Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
mid 20th century
Medium
cotton (fiber) on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 2 1/16 in. (4.2 × 5 × 5.2 cm)
Description
A partially used spool of white string from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The string is wrapped around a plain corrugated cardboard spool. The spool caps are plain cardboard. The spool has a wide spool pin hole on one side and small spool pin hole on the other.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Textiles and Quilts
Type
spools
cords (binding components)
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.4.3
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cab62864-3437-4379-a680-0fccc2bf08c6

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