Box 1
Contains 64 Results:
Waterbury, Connecticut sewing hooks & eyes label, 1850 - 1860
Label for the Waterbury Union Co.’s “Superior Hooks and Eyes.” Mounted on cardboard backing; cut from the top of a notions box.
Wamsutta Textile Mills label, 1860
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.
Semples Spool Cotton lake boat scene trade card, 1890
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.
Anglo-American embossed gold and white textile label, 1800 - 1899
A small label in white and embossed gold, showing an American banner and English flag.
19th century American textile label, 1800 - 1899
Textile label with gold stamped medallions showing exposition medals won in Philadelphia, Dublin, London and Paris.
Mid-19th century Lancaster Prints cloth pictorial label, 1850 - 1860
An engraved English cloth label featuring an image of a Roman-style soldier with spear and shield.
English pictorial cloth label with image of a man weeping in a graveyard, 1850
A periwinkle-colored cloth label, with an unrelated pencil inscription on the back dated July 16, 1856.
19th century English Bishop’s Lawn black and gold embossed label, 1800 - 1899
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.
Cumberland Mills Swiss Blankets card, 1870
Cardstock with blue lettering, includes a border with vines, trestle, and small flowers and leaves. From United States.
19th century blue and gold American Eagle label, 1800 - 1899
An oval-shaped embossed label with the American eagle in gold on a blue ground. 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. From United States.