Paper dolls, Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated

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Date

1885

GUSN

GUSN-322962

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
Thread
Sewing equipment and supplies - Thread - Folder 2
Paper dolls, 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 2
        Trade card for thread, location unknown, undated
        Label for thread, female figure holding scales, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Messinger & Brother, machine sewing silk, Depot, No. 19 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 30, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Messinger & Brother, manufacturers of sewing silk, saddlers', embroidery, No. 19 Milk Street, Boston, 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, J. & P. Coats, location unknown, 1887
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Brainerd, Armstrong & Co., silk twist, 301 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Corticelli Spool Silk and Twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Bookmark for Ashworth's XX Imported 6-Cord Machine Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Thread 40, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Jas. Chadwick & Bros., Six Cord Thread, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Semple's Best Six Cord Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Corticelli, Florence Knitting Silk, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
        Trade card for Corticelli, Florence Knitting Silk, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Thread, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Cotton Thread, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Cotton Thread, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Cotton Thread, location unknown, 1881
        Trade card for J.R. Leeson & Co., importers of Scotch Spool Linen, 298 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Brook's Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Cotton Thread, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for J.R. Leeson & Co., importers of Scotch Spool Linen, 298 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Newark, New Jersey and Paisley, Scotland, undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Cotton Thread, location unknown, 1881
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Newark, New Jersey and Paisley, Scotland, undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 30, John Clark Jr. & Co., 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 O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Spool Cotton, location unknown, 1880
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Eureka Spool Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 8, John Clark Jr. & Co., Glasgow, Scotland, undated
        Trade card for Willimantic Six Cord Spool Cotton Machine Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton 30, John Clark Jr. & Co., location unknown, 1881
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Thread, location unknown, 1880
        Trade card for J. & P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Thread, location unknown, 1880
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, 1882
        Brochure for J. & P. Coats' 6 Cord Machine Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade cards for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six Cord Thread 50, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, location unknown, undated
        Paper dolls for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Newark, New Jersey
        Paper doll, J. & P. Coats' Spool & Crochet Cottons, location unknown
        Paper dolls, Willimantic Thread, Willimantic Linen Co., Willimantic, Connecticut, undated (current record)
        Trade card for Corticelli, Florence Knitting Silk, Nonotuck Silk Co., 18 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.

Description

The girl's paper doll has a blue and white dress. The boy's paper doll has a green jacket and knickers outfit. Text on the verso reads "Willimantic Thread. Highest awards at N.O. Exhibition 1885."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
thread
toys (recreational artifacts)
children (people by age group)
girls
paper dolls

Physical Description

2 paper dolls : color ; 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.04.02.066

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Willimantic (Windham county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

paper dolls

Description Level

Item

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