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Completed silk cocoons on broomweed

60-109-03
Accession Number
60-109-03
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348098921
Related Collection
White House Central Files: President's Personal File
Keywords
Textile industry
Silk
HST Keywords
silkworms; Texas, Mineral Wells
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Description
Completed silk cocoons on broomweed at Mineral Wells, Texas. When the worms are ready to spin their cocoons, bundles of broomweeds are placed on the trays and the silkworms crawl up into the weeds to spin their cocoons. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by Ernest M. Mims, Manager of the Chamber of Commerce of Mineral Wells, Texas. The city established a silk harvesting and hosiery manufacturing plant.
Date(s)
September 1945