Trade card for Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated

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Ephemera

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GUSN-268137

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
Thread
Sewing equipment and supplies - Thread - Folder 3
Trade card for Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Sewing equipment and supplies
    - Thread
      - Sewing equipment and supplies - Thread - Folder 3
        Trade card for T.E. Bowman, dealer in all kinds of sewing silk, Franklin, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for Stanley Home Products, Inc., thread, Westfield, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Eureka Spool Silk and Button Hole Twist, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, 1879
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, 1879
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, 1879
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 60, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 60, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and Clark's Best Six Cord 40, location unknown, 1878
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and Clark's Best Six Cord 40, location unknown, 1878
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton and Clark's Best Six Cord 40, location unknown, 1878
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Thread, location unknown, 1881
        Trade card for Eureka Spool Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 30, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 30, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Thread 40, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Willimantic Six Cord Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, 1881
        Trade card for Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated (current record)
        Trade card for J.R. Leeson and Co., importers of Scotch Spool Linen, 298 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brainerd & Armstrong's Spool Silk, 301 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Children's drawing book, presented by The Coats Thread Co., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Stearns' Lawrence Braid, Wright Manufacturing Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Eureka Spool Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Postcard for the Narragansett Machine Co., spools, Providence, Rhode Island, December 12, 1903
        History of Jumbo, Kerr Dollar Brand, thread, Kerr & Co., location unknown, 1882
        Trade card for Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, 1882
        Trade card for Regatta Silks, R. & H. Simon, location unknown, 1886
        Letterhead for the Willimantic Linen Co. and Gold Medal Braid Co., 75 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Letterhead for Dunham, Ives & Co., 75 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Memorandum for the Willimantic Linen Co. and Gold Medal Braid Co., 75 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Handbill for Sterling Six Cord Spool Cotton Thread, A.T. Stewart & Co., New York, New York, undated
        Bob Bunny, Spool Cotton Co., Newark, New Jersey
        Clara Cow, Spool Cotton Co., Newark, New Jersey
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, 1879

Description

The image caption reads "Ye knight of ye silver thimble challenges ye world." The card verso has a poem about using the thread titled "My experience."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
thread
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.04.03.023

Image Dimensions

4 1/2 x 3 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Willimantic (Windham county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Notions (Merchandise)

Description Level

Item

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