Mini sewing kit from a sewing basket from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: OnTour
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A mini sewing kit found in the sewing basket of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The small, pink, plastic kit is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and opens to reveal two interior compartments on the left and right sides. The case has a molded plastic snap closure at the center on one long side and a molded plastic hinge on the other. Attached to one of the short ends is a small, rusted, silver tone, snap hook keychain threaded through the plastic molded bezel at the top. Printed on the front of the sewing kit is gold text that reads [OnTour[encircled] / SEWING KIT]. The back is plain. Two loose items inside the case include a pair of small sewing scissors with a red plastic handle and finger holes (2011.12.9.3b), and a small piece of foam, with two sewing needle is inserted (2011.12.9.3c). One needle has a piece of black thread threaded through it and wrapped around one end of the foam. Inside the kit, on the left side, is a blue plastic backing (2011.12.9.3d) that holds two safety pins (2011.12.9.3e), two plastic pearl buttons (2011.12.9.3f), and one metal snap button cap (2011.12.9.3g). On the right is a small, flat, blue cardboard spool organizer (2011.12.9.3h) wrapped with seven differently colored threads which includes brown, light blue, red, dark blue, gray, white, and black thread. A silver tone needle threader (2011.12.9.3i) with an image of a Greco-Roman woman shown in profile, stamped into the plate handle, has been woven through the threads.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.9.3a-i
objectType: label: Type
content: kits (sets)
label: Type
content: sewing tools and equipment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3a, d, f: plastic
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3b: plastic and metal
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3c: metal, thread and foam
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3e, g: metal
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3h: thread on cardboard
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.9.3i: wire and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 13/16 in. (11.4 × 4.8 × 2 cm)