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Photograph of group of boys and girls knitting and sewing on sewing machines. Red Cross emblem on wall behind. East Providence, RI. Hoyt Grammar school.

Illustration of covered wagon with settlers and livestock moving west. USA, mid 19th C.

Wool sample "Ewe Hogget" 1892
Haddon Rig, Warren NSW.

Example of merino wool grown by the Peppin Family in the Wanganella Region of NSW. This family worked hard for decades in the mid to late nineteenth century to breed sheep that were able to survive in Outback Australia whilst also growing the long,…

Header or Logo for FOW

Photograph of man and woman surrounded by knitting machines at Fort Schuyler Knitting Co., Utica, NY, 3 Oct 1918. Manufacturing woolen underwear for the Government.

Etching by Luther Webster, ca. 1893.

Photograph of sheep's fleece

Interior Dalgety Wool Store, Geraldton WA; 1917 appraisal

Photograph in storage of selection of German made spun paper yarn military equipment, acquired as salvage after WWI by the US Army and later donated to the US National Museum

Image of samples from NMAH Consular collection of spun paper yarns and textiles collected in Plauen, Germany in 1907

Photographs (record shots only, not for print publication) of items from group of yarn skeins in Navy grey and Army khaki; and samples of items to be knitted for the armed forces by civilians: balaclava style hat, scarf, mittens, etc.

Hypo helmet style wool gas mask of the type used at Gallipoli

Greek vase painting, Jason and the Golden Fleece

Photo of Julius Forstmann, 1871-1939. The German-born Forstmann was the owner of Forstmann & Huffman, an important wool manufacturing concern in New Jersey. The company was known for fine fabrics - suit and dress goods.

2 women work in room full of bales and containers of rags, sorting by color and type

Photograph of male and female workers handling and cutting pattern pieces from sheepskins to make mackinaws, jerkins, and coats for the US Government during WWI. Taken at the Wyman Partridge Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.. Cutting thousands of pelts…

Workman guides electric knife through stacks of cloth laid out with pattern piece outlines for US Army uniforms

Male worker bends over cutting table to place pattern pieces and mark the cutting lines of the top layer of cloth for a stack.

2 men work at opposite sides of a long table, measuring cloth. Tied bolts in background.

Room full of men, one signing enlistment (?) papers, at the German Consulate, NYC, 1914.

Photograph, NYU knitting course, 1918