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Straight pins served multiple workplace functions in the 1700s. These pins could have been used for sewing. In the days before paperclips, they also could have held papers together.
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Archeologists uncovered these objects at the site of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia during an excavation from 2000 to 2003.
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- Title: Pins
- Original Source: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Rights: Courtesy of Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia, PA
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