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Vintage and Antique Sewing Not…3 of 8Sewing Thread Spool HolderStar Six Cord Cotton Sewing Thread
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    Posted 10 months ago

    strangemod…
    (42 items)

    This was a really awesome find, too bad it was missing one spool. I thought about using it but decided against it. I’m now on the lookout for a spool to replace the missing one.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 10 months ago
      Love the box graphics..nice find.
    2. keramikos, 10 months ago
      strangemodegirl, Cool. :-)

      I agree with dave2no1 about the graphics.

      Google Lens yielded some relatives of your thread box:

      https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/253254/

      The name Willimantic made me say, "Wut," so I was obliged to do some more looking around, and turned up this interesting piece:

      https://connecticuthistory.org/willimantics-american-thread-plant-a-multinational-corporate-takeover/

      So while the text on the box indicates a New York, NY company, the imagery is of the mill buildings in Willimantic, CT:

      https://historicbuildingsct.com/willimantic-linen-company-mill-no-2-1864/

      DCF WILLIMANTIC
      322 Main St #2, Willimantic, CT 06226

      https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rp8CiTPRPJn4zwQ87
    3. yougottahavestuff yougottahavestuff, 10 months ago
      Great bridge in Willimatic. Has a large pair of Frog sentry's sitting on Large Spools of Thread at each end.
      Stuff
    4. yougottahavestuff yougottahavestuff, 10 months ago
      Also related to bridge Look up battle of the Frogs!! Interesting!!
      Stuff
    5. keramikos, 10 months ago
      yougottahavestuff,, I saw something about that out of the corner of my eye, but didn't link it before.

      The poor things. :-(

      https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-great-windham-frog-fight-1754/

      Thread City Crossing
      South St, Willimantic, CT 06226

      https://maps.app.goo.gl/P4QHXfEAcdE9fLeu8
    6. keramikos, 10 months ago
      More about the frog bridge sculptures, and an alternate explanation for all the dead frogs:

      https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-connecticut-town-s-tribute-to-a-bullfrog-battle
    7. dav2no1 dav2no1, 10 months ago
      So in the 1st link in Kera's post #5 they mention the American Thread Company.

      Kera & Stuff..Thanks for pointing out the frog battle..very amusing story.
    8. keramikos, 10 months ago
      dav2no1, You're welcome. :-)

      Yeah, I thought that frog battle was both amusing (because of the hypervigilant humans) -- and poignant (because of all those poor dead frogs surrounding a drought-stricken pond).

      Thanks for mentioning the American Thread Company connection with Willimantic, because I didn't excerpt it from the linked piece, so it isn't obvious to anybody who doesn't read the it.

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