Advertising card for J. & P. Coats spool cotton thread. Illustration shows Liliputians tying down Gulliver using Coats' thread. Back shows chart of thread and needle numbers for various brands of sewing machines.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats spool cotton thread. Illustration shows woman pulling mule with Coats' thread. Back shows chart of thread and needle numbers for various brands of sewing machines.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats six cord thread. Illustration shows children on a see-saw using a spool of thread as a base. Back lists colors of thread available.
Advertising card for spool cotton thread by J. & P. Coats. Illustration shows a ship pulling a barge using Coats' thread as a tow line on the front, and a calendar for 1880-1881 on the back.
Advertising card for Clark's spool cotton thread sold by George A. Clark. Illustration is titled "A favorite with the ladies" and shows a baby holding a rattle made of a spool of thread
Advertising card for Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton thread sold by J.N. Robinson of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Illustration shows a man on a horse lassoing a bull using thread.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats' thread. Illustration shows a rainy day with people under umbrellas. Text on back of card is in German, and lists available colors of Coats' thread.
Advertising card for Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton thread sold by George A. Clark. Illustration shows men racing in wagons with spools of thread for wheels pulled by goats. Back of card shows a calendar for 1879.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats six cord thread. Illustration is titled "The Champion" and shows a child with a rifle. Back shows chart of thread and needle numbers for various brands of sewing machines.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats thread. Illustration shows a baby powdering a dog's nose. Back shows chart of needle and thread numbers for various brands of sewing machine.
Advertising card for J. & P. Coats thread sold by Garrison & Simmonds of Waterloo, New York. Illustration shows a girl on a swing with spools of thread nearby.
Advertising card for Clark's mile-end spool cotton thread sold by Thomas Russell & Company. Illustration shows a lighthouse with a spool of thread as a light.
Advertising card for Willimantic thread sold by Perhune Dry Goods of New York. Illustration shows Jumbo the elephant being pulled by Willimantic thread.
Photomicrograph, at 660 magnification, showing a typical nylon thread in cross section. The 17 filaments are almost perfectly round and very smooth. This represents a thread used in sheer stockings and fine knit goods.
