It's official! Fall is here! We're enjoying the seasonal weather today with a nod to sweater season. This 1960 fashion photograph was commissioned by Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. to feature a sweater made with the company's Ban-Lon yarn.
This item is part of the Hagley Library’s Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. Miss America photographs (Accession 1972.430) collection. The company, incorporated in 1889, manufactured, bleached, dyed, and finished a variety cotton-made goods. After World War I, it added synthetics to its production, and these included rayon and nylon fabrics.
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