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Garden cultivator, or hand harrow
A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.
Garden cultivator, or hand harrow
A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.
Garden cultivator, or hand harrow
A cultivating implement used primarily for pulverizing or smoothing the soil, weeding, and making seed rows.
Long-handled shears with roller
These shears could have been used for cutting grass or edging lawns. The slanted cutting blades allowed the user to edge without stooping.
Ice saw
The handle was designed to be worn with gloves. Ice was harvested from the Hudson River in winter and stored in ice houses, usually packed with sawdust, for use in the summer months.
Ice saw
The handle was designed to be worn with gloves. Ice was harvested from the Hudson River in winter and stored in ice houses, usually packed with sawdust, for use in the summer months.
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Lease fragment, land of Pieter Van Benthuysen
Photo of hand written fragment of an indenture, partial date of 1747?, between Pieter Van Benthuysen and Johannis [sic] Staet, of Dutchess County,…