Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1997.119 |
Object Identification Number |
1997.119.006 |
Object Name |
Stool, Milking |
Donor |
Jensen, Howard K. |
Description |
Metal milking stool that stands on three legs. The seat is flat on top, curves down at the edges, and is circular in shape. Each leg is a straight flat metal bar, that connects to a sort of brace just above the ground and then flares outward to give stability to the stool. The feet rest flat on the ground. The stool was painted silver, but much of the paint has been replaced by rust. There are three screw tops visible on top of the seat, one with a metal tab between it and the surface of the seat. |
Dimensions |
H-11.75 W-9.75 D-9.5 Dia-9.75 inches |
Creation Date |
ca. 1930s |
Place Of Origin |
likely USA |
Owned By |
Locust Lane Dairy or Eagle Dairy |
Used By |
Locust Lane Dairy or Eagle Dairy |
Material |
metal |
Search Terms |
Locust Lane Dairy Eagle Dairy Irvington, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska milking dairy |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Mimmie and Chris Jensen |
Provenance |
This milking stool was likely used at a dairy in Omaha - either Locust Lane Dairy in Irvington or Eagle Dairy in Omaha proper. Milk inspectors required this type of stool because it was likely to wash more easily and therefore be more sanitary than the traditional wooden stools. Previously, stools were wooden box-like pieces with two of the sides becomming the legs. Stools were used not only to sit on while milking, but also to help encourage a cow to move over if the milker needed more space. (See 1988.155.013 for a wooden milking stool.) The donors are siblings, the children of Chris and Minnie Jensen of Omaha, NE. The Jensen's ran the Locust Lane Dairy. Eagle Dairy located at 2526 South 42nd Street, presumably in Omaha, NE, was owned by Peter "Mule Pete" Jensen and his wife Mary. One of their children was Chris, the donors' father. Eagle Dairy was broken up and sold in 1912. After changing hands and locations a few times, the business was sold to Chris and he relocated it to 1906 S. 60th Street, Omaha. In 1914, the Omaha Health Department listing of licensed dairies noted three Eagle Dairies--Chris Jensen, Eagle #1; John Christensen, Eagle #2; and Pete Jensen, Eagle #3. Pete had gone back in business again. Chris continued the dairy at 1906 S. 60th Street until 1920. He later had Locust Lane Dairy and John had Maywood Dairy. He sold out Locust Lane in 1945, and continued to milk cows until his death in 1952. Chris had immigrated to the U.S. in 1904. He worked for other dairies for a time. He met Minnie, his future wife, while both worked at Anton P. Grobeck's Spring Lake Park Dairy at 1708 Van Camp (likely in Omaha). Minnie had immigrated in 1892. She died in 1967 at the couple's Irvington farm home. Chris Jensen dairies (all Omaha except last one): Riverside Dairy, 35th and SE corner of M Street, 1910-11 Chris Jensen, 64th and Redick (north side), 1912-13 Eagle Dairy, 1906 S. 60th, 1913-1920 Walnut Grove Dairy, 2132 S. 42nd Street and 4602 Center, 1920-25 Locust Lane Dairy, 90th Street (north of Military in Irvington, 1925-45 There is a good deal more family information in the file. Many of the pieces were likely used with or for the dairy business, though which (Eagle Dairy or Locust Lane Dairy or both) is unknown. |
Images |
206\1997119006.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1997 |