Sewing Kit
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
label: Date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Both on the island and in "the States," many working women found jobs in textile mills and garment factories to support themselves and add to their family incomes. Poorer women took in piecework at home, and were often involved in the labor-intensive production of handmade garments that only the wealthy could afford. Needlework of all kinds-knitting, crocheting, and embroidery-and the use of sewing machines were seen as a material way for a young girl to help support her family.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Tanto en la isla como en "los Estados", muchas mujeres buscaban trabajo en las industrias textiles y fábricas de indumentaria a fin de contribuir con su propio sustento y el de sus familias. Las mujeres más pobres se llevaban el trabajo a la casa y a menudo formaban parte de la mano de obra intensiva que requería la producción de vestimenta hecha a mano, la cual sólo los ricos podían costear. Todo tipo de costura -tejido, crochet y bordado- se consideraba como un modo material mediante el que una joven podía colaborar con el sustento de la familia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Equipo de Costura
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0593.001
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0593.001
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sewing tool, embroidery needle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.1 cm x .6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 1/4 in