Red Kid Purse
date: label: date made
content: 1950-1954
name: label: used by
content: Yerger, Margaret Louise Roberts
label: used by
content: Yerger, Florence Irene Rhoades
notes: label: Description
content: This red kid purse is trimmed in red piping and has a silver metal clasp closure. It has a leather covered metal frame and the interior is lined in beige faux suede. An interior side zipper compartment contains a red plastic comb and a calling card. Four yellow metal rivets detail the bottom corners and a horizontal red leather handle is affixed with two yellow metal rivets to the back of the purse body for carrying. Dates from about 1950 to 1954.
place: label: used in
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Margaret Roberts Yerger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.311816.002
label: catalog number
content: 311816.002
label: accession number
content: 311816
objectType: label: Object Name
content: purse
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Carried
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Purse
label: Object Type
content: Bags
label: Other Terms
content: purse; Bags; Accessories Carried; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 26.035 cm