Sewing tool
Archival History
This tool was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Colette Bartholomew, the daughter of Gustav Rauner.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Colette Bartholomew
Scope and Content
Plastic tool; Pointed tip at one end, chisel tip at the other. Part of a collection consisting of a stitching machine and accessories used by the Rauner (donor's) family for their mail order business of repairing silk stockings; used while they were living as German refugees in Tours, France, and later while they were living on false papers in Ste. Orse, France. Gustav Rauner (donor's father) brought the machine with him to the United States in 1946, with the hopes of continuing his business there.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Genre
- Tools and Equipment
- Object