Men's necktie; Wm. Skinner and Sons, jeep design, printed rayon crepe; 1945
date: label: date made
content: 1945
name: label: maker
content: A. Sulka & Company
label: maker
content: William Skinner and Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Men's printed necktie; William Skinner and Sons. Viscose rayon crepe jacquard; 1945. World War II Jeep design, printed on viscose rayon crepe jacquard necktie, made in 1945. Thread provided by William Skinner and Sons in Holyoke, MA, Screen printing and weaving by A. Sulka & Company. Screen printed red figures, green Jeep, and dark blue background forming pattern no. 9158 small army automobile. Made of T.9141.01. Off-color jacquard all viscose rayon crepe. Same fabric as T-9137 after steaming. Satin circles on fabric. Machine stitched center back rectangle. Hand stitched body. White lining.
label: Description
content: William Skinner emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1843, finding work as silk dyer. He eventually opened his own silk manufacturing company, the Unquomonk Silk Co., making silk threads and yarns for weaving and sewing. In 1874, the mill was destroyed when the Mill River Dam gave way. Skinner moved his company a few miles away, to Holyoke, Massachusetts, and rebuilt the mill, expanding production to include woven fabrics (Skinner satins were nationally famous) and silk braids. He ran the company until his death in 1902, and the firm stayed in the family, and remained in operation in Holyoke, until 1961, when his heirs sold it to Indian head Mills, which immediately closed the Holyoke operation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Holyoke
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey, Allentown
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William Skinner and Sons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09141.002
label: accession number
content: 170051
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Men's necktie
label: Object Name
content: necktie
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: viscose rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jacquard woven; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 3 in; 121.92 cm x 7.62 cm