A length of knitted artifical silk dress goods. H.R. Mallinson trade name "Deluxknit," a lightweight jersey knit in tubular form as it comes from the machine. Open stripe pattern in a checked effect produced by the use of very narrow horizonal stripes in yellow which cross the vertical open stripes at regular intervals: Colors brown, blue mixture. For a few years in the 1920s the H.R. Mallinson silk manufacturing company sold a small line of knitted fabrics trademarked as "DeluxKnit". NMAH holds a few samples of these fabrics. These knit goods were meant for "cut and sewn" garments, meaning they were not knitted to shape, but used just as flat woven cloth would be to cut out and make up dresses, blouses, or other fashionable garments. Mallinson faced some bad publicity when it was revealed that not all of the yarns used in the knitted goods were silk-the new synthetic fiber, rayon (called artificial silk when it was first introduced) appeared in some of them. Consumer advocates held the company to account for using a trademark selvage stamp "Mallinson's Silks Deluxe" for non-silk fabrics, so the company added a nother stamp, "Mallinson's Fabrics Deluxe" in response.
Orbea Alma 29er “hard-tail” mountain bike ridden by Georgia Gould when she won a bronze medal in the Cross-Country Mountain Bike event at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
General Electric carbon lamp used at the Bureau of Standards around 1920. Brass medium-screw base with glass insulator. Two single-arch carbon filaments mounted concentrically and wired parallel. With carbon-paste connectors, 2-piece leads, fiber insulator. Tipped S-shaped envelope with taper at neck. "-1151- 560L" inked in base. "BS729" etched on envelope. "a1223" inked on press, "T" etched on one side of envelope (perpendicular to plane of filaments), "|" etched on opposite side. Patent label in stem with red GE watermark: "The manufacturer of this lamp is licensed under patents noted on other side." "Re-issue Oct-10-05 12,393 Mar-20-94 516,800 APR-16-95 537,493 APR-16-95 537,693 APR-28-03 726,293 AND OTHERS [H.P.5036]". "#2" written on plastic tape on lamp, "B.S.729 9/20/24 11/6/25" inked on envelope (later). Label on box reads: "Standard Lamp", inked on bottom, "B.S.729 CP. 18.58 9/20/24 11/6/25 Volts 117.0 Amp. .575". Wrapper sleeve reads: "The lamp contained herein is [a product of] the Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Company which [markets?] Mazda and GEM lamps exclusively through its own [Dealers?] and Agents direct to the Consumer except [when] such lamps are sold to Central Lighting Stations. The lamp contained herein is of one of the classes named below. Among the patents of the General Electric Company relating to the particular class to which the contained lamp belongs are those indicated in the [?] Class Date Gem lamp Nov. 8, 1904 Mar. [16?], 190[9?] Mazda Lamp Apr. 28, 190[3?] July 11, 1911 Feb. [27?], 1918 Oct. [28?], 191[8?] July [26?], 191[8?] Oct. 13, 1918 The trademarks appearing hereon and on the lamp contained herein are the property of the General Electric Company. C6930".
Fabric length; colorgrown organic cotton, "Geometrics", by NearSea Naturals, 2008. Design consists of an intricately woven geometric pattern in shades of tan and off-white.
As people have become more environmentally conscious, textile producers are turning to more eco-friendly methods to manufacture fabric and clothing. Textiles have a major effect on the earth, from the pesticides used to grow cotton, to the oil needed to create polyester, to discarded fast-fashion apparel that ends up in landfills. Decreasing pollutants and cutting down on waste are important steps some companies and individuals are taking to reduce their carbon footprint. The dyes that we use today (and since the mid-19th century) in industrially produced textiles are chemically based and are known pollutants of our waterways.
Cotton is the most commonly used natural fiber. Although these plants are big water guzzlers, cotton producers are beginning to use less water and fewer pesticides thanks to improved technology for monitoring crops, more targeted pesticides, and genetically modified plants. An alternative to conventional cotton is organic cotton, which is increasingly popular in fashion and home furnishings. Organic farming yields smaller crops but eliminates the need for pesticides, which harm the soil and seep into the ground water. Organic cotton producers have also explored the environmental impact of dyes. One method of achieving colorful products requires no dyeing at all. Color-grown cotton actually grows naturally in a wide range of colors from white to green to red to brown. Simple techniques of boiling and washing the cotton in different pH balances will reveal varying intensities and variations of color in this type of cotton. This textile is an example of this increasingly popular naturally colored cotton cloth, which has both apparel and furnishings applications.
Dimensions: 60” L x 38” W
ATHM Collection: 1100.217; Gift of Near Sea Naturals
A plastic gallon water bottle with blue cap and burlap cover. The burlap is tied at the bottom. This bottle was collected in a remote part of the Sonoran Desert near the Mexican border. The past 20 years has seen a rise in unauthorized border crossing, border enforcement procedures, and debates about who and how migrants should be let into the country.
As the US federal immigration enforcement strategy known as Prevention Through Deterrence (PTD) increased the security presence around urban ports of entry in the mid-1990s, there was a shift in undocumented migration towards more remote regions of the American Southwest. Those making the perilous journey through this inhospitable desert landscape faced extreme temperatures (summer temperatures as high as 100° F/38° C and winter temperatures approaching freezing), rugged terrain, abuse from coyotes (human smugglers), and the risk of getting caught by the Border Patrol.
The site where this was found likely served as a way station used by human smugglers or a site of Border Patrol apprehension. Typical items found at these sites include personal hygiene products such as combs, backpacks, excess clothes, and empty water bottles. In preparation for the journey across the desert, migrants packed items necessary for survival, including plastic water bottles like this one to hold drinking water. Migrants often modified these bottles with cloth/fabric covers to make carrying them easier or to camouflage them to prevent detection by the authorities. Migrants often carried no more than two gallons of water and many reported extreme dehydration and hyperthermia as a result of the lack of drinking water. Along the way, many resorted to drinking water from bacteria-laden cattle tanks for survival.
In 1979, the Mid-America Council of the Boy Scouts of America used a superhero theme for their annual Scout-A-Rama event. This neckerchief featuring images of DC Comics characters Superman and Batman, is a memento of the occasion, where area scouting troops congregated for a showcase of skills and activities. Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has been one of the largest youth organizations in the United States.
The character of Superman first flew into action in 1938. The costumed superhero was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Jewish teenagers from Cleveland Ohio, who used, among other things, classical mythology and the era's popular science fiction and adventure writing for inspiration.
With his debut in Action Comics #1, Superman became an instant sensation with audiences, inspired by the "Man of Tomorrow's" virtue and heroics at time when the Nation was slowly emerging from the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression and moving closer to World War.
Born on the doomed planet Krypton, Superman was sent to Earth as a child, where our world's yellow sun granted him extraordinary powers such as flight, super-strength, near-invulnerability, as well as other extraordinary abilities including heat and X-Ray vision. As an adult living in the city of Metropolis, the alien, born Kal-El, protects his identity by assuming the persona of Clark Kent, a "mild-mannered" journalist.
Fighting for "Truth and Justice," Superman birthed a cultural fascination with superheroes, and has become one of the most recognizable and influential fictional characters in history. In addition to comic books, the character has been explored in all forms of media, including radio, television, and film, and has been used to promote a variety of successful consumer products, educational initiatives and public service campaigns.
Sampler - Minnesota Territory; 1857, Jane Frazier, "The Prairie is My Home," village of Wheatland, Rice County, Minnesota Territory.
This is a small, simple marking sampler, stitched in wool threads on a loose basket-weave ground cloth (the sampler is framed so the fiber content of the ground is not known). Measuring 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches by sight, it is mounted in an old frame, probably later than the sampler. It consists of an ABC set, the inscription “Jane Frazier, Village of Wheatland, Territory of Minnesota” and the phrase, "The prairie is my home" at bottom. This small sampler was created just before admission of Minnesota to the Union, which occurred on 5/11/1858. Rice County was formed by the MN Territorial Legislature on 3/5/1853. There were about 70 settlers living in Wheatland, also called the “Scotch Settlement,” by 1858. The Scots and Czechs appear to have been the first settlers, followed by French-Canadian and Irish.
Preliminary genealogical research has not yet identified the maker. Joseph J. Frazier (also Frazer), one of the earliest settlers of Rice County, Minnesota Territory who arrived there in 1855 but did not file a land claim until January 1857, is identified in early histories of the county as a “half-breed” with a Scots father. His wife’s name was Jane, but according to one source they did not marry until 1861, at which date Joseph was in his late 50s. The date, when examined, does not appear to have been reworked at all – it is original to the rest of the stitching. It is possible that Jane Frazier was indeed Joseph’s wife, and stitched the year that she arrived in Wheatland County and not the year she completed the sampler, but this is supposition, and apparently there were other Scots settlers in the county, so there may have been more than one Jane Frazier. Joseph died 23 Feb 1869; his wife remarried, to one Eli Clouthier (also Cloutier), whose brother John also settled in Rice County between 1856 and 1857.
Territory samplers are uncommon. The Minnesota Historical Society possesses a very small sampler collection; the ones actually stitched in Minnesota all post-date the Civil War.
