Knitted sock sample, World War I army use
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: S. B. & B. W. Fleisher, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Knitted sock sample, made of khaki wool yarn (#4028) for US Army wear during World War I. Civilians were encouraged to knit for the troops; the Red Cross made approved patterns available, and manufacturers made specially dyed yarns available to civilians. Samples of wool and other fiber yarns and knitted articles suitable for US army and navy use were given by important American yarn manufacturer S.B. and B.W. Fleisher, Inc., of Philadelphia, PA in December 1918, along with many samples of yarns for civilians.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of S.B. and B.W. Fleisher, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04033.000
label: catalog number
content: T04033.000
label: accession number
content: 63045
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knitting
label: Object Name
content: sock
label: Object Name
content: sock sample
label: Object Type
content: knitting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: knitted (overall production method/technique)