Lock, Security
Object number2010.98.15 a-c
Date2004
Mediumvarious metals; various plastics; paper
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionGun lock with instruction booklet and resealable plastic bag.Dimensions(a) Width: 3 ; Length: 9(b) W: 6.675 ; L: 4.5
(c) W: 3 ; L: 10.5
Inscriptions
Marks(a)
Printed on both sides of box, "PROJECT / CHILDSAFE / NOT FOR RESALE".
Label attached rod includes directions on use and warning to read accompianing book.
(c)
Sticker attached to front: "[emblem of PA] / Compliments of / Lieutenant Governor / CATHERINE BAKER KNOLL / [website address]".
Historical NotesGun lock promoting Project ChildSafe, a nationwide program whose purpose is to promote safe firearms handling and storage practices. Lt. Governor Knoll was a huge proponent of this program and helped to distribute free gun locks throughout Pennsylvania. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.
Previous owner
Catherine Baker Knoll
(1930 - 2008)
On View
Not on view
2004
1918-1988
Mine Safety Appliances Company
1917-1919
