Book, Swatch
- Title:
- Indian Head Cloth Color Selector
- Object Name:
- Book, Swatch
- Object ID:
- 2016.008
- Creator:
- Nashua Manufacturing Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Fabric sample book. Indian Head Cloth "Color Selector," Nashua Manufacturing Company, Nashua, NH, 1938. Purple cardboard cover, imprinted "INDIAN HEAD / CLOTH / COLOR / SELECTOR / Nashua Mfg. Co. / INCORPORATED 1823 / 40 WORTH ST., NEW YORK / Price $1.50". Title page has same text, as well as "helps you decide / which colors / go well together" and "Entire contents copyrighted 1938 by Nashua Mfg. Co. / Nashua, New Hampshire". Thirteen pages of cotton samples of various named colors, with suggested combinations. Steel spiral binding. Paper supplied by Tileston & Hollingsworth Company, Boston, MA.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-7.6 W-5.7 D-1.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Nashua was one of several towns that developed along the Merrimack River to take advantage of water power during the early days of the industrial revolution in America. The Nashua Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1823 by Daniel Abbot and other investors. He and several other local tradesmen began the company after buying up land from the banks of the Merrimack along the Nashua River, planning to use the falls to power their mills. Modeled on plans for Lowell, MA, they dug the Nashua power canal and built several mill buildings during the 19th century. Investors built other textile mills during this period. The Nashua Manufacturing Company was the largest, eventually buying out several other textile manufacturers, including Jackson Company (1916), Indian Head Mills (1924), and Tremont and Suffolk Mills (1926). Production grew during World War I and World War II. However, the industry changed during the 1920s and 1930s. New England's textile industry declined as companies moved operations to southern states where they built new textile mills, found cheaper labor, a supply of cotton, cheaper access to coal, and improved railroad facilities. The Nashua Manufacturing Company was acquired by Textron, Inc., in 1945, and the Nashua Mills were closed in 1948.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
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