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Title: Fabrics we are printing and how we do it
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: American Printing Company
Subjects: Calico-printing Textile printing Dyes and dyeing
Publisher: (New Bedford, MA) : American Printing Company
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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^nbtgo ^luc anb tPl^ttc 24 INCHES WIDE . Our Indigo Blue and White is the best 64x64 print cloth, warranted dyed with pure Indigo,and absolutely fast color. After being dyed, attractive patterns in White are produced upon it by printing an oxidizingagent, which when passed through a chemical bath, cuts or removes the Indigo wherever it hasbeen printed, leaving the pure White of the fabric to form the pattern in White on the Indigo. We make a specialty of Plain Shade Indigos, of a very rich and desirable color. Our finished pieces are of a uniform width, a fact that applies to all of our fabrics. I u y^^Dxc -Qo .cCO
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t Calcutta Ctgl?t ^lue anb Wi)ik O 24 INCHES WIDE Our Calcutta Light Blue and White fabric is the best 64x64 print cloth, dyed and printed ina manner similar to our Indigo Blue and White, except that it is dyed a lighter tone of Blue.It is warranted dyed with pure Indigo and absolutely fast color, and is a shade of color thatlooks rich and attractive with the patterns in White printed upon it. The great care exercised in the dyeing makes our Plain Shade Calcutta of exceptional value. This fabric receives special attention in the finishing, on account of its delicate shade, andthe finished pieces have much the effect of silk. -X3::^:x ^ ^ccc ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT Our Engraving Department is most complete, consisting of sub-departments of sketch-making, plate-cutting, pantograph-tracing, copper and steel etching, machine engraving, handsteel engraving, steel hardening, mill raising and copper and steel turning. Our skilled workmen in copper and steel etching, and in the hand steel engrav

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