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Red, White and Blue Flour Sack
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| Accession #: | 2210.27 |
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| Title: | Red, White and Blue Flour Sack |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
| Participants: |
Spokane Flour Mills (user)
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| Physical Description: | This flat cotton sack is printed: "Perfect Plansifter System Highest Patent Red, White and Blue Made from Choice Blue Stem Wheat The Spokane Flour Mills Spokane, Wash. Bleached Net Weight 49 Lbs When Packed Red White & Blue Flour" |
| Description: | Manufactured sacks made of cotton cloth were commonly used as flour packaging from the late 1800s to the 1960s. By 1900, when The 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 1970. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Merchandising (Communication),Spokane Flour Mill (Industry->Flour Mill)
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| Geographical Reference: | Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 29 1/2 x 15 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
muslin (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
PERFECT PLANSIFTER SYSTEM HIGHEST PATENT Made from Choice Blue Stem Wheat Spokane Flour Mills 49 lbs.
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. W. A. Peters, 1972 |
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