Collection: Textile Museum Collection

Name: Wool map of South America

Barcode: 50997

Image Number: 50997.0001

Publishing Location: Camden, NJ

Notes: "Designed expressly for Eavenson & Levering Co. Camden New Jersey. Wool scouring carbonizing & depainting."

Brief Description: Illustrations include the different breeds of sheep, charts of wool consumption, Argentine wool, designations of wool in South American countries.

Publisher: Sims, Joseph Patterson, 1890-

Date/Date Range Published: 1940

Language: English

Region Depicted: South America

Dimensions: 54 x 35 cm on sheet 68 x 58 cm

Historical Context: Eavenson & Levering was founded in 1902 by Alban Eavenson and J. Walter Levering in Philadelphia. Scouring wool would make it possible to process into yarn. The firm moved to Camden, New Jersey in 1906 and rapidly expanded and incorporated in 1916.

LC Call Number: HD9890 1940.S5

OCLC: 1032388842

Donor: American Textile History Museum

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/50997.0001