The Powder Box mending cotton, with 7 balls of thread; ca. 1940

Description (Brief):

Circular paper container made to resemble a powder box. Label: The Powder Box, Mending Cotton. Inside are 7 different colored 2-ply cotton "balls" or spools of mending thread. Ca. 1940

Date Made: ca 1940

Maker: Thread Mills Company

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2002.0048.018Accession Number: 2002.0048Catalog Number: 2002.0048.018

Object Name: mending thread, box of

Physical Description: paper (container material)cotton (thread material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 in; x 3.175 cm x 7.62 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-275d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1330072

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