Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle, J. & P. Coats, location unknown, undated

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Collection Type

Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-267084

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Sewing equipment and supplies
Needles
Sewing equipment and supplies - Needles - Folder 1
Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle, J. & P. Coats, location unknown, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Sewing equipment and supplies
    - Needles
      - Sewing equipment and supplies - Needles - Folder 1
        Trade card for John James & Sons, manufacturers of all description of sewing needles and machine needles, Redditch, England, 1881
        Trade card for John James & Sons, manufacturers of all description of sewing needles and machine needles, Redditch, England, 1881
        Trade cards for J. & P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle, J. & P. Coats, location unknown, undated (current record)
        How to solve your domestic help problem, The Boston Herald, Boston, Mass., undated
        Letterhead for the Bell Needle Company, manufacturers and dealers in hand and machine needles of every description, Nashua, New Hampshire, dated September 23, 1881
        Trade card, Stewart's Duplex Consapico Safety Pin, Consolidated Safety Pin Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey
        Bell Needle Company sample kit, Bell Needle Company, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated
        Advertisement, Needles in their principal stages, manufactured by Abel Morrall, prepared for the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar, 1855

Description

Sailors use a giant spool of thread to tow Cleopatra's Needle in the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
sewing (process)
thread

Physical Descrption

5 trade cards ; 3 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.102.02.01.003

Image Dimensions

3 x 5 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

J. & P. Coats (Agency)

Subjects

Notions (Merchandise)
Cleopatra's Needle

Description Level

Item

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