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Sperry Flour Co. Flour Sack
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| Accession #: | 4202.18 |
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| Title: | Sperry Flour Co. Flour Sack |
| Object Type: | Sack, Flour |
| Participants: |
Sperry Flour Company (user)
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| Physical Description: | Cotton flour sack with red and blue text: "Sperry Flour company / Merry Maid / Highest Quality Flour / Every Sack Guaranteed / Sperry Flour Co. USA / Phosphate added / Bleached / Merry Maid / Highest Quality / 12 lbs. net wt. when flour packed" There are three stalks of wheat in the upper left corner, and a woman wearing a maid uniform (?) folding a plate of baked goods. There is blue stitching on the right side and the bottom. |
| 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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| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (textile) (Material)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Charles and Mary Smith in Memory of Moritz Thomsen, 2008 |
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