Molino Program To Discuss Historic Uses For Farm Feed Sacks

April 6, 2016

The West Florida Public Libraries and the Molino Mid-County Historical Society will present a program on the farm feed sack and its many diverse uses Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Molino Community Complex.

Coletta Stejskal Bailey, textile coordinator at the Baldwin County Heritage Museum, will discuss the cotton bag’s origin from the late 1840’s to its impact during the Depression and World War II.

This event is being held in conjunction with “The Way We Worked,” a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition on display until April 30 at the Lillian F. King Museum, located in the Molino Community Complex. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekly, closed Sundays, and open during the feed sack presentation from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

“The Way We Worked” has been made possible in Molino by the Florida Humanities Council. “The Way We Worked”, an exhibition created by the National Archives, is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.

Pictured: Feed sack clothing in the 1930’s in Florida. Courtesy State Archives of Florida.

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2 Responses to “Molino Program To Discuss Historic Uses For Farm Feed Sacks”

  1. Dennis HE Wiggins on April 6th, 2016 3:51 pm

    I appreciate the presentation, but some of us DO work in the evenings. Sure would be nice if they would have it available via recordings or multiple presentations.

  2. old man on April 6th, 2016 1:35 pm

    i tell my kids and grand kids about the flour coming in 25 lb sacks and feed in 100lb sacks my mother would pick out the design she liked and make a blouse or a shirt for the kids or for her unravel the string and use it for sewing also make quilts out of the left overs nothing went to waste no those were not the good old days those were hard time we made do with what we had

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