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- Holiday Inn Sewing Kit, circa 1968 - Travelers cannot pack everything or they sometimes forget to pack the simplest things. Motel management began providing small amenities for their guests as an additional service. This ca. 1968 sewing kit provided by Holiday Inn helped guests who needed to repair a tear or attach a loose button.

- circa 1968
- Collections - Artifact
Holiday Inn Sewing Kit, circa 1968
Travelers cannot pack everything or they sometimes forget to pack the simplest things. Motel management began providing small amenities for their guests as an additional service. This ca. 1968 sewing kit provided by Holiday Inn helped guests who needed to repair a tear or attach a loose button.
- Skelly Oil Promotional Needle Book, 1950-1965 - Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. Skelly Oil handed out this needle book (a case to hold and store needles) to customers. Users saw the Skelly logo and were reminded of Skelly petroleum products every time they darned a sock, patched at pair of pants or repaired a torn shirt.

- 1950-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Skelly Oil Promotional Needle Book, 1950-1965
Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. Skelly Oil handed out this needle book (a case to hold and store needles) to customers. Users saw the Skelly logo and were reminded of Skelly petroleum products every time they darned a sock, patched at pair of pants or repaired a torn shirt.
- Promotional Sewing Needle Book from AAA of Michigan, circa 1950 - This 1950s giveaway from the American Automobile Association (AAA) targeted a growing group of post-World War II drivers and car owners -- women. The ad on this needlebook reminded women about AAA's "Advantages, Privileges, [and] Protection" when away from their daily household chores.

- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Promotional Sewing Needle Book from AAA of Michigan, circa 1950
This 1950s giveaway from the American Automobile Association (AAA) targeted a growing group of post-World War II drivers and car owners -- women. The ad on this needlebook reminded women about AAA's "Advantages, Privileges, [and] Protection" when away from their daily household chores.