Object Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.0009.0016 |
Object Name |
Machine, Sewing |
Description |
Edge Stitcher, Lower Shank attachment 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 zig-zagged shaped with linear cuts made on the left, right, and middle of the rectangular base. In the middle of the foot "SINGER USA" is engraved into the metal. |
Artist |
Singer |
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 |