History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) (1922)
Boston : Frank P. Bennett · leaf 82
ges, knit shoddy to its exact origin. It seems as ifseveral persons had already begun the pro-cess by 1813 and according to Samuel Jubb,who in 1860 published a quaint History ofthe Shoddy Trade, priority is usually as-signed to one Benjamin Law who foundedand conducted his business in Batley,… … Old Amoskeag Foundry stocks, and fine dress goods are packedseparately and then subdivided into staplecolors such as reds, greens, blues, etc. Thehard woolen rags are first put through thestripping process which consists in rip-ping off the cotton linings. This process isdone by hand and the…
Textile industry -- United States · Textile fabrics -- United States
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