AUG 10, 2015 • Ephemera, Photography
I found this box at a garage sale in a big bag of yarn. I asked the owner if I could just buy the box as I had no need for the rest. She said, “Sure, how about $1?” And that’s the story of the best dollar I’ve ever spent.
![Barbour's Linen Thread Box Barbour's Linen Thread Box](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours1.jpg)
Barbour’s Sewing Machine Linen Thread. Hilden, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
![Barbour's Linen Thread Box and Sewing Supplies Barbour's Linen Thread Box and Sewing Supplies](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours2.jpg)
![Barbour's BEST QUALITY vintage label Barbour's BEST QUALITY vintage label](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours3.jpg)
Flax trade mark. BARBOUR’S No. 8. Lisburn, N. Ireland. BEST QUALITY. Made in N. Ireland.
![Barbour's 3 Cord linen thread vintage label sticker Barbour's 3 Cord linen thread vintage label sticker](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours4.jpg)
3 Cord. No. 50. 2 Ounce.
![Barbour's Linen Thread Box Close Up Barbour's Linen Thread Box Close Up](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours5.jpg)
Philadelphia. Paris 1878.
![Sewing Thread Sewing Thread](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours6.jpg)
![Spear Pointed Kirby Hooks Spear Pointed Kirby Hooks](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours7.jpg)
Spear Pointed KIRBY HOOKS. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 100 No. 8 Ringed. Quality 1939. Made in Ireland.
![Singer Sewing Machine Needles Singer Sewing Machine Needles](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours8.jpg)
SINGER needles. 15×1. 3 size 16. 40 to 60 cotton. C silk. Singer Sewing Machines. The Singer M’F’G. Co. Made in Canada.
![Barbour's Linen Thread Box Close Up Barbour's Linen Thread Box Close Up](http://www.jenellecarter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20150810jmcBarbours9.jpg)
Sydney 1879. Berlin, 1877.