Object Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.0009.0021 |
Object Name |
Ruler |
Description |
Small, metal ruler produced by Singer Sewing Company as an accessory for their sewing machines. The measurements range from 0 to 6 although neither number is engraved, however, 1 through 5 and all of the increments of 64ths are present. There is a black, metal L-shaped armature piece attached parallel to the ruler which opens and can be slid up and down the length of the ruler. |
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 |