Sumner Hosiery Mill Records
name: label: Donor
content: Sumner, Harold Townsend
label: Creator
content: Sumner Hosiery Mill
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: Hosiery, Nylon
label: Topic
content: Hosiery
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content: Textile industry
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Knitting companies (Mills)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection was donated to the Archives Center, national Museum of American History by Harold Townsend Sumner on February 9, 2000.
creator: label: Donor
content: Sumner, Harold Townsend
label: Creator
content: Sumner Hosiery Mill
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content: Sumner Hosiery Mill Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Sumner Hosiery Mill through articles, newspaper clippings, publications, advertisements, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold Sumner, along with his brother Hubert, founded Sumner Hosiery Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1946. The Sumner's joined a booming hosiery business and with their Government Issue (G.I) priority status (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944), they ordered two hosiery machines.  The machines were set-up in the Wisteria Hosiery Mill, but were moved in 1947 to create the Sumner Hosiery Mill.  The Sumner's distinguished themselves from other hosiery mills by introducing colorful innovations and styles that were created to match shoes and outfits.  In 1957, Sumner Hosiery sold their machines and shipped them to Chile.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0719
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
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content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, undated.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one scrapbook (16" x 18" pages), from 1946 to 1957, documenting Sumner Hosiery Mill through articles, newspaper clippings, publications, advertisements, and photographs. There is one product booklet, Sumner See-Shells, Fall and Winter Shades, 1952 with samples of hosiery.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Samples of Sumner Hosiery were donated to the Division of Social History(now the Division of Home and Community Life, now Division of Cultural and Community Life), National Museum of American History.