Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Medium:

yarn on cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 2 7/8 × 3 × 2 15/16 in. (7.3 × 7.6 × 7.5 cm)

Type:

spools

sewing tools and equipment

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

mid 20th century

Description:

A partially used spool of cream yarn from Rock Rest Tourist Home from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cotton yarn is loosely wrapped over a wide cardboard spool with the loose end of the yarn wrapped around the center of the spool.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Business  Search this

Recreation  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Travel  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.4.8

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection

Classification:

Textiles and Quilts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a7909044-eca0-4450-bf98-86670eafeed3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.4.8