Strip of tartan plaid style fabric in red, light blue, white, and dark green. .Marked on original gold & white glued paper label: "On original gold & white glued paper label.".
Swatch of open weave whitecotton fabric with indian-design band in blue, yellow, red & black. Stapled to white cardboard backing with black & white illustration of large building (Department store). Marked on card: "Aktieselskabet (/) Magasin Dn Nord (/) Coll. (/) Kjobenhavn, K."; also: "Imported" and "Brede 44 Tom (/) Pris 225. (/) $.63".
Textile Sample, dyed cotton twill weave: " Khaki Drill". Rectangular sample with large piece cut from one corner. Stamped "93881". the Consular report #. On tag attached: "American Consulate at Mombasa, B.E.A. Trade opportunity No. 150 of July 28, 1917. Sample No.16- Khaki drill”. About 2 ½ ft long.
An envelope found with the Mombasa textile group reads: "Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. 93881 (1917), Mombasa Textiles Brit. Manuf. CR 260 1917 FTO25764" (or FTO625764?) This is the Consular Report associated with this textile sample. At the time of this correspondence, Mombasa was in British East Africa.
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.
Fragment of tan silk fabric. Chinese. Came in a package with other samples and a price chart. One selvage. Marked on pinned paper label: "Sample No. 3". (duplicate sample).
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.
Swatch of brown open weave fabric with woven stripes. Attached to a dept. store sample card , of white cardboard with a printed image of the building. Marked on card: "Brede 27 Tom (/) Pris 50 (/) $.14"; and "Aktieselskabet (/) Magosin Du Nord. Coll. (/) Kjobenhavn, K.."
Swatch of black wool tweed-like apparel fabric. Found in envelope marked: "From Consular Service U.S.A. (/) Rouen, France" and "29.48". Marked on pinned slip of paper: "M. 8.80 (/) per meter (/) $1.90 per yd".
Swatch of woolen apparel fabric in a shade between beige and pale green. Marked on piece of cardboard stamped with seal of US Consulate in Prague, found in envelope with samples."Referring to Despatch Dated May 5th 1904. (/) Samples of woolen materials requested by circular of 18th February 1904"; " Marked on pinned slip of paper: "140 (/) 3.4 Cr".
