GUSN-317175
The box illustrates the basic principles in the manufacture of cotton cloth with samples of the following: 1)Raw cotton, 2)Cleaned and carded, 3)Card sliver, a drawing-out process, 4) Roving, a process of spinning, 5)Finished yarn, fully spun ready for the loom, 6)Furnished sample of a Lady Pepperell Sheet. The inside of the box cover lists Pepperell products such as bed linens, crib blankets, shirts and an electric blanket.
advertising
business (commercial function)
textile materials
cloth
cotton (textile)
boxes (containers)
1 box : illustrations ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.12.013.002.017
6 1/2 x 9 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Robert Surabian, 2003.
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Pepperell Manufacturing Company (Publisher)
boxes (containers)
State Street (Boston, Mass.)
Item
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