Celluloid Crochet Hook
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/29bf3a1a638be8be6de3decb9bbdabd5
Title
Celluloid Crochet Hook
Creator
Boye Needle Co
Date
ca 1915
Description
The inscriptions on this celluloid crochet hook read “‘BOYE’ G SAME AS SIZE 5” and “NON INFLAMMABLE / PAT 2024794 U.S.A.”
Ref: Gustav A. Carlson, “Crochet Hook,” U.S. Patent 2,024,794 (Dec. 17, 1935), assigned to The Boye Needle Company of Chicago.
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Subject
Boye Needle Co
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Relation
References
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1348639&repo=DPLA
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Subject
Boye Needle Co
Collection
Citation
Boye Needle Co, “Celluloid Crochet Hook,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 15, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/24182.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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