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Red and white dish towel with original label

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-244683

Description

Woven cotton blend dish towel; white ground with red stripes along selvages (short ends). New and unused, with original tags and labels.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dish towels
cotton (textile)
rayon
Towel, Dish

Inscription

"KENDALL" (printed)
"filene's / 040 / .44 / SEC / AVG 12" (printed)
"INSPECTED / By / No. 410 / Seconds" (printed)
"IRREGULAR /New /KENDALL /Dish Towel /U.S. Pat. No. 2,713,361 Patented in Canada 1957 /Dries twice as Many Dishes /Dries Them Twice as Fast /Lintless /Soft-Easy to Use /Jumbo Size 20" x 36" /RAYON-COTTON/THE KENDALL COMPANY, Kendall Mills Division, Walpole, Mass./Makers of Curity Diapers/Made in U.S.A."; "COMMENDED / BY THE / CONSUMER / SERVICE BUREAU / OF / PARENTS' / MAGAZINE / AS ADVERTISED THEREIN"; "REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF MONEY / Guaranteed by / Good Housekeeping / IF NOT AS ADVERTISED THEREIN" (printed)

Additional Identification Number

66.22

Maker

Kendall's Mills (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Massachusetts

Dimensions

35 1/2 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

2010.17.22.3

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Walpole (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

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