By Muriel Bristol (Transcriber) | November 29, 2018
Here follows a 1921 advertisement for Miltonia Mills white wool blankets. This particular advertisement seems pitched towards the institutional blanket trade. Others highlight Milton Mills as a supplier to Admiral Peary’s polar expedition and to Admiral Robert E. Byrd’s Antarctic expedition.
Miltonia Mills operated in some form from 1856 until its bankruptcy in 1950, a period of ninety-four years. Greene Tanning took up its building in or after the 1954 bankruptcy sale.
MILTONIA MILLS
ESTABLISHED 1856
White Wool BLANKETS
The product of these mills in use by Hospitals and Institutions for over half a century.
Made in special sizes and weight for service and wear.
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SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND FINISH
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Ask your dealer for
MILTONIA MILLS BLANKETS
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ROGERS, HENNESSEY & JENKINS
Selling Agents Boston and New York
References:
Anthony, Henry S., and Company. (1954, June). Auction! Machinery and Equipment of the Bankrupt Miltonia Mills (Woolen Blanket Manufacturers) … Wednesday, June 16, 1954 at 11:00 A.M. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=cOXUYgEACAAJ
Modern Hospital. (1921, August). Miltonia Mills Advertisement. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=gmUhAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA83
Wikipedia. (2018, October 12). Robert Peary. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peary