Object Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.0009.0012 |
Object Name |
Machine, Sewing |
Description |
Slotted Binder Part, Lower Shank Attachment (1 slot). L-shaped attachment foot for Singer Model 201 Sewing Machine. The head of the attachment is vertical and C-shaped (when looking down from the top). The foot of the attachment is perpendicular to the head with a flat spot that has one slot. Underneath the metal piece with the two slots is a rectangular piece with a hole in the center. A second attachment is held to the foot with a screw that has a cone-shaped and corkscrew like metal piece. To the PR of the cone piece is a flat rectangular foot with an upraised lip on the bottom. |
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 |