1993.11.01

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ID Number

1993.11.01

Category

Furnishings

Sub-category

furniture

Item Name

cupboard

Maker

Sellers Mastercraft

Materials

WOOD, UNKNOWN METAL, UNKNOWN GLASS FINISH, VARNISH

Measurements

overall: 70 in

Description

Brown wood, varnished; bottom has 3 drawers on right side; large drawer across top left and middle, 2 cupboard doors below long drawer; white enamel countertop with blue edges; hutch has tall cupboard on either side, cupboard on top middle with open area below; this open area has a roll-up door; drawer handles are clear glass, sextagonal; cupboard handles are pull-up metal latches; interior of cupboards is painted white; cupboards in hutch have an insert of amber-coloured stained glass at the top; roll-up cupboard has a narrow shelf along the back; a glass canister with a metal screw top is suspended upside-down at the right side; a metal rectangular plate is below it; left hutch cupboard has a large flour dispenser; right hutch cupboard has 3 shelves; on the bottom shelf is a pull-out, squarish metal canister(for sugar); inside of door has 3 small metal troughs at bottom, metal rack at middle; upper middle hutch cupboard has 2 doors; 2 shelves; left door has a metal rack inside; this door can latch on the inside; long drawer at bottom is divided into 4 compartments; painted light green on bottom; lower cupboard has 2 doors; metal racks on inside of each door; metal rack shelf; wooden shelf not in place; lower right drawer has large metal slide-top canister with holes punched in the lid (for vegetables); whole cupboard is on casters; hutch is removeable for moving.

History

Donor's mother told her that Sellers Mastercraft was the manufacturer. It was probably purchased in Detroit or Port Huron. The original owners were William and Violet Dougherty (donor's parents). William brought home the cupboard upon the birth of the donor (Dec. 28, 1919). William Dougherty was the first secretary to Windsor Real Estate Board at time of amalgamation about 1935. Family originally in Sarnia and then moved to Windsor two years later. The Hoosier cabinet was the baking centre of kitchens in the 1920's and 1930's. The built-in zinc flour sifter, sometimes big enough to hold 50lbs of flour, was the most famous feature. The pullout counter extended so the cook could roll out pastry and knead dough.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Detroit (Mich.) place

Dougherty, Violet person

Port Huron (Mich.)

Sarnia (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Windsor Real Estate Board organization

Women / Femmes subject