Scoop

Object number2008.37.4

Date1890-1899

MediumAluminum

Credit LineGift of Gerald Price

DescriptionAluminum scoop with handle. Four aluminum pegs connect handle to scoop.Dimensions4 x 3 x 10.125 in. (10.2 x 7.6 x 25.7 cm)
MarksEngraved seal on left, outside of scoop: in oval, "SHINOLA SCOOP / PATENT PENDING / [in center] 4".
Historical NotesAluminum scoop used at the Price family grocery store owned and operated in the Fourth Ward of Wilmerding starting in the 1890s. Part of a collection of items related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.

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