Sure Grip Clothes Pins, circa 1945
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Before automatic clothes dryers came on the market after World War II, housewives hung their wet laundry to dry on clotheslines stretched across basements or backyards. Whether lightweight hosiery or heavy blankets, these Sure Grip clothespins promised to keep clean clothes and household linens from falling to the ground -- and perhaps having to be washed all over again.
Before automatic clothes dryers came on the market after World War II, housewives hung their wet laundry to dry on clotheslines stretched across basements or backyards. Whether lightweight hosiery or heavy blankets, these Sure Grip clothespins promised to keep clean clothes and household linens from falling to the ground -- and perhaps having to be washed all over again.
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
circa 1945
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New Jersey, Elizabeth
Creator Notes
Patented design by William W. van der Clute of Elizabeth, New Jersey
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2012.88.405
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift from the Collection of Susan Strongman Fiems by Dennis Fiems.
Material
Cardboard
Plastic
Inscriptions
Plastic / Sure Grip / Clothes Pins
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