Feedbag
- Object Name:
- Feedbag
- Object ID:
- 2000.019
- Place of Origin:
- United States/Possibly Wilmington, DE
- Date:
- 1955-1970
- Description:
- Feed bag. Machine-manufactured plain-woven fiberglass, printed on front (silkscreen or stencil) in red and blue: "100 LBS. NET / MERRIMACK / BRAND / FEEDS / FOR ALL LIVESTOCK AND / POULTRY / MADE TODAY - FED TOMORROW / MANUFACTURED BY / MERRIMACK FARMERS' EXCHANGE, INC. / 'The farmers business' / 49 / CONCORD, N.H. / A / MERRIMACK BRAND FEEDS". With portrait of an Indian man, depicted wearing a headpiece of two feathers pointing downward, two braids in braidholders, a necklace of claws, and a shoulder wrap with zig-zag and curved decoration. Two seams: side finished with French seam, bottom seam selvedge edges. Selvedge edge at top. Machine stitched with fiberglass thread.
- Material:
- Fiberglass
- Dimensions:
- H-39 W-23 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Dorothy Sanborn (1917-2013), a farmer from Boscawen, NH.
Merrimack Farmers' Exchange was a cooperative that operated from 1920 to 1982. Based in Concord, NH, it had 20 regional stores at its peak, including some in Maine and Vermont. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy Sanborn
- People:
- Sanborn, Dorothy (1917-2013)
- Subjects:
- Indian man, Feed stores, Feeding of animals, Animal feeding, Livestock, Poultry, Farmers' groups
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