Sample spool of Fiberglas thread or yarn; Used in Defense Industry; 1944
date: label: date made
content: 1944
name: label: maker
content: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Sample spool of a 4-ply yarn of untwisted fiberglas fibers made by Owens-Corning Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio. Used in the defense industry during World War II. One of several products used in manufacture of the tail-wheel boot for a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter airplane, made by Campbell Products Co., Greensboro Kentucky, who donated samples of the materials and a section of the boot. (T.09101-T09104)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Campbell Products Co., Kentucky, through Dan Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09101.000
label: catalog number
content: T09101.000
label: accession number
content: 168567
label: catalog number
content: T9101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiberglas yarn
label: Object Name
content: thread, spool of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 13/16 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.14375 cm x 6.35 cm