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- Holiday Inn Sewing Kit, circa 1968 - Travelers cannot pack everything or they sometimes forget to pack the simplest things. Motel management began providing small amenities for their guests as an additional service. This ca. 1968 sewing kit provided by Holiday Inn helped guests who needed to repair a tear or attach a loose button.
- circa 1968
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Holiday Inn Sewing Kit, circa 1968
Travelers cannot pack everything or they sometimes forget to pack the simplest things. Motel management began providing small amenities for their guests as an additional service. This ca. 1968 sewing kit provided by Holiday Inn helped guests who needed to repair a tear or attach a loose button.
- Cape Ann Fisherman Mending Nets, Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1905
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Cape Ann Fisherman Mending Nets, Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Hosiery Mending Kit, 1963-1968 -
- 1963-1968
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Hosiery Mending Kit, 1963-1968
- Darning Mushroom - Clothes can become threadbare and develop holes over time. Instead of throwing these garments away, people can repair the damaged areas. A darning mushroom--similar to a darning egg--creates tension in the fabric around the worn area so it does not bunch up, making repairs easy and helping prolong the life of well-worn socks, sweaters, and other garments.
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Darning Mushroom
Clothes can become threadbare and develop holes over time. Instead of throwing these garments away, people can repair the damaged areas. A darning mushroom--similar to a darning egg--creates tension in the fabric around the worn area so it does not bunch up, making repairs easy and helping prolong the life of well-worn socks, sweaters, and other garments.
- Darning Egg - Clothes can become threadbare and develop holes over time. Instead of throwing these garments away, people can repair the damaged areas. A darning egg creates tension in the fabric around the worn area so it does not bunch up, making repairs easy and helping prolong the life of well-worn socks, sweaters, and other garments.
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Darning Egg
Clothes can become threadbare and develop holes over time. Instead of throwing these garments away, people can repair the damaged areas. A darning egg creates tension in the fabric around the worn area so it does not bunch up, making repairs easy and helping prolong the life of well-worn socks, sweaters, and other garments.
- Sewing Roll, or "Housewife," circa 1830 -
- circa 1830
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Sewing Roll, or "Housewife," circa 1830