Box 3

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

This is a Bemis Brothers Bag Company flour sack with the logo printed directly on the sack with removable ink. The logo on this sack is round, which was a carry-over on early sacks from the round logos used on barrel lids.

This is a Chase Bag Company sack with a children's embroidery pattern on the back, advertised to be used "To Occupy Little Fingers."

This is a toweling sack (or a sack made of fabric typically used for tea towels) with the paper band label still intact. There is a bottom paper advertising piece sewn into the sack statin gth ecotton and linen content of the fibers and suggestions for the use of the fabric.

This is a Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills sack with the directions for removing ink, advertisement to write for a free National Cotton Council idea booklet for sewing with cotton bags printed directly on the sack in removable ink.

This is a Bemis Brothers Bag Company sack made from Cambric cloth, a high-grade, treated, finely-woven textile often used for flour sacks, handkerchiefs, and fine clothing. Directions for unraveling the sack string and removing the ink are printed directly on the sack. Also printed directly on the sack is the following statement: "We have packed this flour in a Genuine Cambric Cloth Bag so that you may use it for many household and clothing purposes."

This Southern Mills sack is a flour sack with a cut-out doll pattern printed on the back in color.

This is a Chase Bag Company sack sold by its barrel equivalent (in this case, 1/4 of the barrel was 49 lbs.).

This is a commercially-manufactured heavy seamless sack made from osnaburg fabric, a coarse and rough plain fabric dating back to the 1730s.