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Start Over Collection Anna Schein, Collector, Feedsack Textile Bag Collection, 1925/1965 Date range 1934

Anna Schein, Collector, Feedsack Textile Bag Collection, 1925/1965 3.38 Linear Feet 3 ft. 4.5 in. (2 medium flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each [21 in. x 17 in. x 3.5 in.]; 2 medium flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each [25 in. x 21 in. x 3.5 in.]; 1 large flat storage box, 3 in. [31.5 in. x 23.5 in. x 3 in.]; 3 large flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each [37 in. x 13 in. x 1.5 in.]; 1 large textile box, 6 in. [50 in. x 16.5 in. x 6 in.]; 2 large textile boxes, 6.5 in. each [61 in. x 23 in. x 6.5 in.])

Schein, Anna M.

This collection consists of 38 feedsacks, feedsack textiles, and items made from feedsack textiles. Feedsacks were manufactured with dress goods quality textiles in the period 1925-1960, so although they were used for the distribution of animal feed, flour, beans, etc., they were frequently repurposed for the creation of household and clothing items, especially during World War II and after. This collection represents a wide variety of feedsack types, purposes, and uses.

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County Road swine feedsack, 1925/1969 Box 4, Folder 1

This is a "new old stock" or not yet sewn textile feedsack with a "country road" pictorial scene graphic illustration. This illustration and logo makes this feedsack newer, as older feedsacks had round logos, a carry-over from wooden barrel logos.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Anna Schein, Collector, Feedsack Textile Bag Collection, 1925/1965
  3. Series 1b. Feedsacks, 1925/1969

David Harum 50 lb. paper band label sheeting grade flour sack, 1925/1969 Box 2, Folder 2

This is a plain white, high-threadcount sheeting cloth sack with a stamped embroidery pattern. The paper label advertises, "Fine, high threadcount, Ideal for pillowcases and sheets. Sew four together for sheets. Excellent for clothing. May be dyed."

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Anna Schein, Collector, Feedsack Textile Bag Collection, 1925/1965
  3. Series 1b. Feedsacks, 1925/1969

Doughboy 25 lb. paper band label cotton and linen flour sack, 1925/1969 Box 3, Folder 3

This is a toweling sack (or a sack made of fabric typically used for tea towels) with the paper band label still intact. There is a bottom paper advertising piece sewn into the sack statin gth ecotton and linen content of the fibers and suggestions for the use of the fabric.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Anna Schein, Collector, Feedsack Textile Bag Collection, 1925/1965
  3. Series 1b. Feedsacks, 1925/1969

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