's.

      Whiffletrees are used to distribute the force from a point load to the chains or straps on each side of the harness. The center of the bar is connected to the load and the ends to the harness. These are usually used when pulling plows, or wagons. A double whiffletree …

      Whiffletrees (Also called Whippletrees) are used to distribute the force from a point load to the chains or straps on each side of the harness. The center of the bar is connected to the load and the ends to the harness. These are usually used when pulling plows, wagons or …

      This is a wooden smoothing hand planer, that appears to have been hand crafted from two pieces of wood and a metal blade.

      Where most cranberry scoops were made of all wood with a solid back end to hold the berries this one has a hole in the bottom of the scoop so the berries can fall into a sack attached to the bottom. The cloth would also allow excess water to drain …

      This carved wooden tray would be used to place drilled core samples in where they would then be taken to an geologist for evaluation.

      This type of equipment would be used by early settler s and farmers to carry milk, water, sap buckets, or most anything that required being moved from one place to another. This type of item dates back to very early times with references to them in early Egyptian paintings.

      This farmhouse was built about 1850 by Joshua Crawforth, on lot 20 of Thickson Road (Concession 1) on the north side of Victoria Street (Base Line)in Whitby Township. It was likely demolished about 1939 when Highway 401 was built through the Crawforth farm.

      These barns, part of the Joshua Crawforth farm, were located on the north side of Victoria Street (Base Line) on lot 20 of Thickson Road (Concession 1) in Whitby Township. They were moved about 1939 for construction of Highway 401 and were later demolished.

      This frame farmhouse was located on lot 26 of the north side of Taunton Road in Whitby Township.