Name/Title
Product ModelEntry/Object ID
1983.10.2Description
Miniature potato hoe. The scale model consists of two wooden shafts, two metal wheels, a metal seat, and two wooden blades oriented into a V shape at the ground beneath the seat.Use
Product models were used both by traveling salesmen and within storefronts as examples of large goods available for purchase.Context
Made by David Mayo of Montpelier, Vermont.
From an exhibit label:
"David Mayo was born in 1847 or 1848 in Chazy, New York. He moved to Montpelier in 1867 to apprentice as a wheelwright in the carriage-making shop of H.N. Taplin. Several of the inventors in this exhibit were wheelwrights, or wheel makers. They learned how to work with both wood and metal, two materials essential to most inventions of the time.
Mayo opened his own shop on Elm Street in 1871 and remained there for 42 years. He is a prime example of the ingenious Yankee, and his many models and drawings show his solutions to his customers' needs. When Mayo retired, the local newspaper reported on "the many models of things manufactured by him such as dump carts and sleds, snow scrapers, potato planters and potato hoes, hay wagons, sheep rack and snow roller, also election booths." To our knowledge, Mayo never patented any of his creations."Acquisition
Accession
1983.10Source or Donor
Templeton, EarlAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist
Mayo, David (1847-1934)Date made
1870 - 1914Place
City
MontpelierCounty
Washington CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Model, ProductNomenclature Primary Object Term
Hoe, PotatoNomenclature Sub-Class
Harvesting EquipmentNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Class
Agricultural T&ENomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallLength
20-1/4 in