Dyer's Record Book, 1885
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1945
Small notebook with handwritten formulas for dyestuffs to be used for printing textiles. 210 samples in various designs.
This dyer's record book is from United States and dated 1885
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Gift of Frederick J. Whitehead from the collection compiled by his father Cornelius Whitehead at the Pacific Print Works of Lawrence, Massachusetts. This object came to our collection as a Unknown, in 1945.
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