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Silk mills

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Adams Baer Silk Mill Notes 1912-1922

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0193
Abstract

Interesting insight into the workings of textile machinery specifically of local Lehigh Valley silk mills. There were many silk mills in the early 20th century in the Lehigh Valley.

Dates: 1912-1922

Silk Ribbon Textile Sample Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0489
Abstract

This notebook is a 135-silk ribbon collection assembled by an Allentown, Pennsylvania seamstress and milliner named Martha Miller Bander. It was likely made at the beginning of the twentieth century. The ribbons are a range of size, color, and texture.

Dates: circa 1900s