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17 Oct ’14 - 11:51 am
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I have some pictures of my mother and her sisters wearing them somewhere, I'll have to look for them

Did you know Flour Mills would print different designs so the mothers could make different items out of them?

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Warehouse worker wheeling colorfully printed flour sacks which housewives use to make dresses because the labels wash out, at Sunbonnet Sue flour mill.
 
 
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Workers filliing colorfully printed flour sacks which housewives use to make dresses because the labels wash out, at Sunbonnet Sue flour mill.
 
 
different designs
 

 
 
 
 
 
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I long for the time when things were reusable, repairable.

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spotted-horses said
I long for the time when things were reusable, repairable.

agreed, from a marketing standpoint, it was a pretty smart thing to do, with so many people trying to be self-sufficient, surprised none of the feed suppliers have reverted back to this

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