82% wool 18% cotton hand bag with 100% cotton lining, single internal zippered compartment, fixed length brown leather handles and Western style belt buckle closure with hidden magnetized snap for easy accessibility, and sturdy metal feet in red.
MEASURES: W14 inches x H11 1/2 inches x D6 inches
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Thomas Kay, a young English weaver traveled to Oregon in 1863 and helped organize Oregon's second woolen mill in Brownsville, where he oversaw the weaving operation. In 1889, Thomas Kay opened his own mill in Salem, Oregon. Thomas Kay's eldest daughter, Fannie, learned the mill business and ably assisted her father in mill operation and management. When she married retail merchant C.P. Bishop, a complementary combination of merchandising and manufacturing expertise emerged - a solid foundation for what was to become Pendleton Woolen Mills. This dual textile-retail heritage was passed on to the three Bishop sons, Clarence, Roy and Chauncey. In 1909, with family and town backing, the Bishop sons started up an idle mill in Pendleton, Oregon. |
