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Silk industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Klots Throwing Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1834
Abstract:

The Klots Throwing Company was one of the largest silk manufacturers in the United States, incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1894. The collection consists of only fragmentary records from the Mills at Scranton, Carbondale, Archbald, and Forest City in the Lackawanna Valley.

Dates: 1896-1918; bulk 1905-1914

View of Independence Hall, 1776, textile souvenir

 Collection
Accession: 1975-325-1
Abstract:

William H. Horstmann & Sons was a manufacturer and retailer of silk products for civilian and military clothing between 1815 and 1940. This item is a woven textile souvenir from 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, showing Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

Dates: 1876

William H. Horstmann & Sons, manufactory and sales rooms, engraving

 Collection
Accession: 1975-325-2
Abstract:

William H. Horstmann & Sons was a manufacturer and retailer of silk products for civilian and military clothing between 1815 and 1940. This item is a steel engraving by Samuel Sartain of the William H. Horstmann & Sons manufactory and sales room building in Philadelphia.

Dates: circa 1863