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Home Pride Flour Sack, St. John
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| Accession #: | 3304.4 |
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| Title: | Home Pride Flour Sack, St. John |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
| Participants: | |
| Physical Description: | Cotton muslin bag; printed on one side of bag: "49 lbs./HOME PRIDE/Bread & Pastry Flour/Inland Empire Milling Co. St. John, Wash..." |
| Description: | Manufactured sacks made of cotton cloth were commonly used as flour packaging from the late 1800s to the 1960s. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Merchandising (Communication); Flour Mill (Industry)
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| Geographical Reference: | St. John (Washington->Whitman County) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 27 1/2 x 13"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
muslin (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
"49 lbs/HOME PRIDE/Bread & Pastry Flour/Inland Empire Milling Co. St. John, Wash..."
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. Jim Roloff, 1988 |
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