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Grinder, Meat

Object number2017.31.1 a,b

Manufacturer Enterprise Manufacturing Company

Datec. 1915

OriginPhiladelphia, PA

MediumMetal; Tin; Wood; Aluminum

Credit LineGift of Kenneth C. Kaleida

DescriptionMeat grinder with aluminum casing funnel attachment. Meat grinder. Heavy gray metal. Horizontal cylindrical body is slightly tapered and contains spiral grinding component. Body has crank attached at one end; crank has wooden handle. Wider end of body is threaded and has circular attachment with twelve holes on center disk and raised text around perimeter including patent date. Body has flared open mouth on top at handle end; model number on one side of neck. Two integral curved bracket feet with two holes each for mounting on another surface. Maker information on both sides of body; one side has two pointing hands as part of the maker's mark. Raised numbers on inside side of crank shaft. Aluminum casing funnel attachment. Hollow tapered cylindrical neck flares out to flat disk with bent rim. Engraved patent date on side of neck. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 8 × 13.5 × 15.625 in. (20.3 × 34.3 × 39.7 cm)
Length x Diameter (b): 6.125 × 4.313 in. (15.6 × 11 cm)
Marks(a)
Circular attachment mounted on wide end of grinder body has raised text around perimeter "32 / ADJUSTABLE / PAT. MAR. 19, 1901".

Flared open mouth on top of grinder body has raised text on one side of neck "No 32".

Raised text on one side of grinder body "ENTERPRISE / TINNED / MEAT CHOPPER" and on opposite side "PATENTED. APL. 13. 86 / ENTERPRISE MF'G CO. PHILA. U.S.A."

Raised numbers on inside side of crank shaft "1468".

(b)
Engraved patent date on side of neck "PAT. JULY.17.06".
Historical NotesMeat grinder used at donor Kenneth C. Kaleida's grandparent’s grocery and meat market in the South Side. Mary Mazur immigrated to the United States in 1899, at the age of 16, from modern-day Poland, at the time this was part of the Austria-Hungarian empire. Mary met Michael Reimond, at his own wedding; upon seeing her, he left his bride at the altar and married Mary. They ran the Michael Reimond Grocery and Meat Market together at 1700 Wharton Street in the South Side. After Michael died in 1927, Marie changed the name to the Mary Reimond Grocery and Meat Market. The donor claims they had to close the store during the Great Depression because they could not turn people away and ended up going bankrupt. The meat grinder was used in the store and then later at home after the store closed. Mary went on to run a boarding house at the corner of 27th Street and Carson Street, across from the J&L Steel plant into the 1950s.

Previous owner Michael Reimond (1883 - 1928)

Previous owner Mary Mazur Reimond

Related institution Michael Reimond Grocery and Meat Market

Related institution Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

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