Box 2

No.___Color. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Eastyarn, Inc., n.d. Image of colonial woman seated at spinning wheel. Black lettering against red background. 25 x 19 cm.

Echeverri Hermanos & Cia. Bogota. Trautmann, Bailey & Slampey, N.Y. [lithographer/printer]. Bogota, Columbia: Echeverri Hermanos & Cia, ca. 1900s. Image of soldier (17th century?) in center blowing bugle with flag with royal crest hanging from it. Bla

Yds. Middlesex Bleachery & Dye Works. N.p., n.d. Red lettering against yellow background. 25 x 10.25 cm.

N.p., n.d. Embossed; red lettering against white background within elaborate lavender and gold frame. 8 x 11 cm.

Collection consists of the labels used by textile manufacturers to identify their materials. These labels range from simple identification tags to works of art. At their simplest the labels are little more than blank pieces of paper on which the manufacturer, type of cloth, and yardage can be written. The illustrated labels can be anything from simple line drawings to elaborate works of late-19th and early-20th century art, both serious and whimsical.

N.p., n.d. Gold lettering against blue background; imiage of mill complex in center. 21.5 x 15 cm.

N.p., n.d. Gold lettering within elaborate red and gold frame. Note the backward "N" in Ellerton. 16 x 11.5 cm.

____Yds. C.C.P. Moody, Printer, Boston. [Chicopee, Mass.: Chicopee Manufacturing Company, 1864?]. Black lettering against orange background. 25.5 x 20.25 cm.

N.p., n.d. Red lettering against white background; elm tree in center. 13 x 16.75 cm.

___ Yds. N.p., n.d. Gold lettering and image of peacock in gold within elaborate gold frame, against red background. 12 x 14 cm.