Thimble from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
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 size 8 thimble found in drawer A of the Singer cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The small, silver tone cup features small, diamond shaped dimples on the outside of the top half of the thimble and on the flat top. The bottom has a small, round molded rim. Stamped on the exterior is the thimble size and manufacturing location, [8 TAIWAN].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Taiwan, Asia
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: 2011.12.18.2.6.1
objectType: label: Type
content: thimbles
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11/16 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (1.8 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)