Food Drying Cupboard

Furniture

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Food Drying Cupboard

Entry/Object ID

0024.001

Description

old cupboard made of yellow pine with handmade drying shelves, "J.A. Brunk" name is peeling of the one side

Use

drying green beans, corn, apple schnitz, etc. during summer for winter use Elizabeth Ann Heatwole, Brunk family

Cataloged By

SCS

Category

Household

Acquisition

Accession

0024

Source or Donor

Fred Showalter

Acquisition Method

Gift

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Cabinet

Made/Created

Time Period

19th century

Notes

handmade shelves and racks

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

FURNITURE

Category

02--BUILDING FURNISHINGS

Material

Hard Pine, Wood, Tin

Location

Room

Big Room

Building

Weaver-Brunk Log House

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Mar 3, 2026

Inventory Project

INV2025.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Jul 17, 2025

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

heavily used, shelves apart

Provenance

Notes

found in the attic of the Weaver-Brunk Log House, probably made by Joseph A. Brunk J.A. Brunk born about 1883

General Notes

Note Type

Information Provided By

Note

Fred Showalter, donor of the old Weaver-Brunk house

Created By

SRJ

Create Date

September 12, 2007

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

March 4, 2026