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Golden Harvest Flour Sack (Spokane Flour Mills)
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| Accession #: | 2210.24 |
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| Title: | Golden Harvest Flour Sack (Spokane Flour Mills) |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
| Participants: |
Spokane Flour Mills (user)
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| Physical Description: | This cotton flour sack has an image of a large sheaf of wheat surrounded by smaller sheaves of wheat. The orange, red and green text reads: "Golden Harvest Extra Patent Pastry Flour Spokane Flour Mills Spokane, Washington Fulton Bags - Minneapolis Bleached Net Weight 98 Lbs. When Packed Golden Harvest Pastry Flour." |
| Description: | Manufactured sacks made of cotton cloth were commonly used as flour packaging from the late 1800s to the 1960s. By 1900, when Spokane Flour Mills began operations, Spokane was said to be the seventh largest milling center in the United States. The company delivered flour all over the world before closing in 1972. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Merchandising (Communication), Spokane Flour Mill (Industry->Flour Mill)
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| Geographical Reference: | Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
length 35 3/4"
width 20"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
GOLDEN HARVEST EXTRA PATENT PASTRY FLOUR; SPOKANE FLOUR MILLS, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. W. A. Peters, 1972 |
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