chatelaine, pencil
notes: label: Description
content: A silver plated and green enameled mechanical pencil. The barrel of the pencil is incised with wavy lines under a thin layer of mint green enamel. The knob end of the pencil has a raised decorative edge and hanging ring. There is pencil lead in the pencil.
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.200122.1416
label: catalog number
content: 200122.1416
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chatelaine, pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver, enamel, pencil lead (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 3/8 in; x 10.4775 cm x .9525 cm