pencil case
notes: label: Description
content: The pencil holder is made of gold plated copper alloy (est.) and is comprised of a tube or sleeve, open at one end, with an internal holder for a pencil. The opposite end has a push button to release the pencil. There is a hanging rind on the side of the tube. "SM&co" is stamped into the side of the tube, followed by illegible gold marks. "S.MORDAN&Co" is stamped on the side of the push button at the end and "375" is stamped on the end. There is a pencil inside.
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: 1987.0209.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0209.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0209
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pencil case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold-plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 1/4 in; x 7.62 cm x .635 cm