Gotham needle packet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: 1946-1952
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Gotham
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 packet of ten Gotham needles found in drawer C of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The packet is primarily constructed from black folded paper with labels adhered to the front and back of the folded packet. The label on the front has a white background. At the center is a black-and-white illustration of a woman wearing a crown with an attached veil inside a hatched, oval shaped frame. Surrounding the illustrated portrait is a larger, red frame with light blue fill and accented with illustrations of red, six petal flowers and leaves. A white banner above the portrait has centered black text that reads [GOTHAM]. A red banner that overlays the bottom of the portrait has black outlined white text that reads [SILVEREY’D]. Printed in white, inside a black oval frame near the bottom is the needle gauge, [3/9]. Black text printed above and below the gauge reads [SHARPS] and [MADE IN / OCCUPIED JAPAN]. The off-white label adhered to the back of the packet features red printed text that reads [KNICKERBOCKER / RUG CLEANERS / 2110 MARYLAND AVE. / BELMONT 3300]. The label is faded and browned. The front of the packet lifts to uncover an interior paper pocket with ten silver tone sewing needles of various sizes inserted into the paper holder inside the pocket. The interior pocket has top and bottom flaps for easy removal of the needles.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Japan, Asia
label: Place purchased
content: Baltimore, Maryland, 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: 2011.12.18.2.5.2
objectType: label: Type
content: needles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/16 × 1 5/16 × 5/16 in. (5.2 × 3.3 × 0.8 cm)