Sewing scissors
Not on view
Datebefore 1914
Dimensions7 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.
ClassificationsHousehold Goods
Credit LineGift of Rita L. Lebovitz
Object number147.90
Object DescriptionMetal sewing scissors. Rose Jacobowitz Rosen was given the scissors by her older brother Harry when she first arrived in New York in 1914 from Warsaw. He bought them used for 45 cents. She worked from close to her first day in the country in top of the line fashions for a company owned by a Mr. Horowitz. She used the scissors at work. The family lived at 343 East 5th Street on the Lower East Side from 1914 until 1919. Then they moved to the Bronx. She used the scissors until 1925 or 1926.Keywords
- Garment industry
- Work
- Newark
Object number: 591.98.1-5