Name/Title
Booklets with needles 'The Olympia', early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1993.14.220Description
Acc. No. 93.14.220 A & B
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: C - Early 1900's
Object: Needle booklet (2).
Description: Needle case or booklet with lithographic cover depicting portraits of Army and Navy of the Spanish American War of 1898. On the reverse side of the case is a portrait of Admiral Dewey and his flag ship "The Olympia". Contents of card: graduating sizes of sewing needles.
Size: L - 2 1/2 x W - 4 3/4 inches.
History of Object:
Sewing needles in a case belonging to Adeline Toye Cox and or her Mother (Olive Toye.) Longtime residents of the City.
Acquired from: Estate of Adeline T. Cox
Date: 7-12-1993
