Bolt end, "Indian Head Drills"; Alabama, 1898; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description
content: Bolt end of unbleached cotton twill weave, Selvage width. Marked with blue stamp of head and torso of an American indian man and words "40 yds" and "Indian head Drills." Made by Indian Head Mills. Cordova, Alabama.
label: Description
content: Paper label: US Consulate, Chefoo, China. Dated Oct 24, 1898. "U. S. Consulate, Chefoo China (/) With Annual Report of Trade, Oct 24, 1898 (/) 15 pieces " 1 Bale (/) 1 piece yard.". Sent with Report to the US Board of Trade from the Consulate. Chinese characters on label as well.
label: Description
content: Example of marketing of American made cotton textiles to Far East in the late 19th century. For many cotton textile mills opened in the southern United States in the late 19th century, the focus was on production for foreign markets, not domestic.
label: Description
content: Part of a large collection of American and foreign made textile samples acquired between about 1898 and 1918 by US Consuls overseas to report on the state of markets and on business opportunites. Transferred from the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
label: place made
content: United States: Alabama, Cordova
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Textile Industry
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.67426.005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fabric Sample
label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
label: Object Name
content: bolt end
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: twill weave; unbleached (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 30 cm; 45.72 cm x 11 13/16 in