Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1947-1973
name: label: Manufactured by
content: The Utica Cutlery Company, American, founded 1910
label: Distributed by
content: Girl Scouts of the United States of America, American, founded 1912
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: An official Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The multi tool pocket knife features a green handle coated with clear resin with the gold emblem of the Girl Scouts embedded in the resin. The emblem includes the trefoil shaped Girl Scouts shield. The shield features the American eagle device from the Great Seal of the United States, with text above the device that reads [GS], in relief inside the shield. The pocket knife tools include a cap lifter/screw driver, punch awl, cutter blade, and can punch. The can punch is stamped [CAN OPENER] and the cutter blade is stamped [KUTMASTER / [---?] / [---?]]. The pocket knife has a metal loop at the top.
place: label: Place made
content: Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Youth
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: Tools and Equipment
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: A2015.273.1.1.9
objectType: label: Type
content: pocket knives
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: steel and resin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/4 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (10.8 × 2.2 × 2 cm)