Pencil
notes: label: Description
content: A short mechanical pencil made of gilt non-ferrous metal tube which is tapered at one end and has a round ball with integrated hanging ring at the opposite end. The tube is sheathed in ivory with gold colored pins along the length.
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.33237
label: accession number
content: 70138
label: catalog number
content: 33237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mechanical pencil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 1/4 in; x 4.7625 cm x .635 cm