Wool Textile Sample books: British Standard Cloth, (note: RSN #s 80514V22, 80514V23, 80514V25 are all the same)
3 books of wool samples with 30+ sample cuts in each. All dark shades of woven wool cloth with different twill patterns. All 3 books have Orange and Black binding with “100.024” written on them. Large blue tags attached to all 3 from the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Affairs, Form 382. (None are filled in). 80514V23 has a second tag labeled “Commercial Agent in Charge of Exhibits”, “From England”, “Title: Standard Suits”?
Consular Collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.