From: Shirley Mook <victorian201@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:17:33 -0600 Message-ID: <CA+g95fyttu3ULihdQYpypBmJc-L=sJoH2yZ566Ud4O588eGZyA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: grain sacks made into ????
Good Afternoon Mary,
Yes, these are beautiful. I have never seen any like this before. Can't
imagine they were used for grains. The ones we have are
sacks with the name of the four on them or a pretty print. They were used
for dish towels or children's clothing. When we did our Great Depression
Exhibit, I interviewed women who told me about the sacks and gave us some.
I will ask around though.
Shirley Mook
Heritage Museum
Marshfield
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 11:28 AM Mary Dibble <mary.dibble.ng@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Good afternoon
>
> I am attaching a photo of one of three similar items we found in a box in
> our attic eaves marked "grain sack linen". This one is 38 inches long and
> about 14 and a half inches wide. All three have different designs but are
> pretty close in dimensions. They are like really long slender pillow shams.
>
> I'm assuming a frugal housewife washed the grain sacks, cut out the
> printed company name, and then tatted them into something special. Does
> anyone see something else here?
>
> And can anyone identify what they would have been used for and what they
> would have been filled with? Does anyone have a name for them?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mary Dibble
> New Glarus Historical Society
>