Collections

Advert - 'Brook's Sewing Cotton'

Collection ID: 
1976.039.07
Collection: 
Social history
Small folding calendar for the year 1897 divided into months. The outside cover shows three happy black children picking cotton in a field. "Brooks Sewing Cotton" is written along the top. At the bottom "Patent Glace & Soft Machine Cotton" On the back is a picture of a cotton plant with the trade mark "Crochet and Embroidery".

Keywords
advertizing
textile

Physical attributes

Dimensions
Height90mm

Production

OriginatorBrooks
Date (general)1897
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