Sewing equipment, wooden pin tray, c1920

Historical information

Early settlers in Moorabbin Shire had to be self reliant and the women made their own clothes, bed linen and tableware as they established homes and farms for their families

Significance

The Family of Mrs Nance Blackburn were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire c 1880

Physical description

A polished wood tray used by women to hold pins when dressmaking, crocheting or mending clothes and linen c1920

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