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Albert Edelstein
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-10
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 3 artifacts
- Date
- 1915-1940
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of several artifacts. The main item is a Singer sewing machine which was manufactured in 1915. It was used by the donor's father, Isaac Edelstein, when he worked as a tailor for Tip Top Tailors during the 1920s. He scratched his name and the date, 1923, into the machine. The other two items are sewing shears that were used by Isaac Edelstein and his wife Ida. She also worked in the garment industry at that time.
- Custodial History
- In 2003 the donor, Albert Edelstein, received a call from an individual who found the sewing machine in his father's basement after he passed away. He saw that it was inscribed with the name I. Edelstein and tried to locate a family member by calling individuals with that surname in the city telephone book.
- Use Conditions
- Must credit Isaac Edelstein when displaying objects.
- Source
- Archival Accessions