Box 1

This series includes patterned and non-patterned feedsacks with a variety of uses, sizes, and manufacturers.

This series includes background material provided by the collector on the history of feedsacks and how they were used, including a patent for dressgoods feedsacks, a digital swatchbook of feedsack patterns, historical articles, and a bibliography of sources.

The "Gardening Man" is a waffle-weave feedsack. This particular pattern was sold to promote Harry S. Truman's presidential campaign, often accompanied with the saying, "The purchase of this 'gardening man' feedsack in bright colors was a vote for the Democrats and Truman."

This is a loose weave feedsack used for larger agricultural commodity milled products, such as animal feeds, that would not leak out the looser weave.

This patterned dressgoods feedsack has a removable paper band label still intact. Paper band labels were made easily removable so it was easier for women to render the sack into a length of fabric.

This is a Percy Kent solid color feedsack with the pattern for a cut-out doily set printed on the back. The front of the feedsack has a printed advertisement stating, "My mama made all these things from cotton bags." Directions for removing the printing ink is also on printed on this sack.

This is a chicken feed sack with the paper spot label still intact. Like with the paper bands, the paper spots were attached with an easily removable adhesive for better ease of use.