The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Kit, Sewing
Museum ID:
2004.55
Date:
c. 1862
Description:
Sewing kit or "housewife" for holding needles and pins; red wool cover, white silk on side, blue interior with white linen flaps for holding needles; "John Tidd" cross stitched on the first linen flap; white "stars" decorate inside cover, button closure.
Notes:
Owned by Captain John E. Tidd during the Civil War.
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
Sewing
Sewing equipment & supplies
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
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