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Stocking

Object Name:
Stocking
Object ID:
1975.067.40
Creator:
Wayne Knitting MillsManufacturer
Place of Origin:
Ft. Wayne, IN
Date:
1904
Description:
Stockings. Two pairs of "full lace", black stockings in original box. Label on box: "WorldsFair/Souvenir/St. Louis/1904". Drawing of pavilion, the official World's Fair seal below, then"Wayne/Knitting Mills/Manufacturers of fine hosiery/Fort Wayne, Ind./USA"
Material:
Textile
Dimensions:
H-12.1 W-6 L-26.5 inches
Provenance:
A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
Credit Line:
Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
Subjects:
Stockings
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