Box 1

Very colorful label for Nehesco Fabrics, showing a storefront window with their floral fabrics artfully arranged. Includes English and Arabic text. From England.

Label for an unknown product by an unknown company. Pale blue with gold trim, center image of the head and bust of a woman. Text notes the size or gauge was seven and a half. The look of the label suggests cloth, thread or a similar product. From England.

Label for the Waterbury Union Co.’s “Superior Hooks and Eyes.” Mounted on cardboard backing; cut from the top of a notions box.

Label from the Wamsutta Mills in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The extensive smoke belching factory is shown in an aerial view and the lettering is filled in silver.

Front of card includes an image of a 12-point buck framed in blue above a lake scene with two people on a rowboat. Some text lost on the back. Manufactured in Mount Holly, NJ.

A small label in white and embossed gold, showing an American banner and English flag.

Textile label with gold stamped medallions showing exposition medals won in Philadelphia, Dublin, London and Paris.

An engraved English cloth label featuring an image of a Roman-style soldier with spear and shield.

A periwinkle-colored cloth label, with an unrelated pencil inscription on the back dated July 16, 1856.

Such labels were often used for textiles, but there is no space for a yard/price to be written, so the use of this label remains uncertain.