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Ki Lin Flour, Seattle Flour Mills
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| Accession #: | 2210.106 |
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| Title: | Ki Lin Flour, Seattle Flour Mills |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
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| Physical Description: | Cloth flour sack printed on one side: "Ki Lin Flour, Seattle Flour Mills, Seattle, U.S.A. Ki Lin" Predominant colors are red and green. |
| Description: | Manufactured sacks made of cotton cloth were commonly used as flour packaging from the late 1800s to the 1960s. Pacific Northwest mills exported flour to the Chinese market as early as the 1890s. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Merchandising (Communication); Flour Mill (Industry)
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| Geographical Reference: | Seattle (Washington->King County); China (International->Asia) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 30 x 14 1/2"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
muslin (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
Ki Lin Flour, Seattle Flour Mills, Seattle, U.S.A. Ki Lin
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. W. A. Peters, 1972 |
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