Brockway & Nelson Matchbook Sewing Kit
by Brockway & Nelson
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
A matchbook sewing kit w/ thread and needle used to repair runs in nylons. The front cover reads "Compliments of Your Dodge Dealer - Brockway & Nelson - Autowise Service - Gresham, OR" in blue lettering. The back cover reads "Dodge and Plymouth - Passenger Cars and Trucks - Always at Your Service." The inside has red-orange thread wound around a paper card with a sewing needle in it, and says "phone 127" below in blue lettering. Above the thread reads "Directions for use of Matchless Run Arrestors - Moisten Run Arrestor Thoroughly and Apply Liberally to Both Ends of Run in Stocking. Will Remain Fixed Until Washed. - Reg. U.S. Pat. Office - Mfg. by Cope & Company - 1108 W. 24th St., Los Angeles."
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- Description
- A matchbook sewing kit w/ thread and needle used to repair runs in nylons. The front cover reads "Compliments of Your Dodge Dealer - Brockway & Nelson - Autowise Service - Gresham, OR" in blue lettering. The back cover reads "Dodge and Plymouth - Passenger Cars and Trucks - Always at Your Service." The inside has red-orange thread wound around a paper card with a sewing needle in it, and says "phone 127" below in blue lettering. Above the thread reads "Directions for use of Matchless Run Arrestors - Moisten Run Arrestor Thoroughly and Apply Liberally to Both Ends of Run in Stocking. Will Remain Fixed Until Washed. - Reg. U.S. Pat. Office - Mfg. by Cope & Company - 1108 W. 24th St., Los Angeles."
- Provenance
- Donated by Betty Chisum in 2001. Brockway & Nelson opened in Gresham in the 1920s. Manufactured by Cope & Company in Los Angeles, California.
- Creator
- Brockway & Nelson
- Cope & Company
- Subject
- Sewing
- Automobile dealerships
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs20010070028
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Sewing Kit
- Type
- PhysicalObject
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
