Sample of Peruvian full rough raw cotton; Wonalancet Co., NH; 1913
date: label: date made
content: 1913
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of Peruvian full rough raw cotton; Wonalancet Co., NH; 1913. Raw Peruvian Full Rough Cotton, highest grade, staple 1-1/4" - 1-1/2". Bales weigh 100 /400 Ibs. each, grown in the full rough cotton district around PIURA.. This is a tree cotton of superior quality. Characteristics:—Long staple, harsh rough "feel". Use:—Almost entirely used for mixing with wool in the production of cloth, underwear, yarns etc. Cost:- Roughly speaking 30% higher than middling fair Texas cotton. [per 1913 Accession folder information]
label: Description
content: The cost and long supply chain of wool imports into the US (which did not produce enough wool to meet domestic demand during the heyday of the American woolen industry) led manufacturers to explore substitutes and additives. Specific strains of Peruvian and Chinese cotton were exploited for this purpose, as being "wool-like" in staple length and feel.
label: Description
content: The Wonalancet Co. was incorporated in 1905 by Harry Harmon Blunt in Nashua, NH. The company imported cotton from Piura and Lima, Peru, and from China; it was in existence at least into the mid 1970s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Peru
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Wonalancet Company, Nashua, NH
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00709.000
label: catalog number
content: T00709.000
label: accession number
content: 55402
label: catalog number
content: T709
objectType: label: Object Name
content: raw cotton sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 9 in x 12 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 22.86 cm x 31.75 cm