chatelaine, pencil
notes: label: Description
content: A mechanical pencil/holder made of sterling silver. The holder has two holes in the top into which two narrow tubes or lead holders are inserted. The tubes have a red and blue glass(est.) stone mounted on the end. The holder is engraved in calligraphy letters "Harry Hayward" and has U-shaped hanging ring with integrated hole with smaller hanging ring. The pencil lead holder with the blue glass is stamped "STERLING".
label: Description
content: In a world before copying machines and computers, every letter, memo, and report had to be typed many times. If you made one mistake, you typed it again. Secretaries drafted, corrected, and retyped in an almost endless loop. Offices had typing pools (dozens of women) making enough perfect copies for everyone. There was no backspace key!
label: Description
content: Pens and pencils were symbols of secretarial work and given as gifts to “office girls.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.200122.1415
label: catalog number
content: 200122.1415
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chatelaine, pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sterling silver, glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 1/2 in; x 8.5725 cm x 1.27 cm