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Appleton Woolen Mills Fabric Samples
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Two swatches of colorful patterned wool fabric in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book. Each sample consists of a brown background with irregular vertical and horizontal stripes of red, yellow, blue, green, and black.
1881
Appleton Woolen Mills
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St. Paul Knitting Works Yarn Samples
1889
Seven yarn samples of different colors from the St. Paul Knitting Works, dated between April 7, 1888 and February 21, 1889, affixed to a page in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book.
Appleton Woolen Mills Advertisement
March 1876
Advertising circular printed on Appleton Woolen Mills letterhead. The letterhead features color illustrations of a flock of sheep, a domestic spinning wheel, and an industrial loom spilling a ribbo...
1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills
1893
Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers' felts and other textiles.The certificate...
Appleton Woolen Mills
1893
View of the Appleton Woolen Mills from the south, circa 1895. The three-story building in the right front was constructed in 1893. The long, two-story building behind it was built after the fire o...
Appleton Woolen Mills
1904
Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the company's president from 1910 to 1940.
