It's been a while since I posted any new images of needle books. Needle books are one of my many collecting obsessions. They are beautiful, full of social history, and relatively inexpensive.
Air Traveller Needle Book. Made in Occupied Japan, which dates it from between 1945 and 1952
There are several major themes for needle books. One is travel, which makes sense because a sewing kit is a hand travel item. Needle books contained only needles, no thread or scissors or anything. But still.
Fashion Quality Needles. PSAW ephemera collections. Made in Japan.
This follows another major themes: women sewing. A subset of that is women sewing with their children. Girls, actually. This is one of the mother child. Child is probably sewing for dolly.
One Hundred Needles. PSAW ephemera collections. Made in Japan
