Apron

Object number2010.102.1
Date1946-1956
Mediumcotton
Credit LineGift of Loine Dent
DescriptionWhite cotton apron. Black print on top chest has company information and an image of male cook wearing apron and holding a spoon up to his mouth, standing next to an oven with a pot on burner. Pocket on proper right, center. Neck strap; two side straps for tying in back.Dimensions35.5 x 20.875 in. (90.2 x 53 cm)
InscriptionsBlack print on top chest: "Westinghouse / Tuff Guy".
Historical NotesWestinghouse apron worn by the donor Loine Dent's father, Thompson Smith Dent, to demonstrate Westinghouse products in local department stores. Dent worked out of the Wheeling office and sold in West Virginia, Ohio, and parts of Kentucky. He started out as an appliance wholesale salesman in 1946, and then moved to hardware sales, leaving the company in 1956.
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