Object Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.0009.0010 |
Object Name |
Machine, Sewing |
Description |
Gathering Foot Lower Shank Attachment. L-shaped attachment foot for Singer Model 201 Sewing Machine. The top of the attachment is vertical and C-shaped (when looking down from the top) post which is the attachment point. The bottom of the attachment is roughly 90 degrees in relation to the post. The foot is flat with a small horizontal bump near the neck of the post. The foot terminates in a slight upraised lip that has a small notch about two-thirds to the PL. Just in front of the lip is a circular hole. |
Artist |
Simanco |
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 |