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When Ephraim Upham went to Orlando Ware's Deerfield, Massachusetts, store to set up his household, his shopping list included a bellows. A bellows was a handy fireplace tool. It worked far more easily and efficiently than simply breathing on a fire to make it burn more strongly. The user pumped the bellows and the stream of air provided the oxygen that made the fire burn hotter. Ephraim paid eighty-three cents for the bellows similar to these he bought from the Ware store in 1803.

 

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Bellows

date   c. 1800
length   19.0"
width   9.75"
depth   2.5"
process/materials   wood, leather
item type   Household Goods/Temperature Control Device
accession #   #1876.11.03


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