Key from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: early 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Independent Lock Company, American, founded 1922
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 silver toned key from the Rock Rest tourist home. The key bow is heart shaped. Molded text printed on the two edges of the bow reads [INDEPENDENT] on one side and [FI[?]TCHBURG MASS] on the other. The edges of the key bow are decorated with small circles. The back of the key bow has stamped text that reads [KX03836].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 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: Domestic life
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: 2011.12.45
objectType: label: Type
content: keys (hardware)
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: metal with paper (fiber product) and string (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.45a): 2 3/16 × 1 × 1/16 in. (5.6 × 2.6 × 0.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2011.12.45b): 1 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5 × 8.3 cm)