Image of the J. & P. Coats exhibit in Machinery Hall at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876 on a leaflet advertising their "spool cotton and how it is made;" a display with spools of cotton is visible at front left; machinery for winding and ticketing spools of thread takes up the rest of the exhibit space. Date supplied by cataloger based on date of the United States Centennial Exhibition. "Of all the millions of women through whose deft fingers the smooth, glossy cotton thread passes, by hundreds of millions of yards, in its manifold uses, how few there are who know or even give a thought to the care taken, the skill shown, or the machinery employed in bringing the raw material to the perfect thread..."--text, bottom center of image. "Medal and Diploma awarded J. & P. Coats, at Centennial Exposition."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 45.72 x 30.48 cm (18 x 12 in.)
Advertising Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works Exhibitions--Pictorial works Thread J. & P. Coats Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size United States Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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