Apron
Object number2008.37.22
MediumCotton; metal
Credit LineGift of Gerald Price
DescriptionDenim cotton apron. Cotton tying strings in four places, attached in four places via metal eyelets. Two pockets: proper left breast and lower proper right.Dimensions26.5 x 36.25 in. (67.3 x 92.1 cm)Historical NotesApron from the WABCO foundry locker room; donor Gerald Price obtained the object on the day the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) plant closed. Part of a collection of items related to Westinghouse Airbrake Company (WABCO) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, where donor Gerald Price's grandfather, Peter Grillo, and most of his family, worked. Part of a larger collection related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
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Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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Costumes Unlimited, Inc.
1847-1969
1940
c. 1919