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2552Dailey letters
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Sewing
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Letters to Mrs. Adelbert Leach from "Dell," husband, 1892 Other letters To mother from Henry Funeral card for Henry C. Dailey Funeral card for Ellen Mabel Knibbs Letter from C.E. Dailey to sister, 1886 regarding placing remains of brother Henry
17599Complete Family Darner
  • Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle, Darning Needle
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Kit to darn holes "in anything that requires mending or darning in the Home"; for use with sewing machines. Contains 4 small hoops or rings in various sizes. Small black pastic needle of some sort with the kit but probably not in the original kit. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
14185Somesville Sewing Circle
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, Clubs
  • Other, Hearses
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Notes (5 versions)about the club, giving names of members, items sewed, plans to raise money to buy hearse, organ, build sidewalk, fence around Brookside Cemetery. Library, church parish house, Somesville School House also mentioned.
12443Pincushion, apple-shaped
  • Object, Needlework Container, Needlework Holder, Pincushion
  • Other, Sewing
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Apple-shaped pincushion with needle, straight pins, two large pins with initial W (likely Whitmore) and one large pin with man's figure. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
12418Spool of Silk Thread,
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Spool of off-white silk thread, 5.50" high; marked 12,000 yards. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
3336Hemming Bird
  • Object, Fabric Marker, Hem Marker
  • Other, Sewing
  • Other, Sewing equipment & supplies
Description:
Metal bird opens mouth to hold cloth taut for hemming garments. Two velvet pincushions. Velvet worn. Screw key holds bird on table. NOTE: pincushions were not with hemming bird in 2006.