Ticking fabric; Eagle & Phenix Mfg. Co.; Georgia; 1914
date: label: date made
content: 1914
name: label: maker
content: Eagle & Phenix Mills
notes: label: Description
content: Length of unfinished, green, brown, blue, and white striped cotton ticking fabric. Process sample, one of 16 samples of yarn-dyed textiles in finished and unfinished states donated by the The Eagle & Phenix Mills, Columbus, GA., in 1914.
label: Description
content: The Eagle Mfg Co. of Columbus Georgia was established in 1851, before the Civil War, by New York native William Young. After the war, the mill was re-established and renamed the Eagle & Phenix Mfg. Co., symbolizing the renewal of the mill after the destruction of the war. The company survived several changes of ownership from 1896 until 1947, and the mill passed through several more changes until 2003.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Columbus
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eagle & Phenix Mills, 1914
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01173
label: accession number
content: 56615
label: catalog number
content: T01173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: process sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 72 in; 182.88 cm