Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An official Girl Scout pocket knife from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The multi tool pocket knife features a green handle coated with clear resin with the gold emblem of the Girl Scouts embedded in the resin. The emblem includes the trefoil shaped Girl Scouts shield. The shield features the American eagle device from the Great Seal of the United States, with text above the device that reads [GS], in relief inside the shield. The pocket knife tools include a cap lifter/screw driver, punch awl, cutter blade, and can punch. The can punch is stamped [CAN OPENER] and the cutter blade is stamped [KUTMASTER / [---?] / [---?]]. The pocket knife has a metal loop at the top.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1947-1973
• Manufactured by: The Utica Cutlery Company, American, founded 1910
• Distributed by: Girl Scouts of the United States of America, American, founded 1912
• Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: pocket knives
• Medium: steel and resin
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 4 1/4 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (10.8 × 2.2 × 2 cm)
• Place made: Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Craftsmanship
• Topic: Entertainers
• Object number: A2015.273.1.1.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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