Tailor’s Measuring Rule

Description:

These shears, pressing board, buttonhole cutter, buttonhole scissors, thread holders, and measuring sticks were owned by a Russian Jew named Barnet Rudin. An apprentice tailor from Minsk, Rudin immigrated to New York City in 1899 and finally settled in Rochester, NY, in 1908. There he opened a tailor's shop, which he continued to run up until his death in 1959.

Date Made: 1900-1950

User: Rudin, Bainet

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Belarus: Minsk, Minsk

Subject: TailorImmigration

Subject:

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Related Publication: Nation of Nations, A

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Belle Rudin Altman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T17106BAccession Number: 310752Catalog Number: TE*T17106B

Object Name: rulers and measuring sticks, set of (5)t-squareObject Type: <Measuring Device Classification>

Physical Description: wood (overall material)Measurements: t-square: 24 in x 14 in; 60.96 cm x 35.56 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a455-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1343248

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