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Assorted Graniteware
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Listed below are assorted items that would not necessarily be found in all homes. Some of these could have been hand-me-downs, brought by immigrant grand parents from their homeland, gifts, or purchased.

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Apple Corer
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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They came in various models and has not changed to present time.

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Home Bottling Equiptment
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Bottle capper - "lever ratchet, adjustable for pints or quarts. Price 85 cents" The caps cost 35 cents a gross.

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Bread Mixer
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Bread maker - can found in the 1927 T. Eaton Co. Ltd. "The universal bread mixer - kneads thoroughly and evenly in one third of the time. Four-loaf size $3.35".

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Home Canning
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Canning machine - for canning food in metal cans.

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Assorted Can Openers
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Can opener - was invented, depending on the source, 40 to 60 years after the birth of the canned food came on to the scene. The first can opener invented by Ezra Warner and it was only owned by the general store! Then it became available for all. Cost from 10 cents and up. Cans were opened general with a jack knife. Canned food was invented in 1813 for the British Navy. The brand name for the top item - 'Peerless Can Opener' priced at 10 cents.

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Can Opener
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada

Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Can opener - a cumbersome tool - it punctured the top and by hand rotation one eventually had the top off.