Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scarf: Spring Cotton Mills
Object Number:
1941.897
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 21 in. ( 52.7 x 53.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on border: repeated, "SPRINGS COTTON MILLS"
printed: in center: "CHESTER S.C./ TO LANCASTER/ SPRINGSTEEN/ TO SPARTANBURG/ GAYLE/ TO YORK/ EUREKA"
Description:
Screenprinted cotton kerchief with a pictorial map of towns in South Carolina with factories, houses, and the railroad; inner border of bobbins; outer red border; printed in blue, green, yellow, red, and black.
Gallery Label:
Springs Cotton Mills, set up in 1887 at Fort Mill and expanded in 1912 to Kershaw, South Carolina, celebrated its golden anniversary in 1937.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Peto
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
