Knickerbocker needle threader from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: after 1946
name: label: Distributed by
content: Knickerbocker Rug Cleaners, American, founded 1892
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 Knickerbocker needle threader found in drawer B of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The threader has a short piece of fine wire bent into a diamond shaped loop mounted to one end of a tear shaped piece of metal plate that functions as a grip. The metal plate is painted white and has blue text printed on both sides. One side reads [BELMONT 3300 / KNICKERBOCKER / RUG CLEANERS / 2110 MARYLAND AVE.] and is printed in text of varying sizes. Printed in small text on the reverse are the three step instructions with graphics printed in blue. Text at the top and bottom reads [NEEDLE THREADER] and [CAN BE USED ON SEWING MACHINES]. The numbered steps are printed from left to right at the center with corresponding graphics the show how to use the threader. Step 1 text reads [PUSH THREADER / THRU NEEDLE / EYE.]. Step 2 text reads [PASS THREAD / THRU LOOP OF / THREADER]. Step 3 reads [WITHDRAW / THREADER]. Text printed along the right edge reads [MADE IN U.S.A.].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place purchased
content: Baltimore, Maryland, 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: 2011.12.18.2.4
objectType: label: Type
content: tools
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: paint on metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15/16 × 2 5/8 × 1/16 in. (2.4 × 6.7 × 0.1 cm)