Mini sewing kit from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: Bankers Trust, American, 1903 - 1997
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A mini sewing kit from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The small plastic kit is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The case (A2015.273.1.1.38a) has a solid black bottom and a clear plastic top with a molded plastic snap closure at the center of one short side and a molded plastic hinge on the other. It opens to reveal two interior compartments on the left and right sides. Printed on the front of the sewing kit is gold text that reads [BANKERS TRUST] below a gold and black logo of a stylized evergreen tree. One corner of the lid is partially melted. The bottom is plain. Six loose items inside the case include: a piece of red foil paper holding three sewing needles with repeating black text printed on the white paper backing that reads [Made in Japan](A2015.273.1.1.38b); a green plastic thimble (A2015.273.1.1.38c); a small, black, plastic spool of taupe thread (A2015.273.1.1.38d); a small, rectangular foam divider (A2015.273.1.1.38e); a small, black, plastic spool of white thread (A2015.273.1.1.38f); and a small, black, plastic spool of black thread (A2015.273.1.1.38g). All three spools have embossed text on one end that reads [10 YARDS / 10 YARDS].
place: label: Place made
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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 Cabell “Cab” Calloway III 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 Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.38a-g
objectType: label: Type
content: kits (sets)
label: Type
content: spools
label: Type
content: needles
label: Type
content: thimbles
label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
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: plastic with thread, polyethylene foam, metallic paper and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38a): 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 13/16 in. (2.1 × 6.4 × 4.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38b): 2 1/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in. (5.2 × 1.4 × 0.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38c): 7/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in. (2.3 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38d): 1 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (2.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38e): 9/16 × 7/16 × 1 13/16 in. (1.5 × 1.1 × 4.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38f): 1 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (2.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.1.38g): 1 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (2.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm)