Eldorado Safety Pins Box c.1930

Name/Title

Eldorado Safety Pins Box c.1930

Entry/Object ID

2024.21.1

Description

Eldorado safety pins box, filled with various safety pins. While the blue and gold box is in the style found during the 1930s, the pins inside are more modern and varying in size and color. The pins originally in the box would have come on cards, of which there were 12. The original pins were size no. 00 or 3/4" and were manufactured by Scovill Manufacturing Co. in Waterbury, CT.

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Scovill Manufacturing Co.

Date made

circa 1930

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Waterbury, CT

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Box, Pin

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, Needlework

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Needlework

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-A-2

Category

Permanent

Date

September 8, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

September 8, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

September 8, 2024