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Kit, Sewing

Object number2010.16.1 a,b

Manufacturer EMCO

Date1914-1918

Mediumcanvas; leather; metal; paper

Credit LineGift of William Himmelstein

DescriptionSewing kit. Olive drab canvas. Lined with brown leather. Two snap buttons on flap; piece folds four times to close. Plastic window on front flap with card inside bearing printed text. Opened: seventeen safety pins attached to center; attached via two separate safety pins are six brown plastic circular buttons and six white circular buttons; six sewing needles, some with thread; pair of miniature scissors. Inside pocket has paper board with four different types of thread wrapped around it.Dimensions(a) CLOSED-- Width: 5.625 ; Length: 3.75 ; OPENED-- W: 5.5 ; L: 12.125
(b) W: 2.625 ; L: 4.875
Inscriptions(a)
Plastic window on front flap with printed card inside bearing text "Name................ / Div..........Reg..........Co....".
Marks(b)
Printed on board in black, "SEWING KIT / MADE IN U.S.A. / [list of different types of colored thread] / EMCO".
Historical NotesMIlitary-issue sewing kit belonging to William Himmelstein, donor William Himmelstein's father. Himmelstein lived in the Allegheny Woods Run District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He and his brother enlisted towards the end of World War I and were not sent overseas. His family owned a local dairy near the edge of Riverview Park.

Previous owner William Himmelstein Sr. (1891 - 1952)

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