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Stretcher

Object number2020.21.7

Manufacturer Gold Medal Folding Furniture Company

OriginRacine, WI

MediumCanvas; Wood; Metal; Brass; Leather

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionStretcher with two wooden handles and tan canvas bed. Canvas is mounted on wooden handles with black nails/brads. Handles run the entire length of the stretcher and each have two metal loops mounted on underside; the metal loops on opposite handles are connected with hinged arms allowing the stretcher to collapse and be fastened with two brown leather fastening straps.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length (Unfolded): 6.5 × 21 × 90 in. (16.5 × 53.3 × 228.6 cm)
Height x Width x Length (Folded): 7.5 × 3 × 90.25 in. (19.1 × 7.6 × 229.2 cm)
InscriptionsUnderside of other handle at center has carved and burned text "CTC".
MarksUnderside of one handle at center has brass metal plate with raised text " "GOLD MEDAL" FOLDING FURNITURE CO. / TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT. OFF. / RACINE, WIS. / MADE IN U.S.A. / PATENTED".
Historical NotesStretcher from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.

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