Sign, Trade
- Title:
- CONTOOCOOK HONEST UNDERWEAR & HOSIERY
- Object Name:
- Sign, Trade
- Object ID:
- 2009.029
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Small advertising sign, laminated paper on cardboard, horizontal rectangle. Red and black block lettering on white: "CONTOOCOOK / HONEST / UNDERWEAR / & HOSIERY". Red border. Cardboard backing with attached flexible cardboard easel. Two holes on top edge, with string for hanging.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.5 W-9 inches
- Provenance:
- The "Contoocook" brand of underwear and hosiery was manufactured by the Contoocook Mills Corp., Hillsborough, NH. The business was incorporated in 1911 and reached its peak in 1920, when it employed 250 people making men's and women's socks and underwear. It operated through 1931.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Socity Purchase
Made by David Dutton (1792-1882)
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase - Subjects:
- Underwear, Hosiery, Hosiery industry
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