Box 2

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

This is a sack manufactured by the Bemis Brothers Bag Company with the Gooch's company logo printed directly on the textile.

This is a plain white, high-threadcount sheeting cloth sack with a stamped embroidery pattern. The paper label advertises, "Fine, high threadcount, Ideal for pillowcases and sheets. Sew four together for sheets. Excellent for clothing. May be dyed."

This is an early Bemis Brothers Bac Gompany flour sack with the logo printed directly on the sack with permanent ink. The barrel size and pounds are also printed directly on the sack with permanent ink.

This is a homespun agricultural commondity sack. The term homespun refers to a type of loosely-woven homemade fabric made from a specific type of yarn not often purchased in stores.