CHURNS: numbered engravings of butter churns on a book page – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of CHURNS: numbered engravings of butter churns on a book page. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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CHURNS: numbered engravings of butter churns on a book page
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Two numbered engravings of butter churns sit side by side on a printed book page, each labeled with a figure number so a reader could match the drawing to the text that described it. Churns like these were a common subject in nineteenth-century manuals on dairying and farm housekeeping, where butter was made in the home and sold locally. Plates of this kind show the working parts of a machine in clear outline, which helped readers compare designs and understand how the dasher or crank moved the cream. Their small, precise lines make them a useful record of household technology before mass-produced kitchen equipment became standard.
| Original scan | 4,025 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 8e04654u Page from The Growth of industrial |
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