Bell Needle Company sample kit, Bell Needle Company, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated

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Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-358989

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
Needles
Sewing equipment and supplies - Needles - Folder 1
Bell Needle Company sample kit, Bell Needle Company, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Sewing equipment and supplies
    - Needles
      - Sewing equipment and supplies - Needles - Folder 1
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        How to solve your domestic help problem, The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass., undated
        Letterhead for the Bell Needle Company, manufacturers and dealers in hand and machine needles of every description, Nashua, New Hampshire, dated September 23, 1881
        Trade card, Stewart's Duplex Consapico Safety Pin, Consolidated Safety Pin Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey
        Bell Needle Company sample kit, Bell Needle Company, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated (current record)
        Advertisement, Needles in their principal stages, manufactured by Abel Morrall, prepared for the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar, 1855

Description

Needle sample kit distributed by the Bell Needle Company. The envelope describes the company as manufacturers of hand and machine needles, as well as springs, card pins, and hackle pins. Enclosed within the envelope are needles of varying lengths and thickness stuck into a single cardboard piece in small sleeves.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needles (piercing tools)
sample cards
printed ephemera
needle cases

Physical Descrption

1 needle kit ; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.02.01.007

Places

Nashua (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Bell Needle Company (Agency)

Material Type

printed ephemera
needle cases

Other Organizations

Bell Needle Company

Description Level

Item

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