Tracing wheel from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Schul-Son, American
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 tracing wheel found in drawer B of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The needlework tool has a black wooden handle with a tear shaped grip and a squared steel shaft angled towards the tip. Attached to the end of the shaft is a rowel, a rotating metal disc with a series of sharp radial points. The rowel is secured with Phillips’s head screw. Stamped on one side of the shaft is the text [SCHUL-SON] and [U.S.A.] on the other side.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
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: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: 2011.12.18.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: perforating wheels
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: steel and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 9/16 × 1 × 1 in. (16.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)