The Powder Box mending cotton, with 7 balls of thread; ca. 1940
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Thread Mills Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Circular paper container made to resemble a powder box. Label: The Powder Box, Mending Cotton. Inside are 7 different colored 2-ply cotton "balls" or spools of mending thread. Ca. 1940
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0048.018
label: accession number
content: 2002.0048
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0048.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mending thread, box of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 in; x 3.175 cm x 7.62 cm