clothespin
Object Name: | clothespin |
Artist/Maker: | Robinson Mathews Collection |
Category: | Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology |
Discipline: | Local History |
Material: | wood, unknown metal, unknown |
Accession Number: | 1978.006.002 |
Culture: | Canadian |
Description: | Wood and metal patent model of spring type of clothespin. |
History of Use: | Designed by Robertson Mathews (1880-1972), native of Bolton, member of the Cornell University's Faculty of Engineering (1908-17) who returned to Bolton in 1931 after working for the U.S. government and then the Edison Company. |
Unit-Linear: | cm |
Institution: | Peel Heritage Complex Facebook-Peel Heritage Complex Twitter-Peel Heritage Complex YouTube-Peel Heritage Complex |
Institution City: | Brampton |
Institution Province: | Ontario |
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