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Case, Needle

Object number2015.107.17

Manufacturer Dix and Rands

OriginUnited States of America

MediumPaper/Ink/Metal

Credit LineIn memory of Edward J. Reis

DescriptionNeedle case. Rectangular paperboard folded vertically down center in booklet fashion. Front has light blue background with white framing elements; top center features color image of young girl in red dress and hat holding a bouquet of holly and surrounded by fall foliage. Interior left face has blue and white printed decoration with black paper rectangle at top with five (5) metal needles inserted as well as black and gold envelope at bottom with eleven (11) metal needles inside, the envelope has a color label on front and gold and black text on interior. Interior right face is off-white with black text and decoration in the form of a Westinghouse advertisement with rectangular image of man and woman looking at an electric light and black printed text above and below. Back cover is white with light blue border and features a Westinghouse advertisement printed in black and red ink.Dimensions4.688 in., 0.125 in. (11.9 cm, 0.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront cover:
Printed in red ink at bottom center "The / HOME NEEDLE / CASE".

Interior right face:
Printed in black ink "LIGHT / at the touch of a button / [image of man and woman looking at electric light] / The / Westinghouse / Farm LIGHT & POWER Plant / will give you electric light indoors and / out, always ready for the press of a / button. It will give you power for the / day's work, too - - to relieve Mother's / household tasks, or to do the grinding, / churning and fodder cutting. Likewise, / it will give you protection for your / buildings. A Westinghouse light plant / will benefit every member of your family / every day and night in the year."

Back cover:
Printed in black ink "W / WESTINGHOUSE / ELECTRIC / [images of gas light and electric light] / WHICH? / The old-fashioned, dim, unsafe oil / lamps of yesterday - - or the bright, safe, / electric light of today? The cost is / about the same. Let us tell you how / easily you can obtain the / Westinghouse / Farm LIGHT & POWER Plant / [image of equipment] / CARL REUTER / Columbus, Nebraska / PRINTED IN U.S.A."
MarksInterior left face:
Front of sharps envelope: "DIX AND RANDS / HIGH GRADE / SHARPS / 3/9 / BEST QUALITY".
Interior of envelope top flap "These Needles / Are Warranted / to excel all other / brands in / Finish / and Quality / THE EYES ARE / Beveled / and Gauged / thereby making sewing / MUCH EASIER".
Interior bottom of envelope "DIX and RANDS / best / Quality".

Historical NotesPart of a collection of Westinghouse-related material collected by Ed Reis.

Previous owner Edward J. Reis

Related institution Westinghouse

Related institutionPossibly Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (1886 - 1945)

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