Object Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.0009.0008 |
Object Name |
Bobbin, Sewing |
Description |
Metal, circular thread bobbin for Singer Sewing Machine Model 201. Bobbin is stored in top drawer of sewing machine main body on a bobbin rack. There is a large hole in the center, four smaller holes in a square pattern on both circular metal pieces, and the thinner neck where the thread goes. This bobbin has orange and green thread. |
Date |
1934 |
Provenance |
Donated by: Eugene and Leah Barry's Children-Bettie, Lana, Pauline, Eugene Jr. Roger, Elese, and Steven. Donation date: 12/9/2017 Eugene and Leah Barry were married in November, 1940. Mr. Barry was called to serve in World War II in 1941. He purchased this Singer Sewing Machine for his wife Leah and she sewed dresses after their three young daughters were born. During WWII, flour was purchased in printed cloth sacks. Those sacks were often used to construct clothing. Leah made pinafore dresses for her daughters to attend church. After WWII, Mr. Barry established a very successful business in Colorado Springs, Barry Motor Sales. Tragically he was killed in an auto accident in Kumus, Texas in 1952. Leah remarried and relocated to Arizona. She passed away in 2012. |
Credit line |
Donated by the Children of Leah Barry |