Bolt end of plain sheeting; Pelzer Mfg. Co., SC; 1904; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1904
notes: label: Description
content: Bolt end of medium weight, plain sheeting, "in the gray" (unbleached, unfinished); Pelzer Mfg. Co., SC; 1904. Selvage width unbleached plain weave sheeting; Blue ink stamp of camel trademark and Pelzer co name; Colorful printed paper label. Bolt end of a 30 yard bolt of Pelzer cloth, acquired by a US Consul in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in a market in 1904 as a sample of the American goods popular in the Red Sea market. Paper label says: "These goods are manufactured from selected cotton and warranted for their weight and durability. Pelzer Mfg. Co., Pelzer, South Carolina, U.S.A."
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 opportunities. Transferred from the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection.
place: label: place made
content: United States: South Carolina, Pelzer
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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 Dept. of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.67426.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric sample
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; unbleached (overall production method/technique)