Roseland Historical Society - Roseland Landmarks and Historic District Commission

Items from the Becker Farm and Tool Museum An Eagle Scout Project The Roseland Historical Society and the Roseland Landmarks & Historic District Commission have jointly sponsored the Eagle Scout Service Project by Thomas M. Collins of Troop 7, Fairfield, NJ. This project identifies and catalogs various tools and implements from the Becker Collection at the Becker Center. The majority of the collection was donated by Eugene Becker. Everett Leonard and George Flammer added to the collection and arranged and identified the display over the years. The items shown in this gallery demonstrate the scope of the collection which includes farm tools, animal care, diary product production, maintenance and domestic equipment. The entirety of the collection consists of more than five hundred artifacts. The farm tools and equipment are displayed and can be viewed when the Becker Center is opened for the Annual Attic Treasure Sale and the Annual Book Sale or by special arrangement. Tom Collins has performed a needed service to the town of Roseland by this Eagle Scout Service Project. In doing so, this informs many of the existence of the collection and it is necessary for the preservation, identification, and restoration of the entire collection. Tom's work and interest clearly has shown that young people still care to learn of the past and are committed to preserving it for the future. Angelo Sena, President, Roseland Historical Society Chairman, Roseland Historic District and Preservation Commission
	Retail Dairy Container Used for Becker Dairy products such as butter, cottage cheese, and other solids.
	Retail Dairy Container Used for Becker Dairy products such as butter, cottage, and other solids.
	Retail Dairy Container Used for Becker Dairy products such as butter, cottage, and other solids.
	Dairy Cow Tags Identification tags for each cow and used for farm and production management.
	Milking Stool (Top View) A portable folding metal stool used for milking the diary cows.
	Milking Stool (Side View)
	Milk Can A galvanized metal, ten quart milk container used to collect and transport milk.
	Milk Bottle A retail milk bottle.
	Bottle Carrier A bottle carrier used by house-to-house delivery men.
	Vegetable Stand Sign A sign used at the farm's on-site retail stand.
	Gourd Dipper A hollowed out natural gourd used as a water dipper in the field.
	Corn Cob Pipe A handmade and authentic dried corn smoking pipe.
	Pocket Knife A small folding knife used commonly by most workers.
	Animal Trap An iron animal trap.
	Hand Hooks A wood handled metal hook, used for grasping such items as hay bales, ice, or crates.
	Horse Shoes Various sized, iron horse shoes.
	Brush A hand brush used for grooming animals.
	Skinning Tools Hand tools used in the skinning of animals.
	Watering Jug A two piece, ironstone chicken watering device.
	Watering Jug (Left) Base and (Right) water container.
	Corn Shucker A wood and metal, hand operated corn shucker.
	Hammers (Left) A hammer head/hatchet blade (Right) A meat tenderizer/ cutting blade.
	Hammers Special purpose hammers.
	Wrenches
	Wrenches (close up)
	Multi-head wrench A wrench containing eight different sized/shaped heads.
	Hack Saws
	Two-man Saws A collection of large wood saws, operated by two men. Used for cutting trees, beams and finish work. (Top saw- one man)
	Two-man Saws (Close up) – Various tooth sizes and patterns.
	Wood Plane An all wood plane with a with a metal blade.
	Clamp An all wood joining clamp.
	Grinding Wheel A manually operated stone wheel used for sharpening knives and bladed tools.
	Wheel Dresser A tool used for truing, shaping, sharpening, and removing glaze from grinding wheels.
	Blow Torch A metal, liquid fueled, blow torch.
	Wagon Skate An iron attachment for wagon wheels use in icy conditions.
	Calipers and Dividers Measurement and design tools used by office staff to design buildings, tools, and railroad equipment.
	Lighting Equipment Kerosene fueled, glass lamp and lantern.
	Ironing Equipment Two cast irons and a trivet.
	Rug Beaters Wooden and cane beaters used for cleaning rugs.
	Flax Separator A spiky hand tool used to separate seed from flax fiber.
	Kitchen Chopper A wooden handled metal chopper.
	Kitchen Grinder An attachable, metal, hand operated food grinder.
	Ice Cream Maker A home, hand operated, wooden ice cream maker.
	Ice Cream maker (Top View) – The loading chute.
	Clipper Wood handled, metal clippers.
	Boot Scraper A metal object mounted for cleaning footwear before entering a building.