1957 Annual Report, Mohasco Industries, Inc.
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- Made by
- Mohasco Industries
- Date
- 1957
- Held by
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Collection
- Joseph Bancroft and Sons Company, Miss America collection (Accession 1972.430), Box 3, Folder 13
- Number
- 72430_477
- Size
- 1 color pamphlet (19 pages) ; 8.5 x 11 cm [as catalogued]
- Themes
- Woven carpet, Machine tufting & Dalton, Nylon & synthetic fibers (DuPont)
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Research notes
Annual report of Mohasco Industries (Mohawk and Alexander Smith carpet lines) for 1957; 19-page pamphlet. Read from Hagley's OCR text (page image 7, "Products"): the Mohawk and Alexander Smith lines were "strengthened during the year by the use of new synthetic fibres", Chromspun acetate and Acrilan acrylic, while wool remained featured "exclusively in many of its lines and in blends with nylon in other fabrics"; and "New manufacturing techniques materially enhancing the quality and appearance of its tufted and velvet fabric lines ... were perfected during the year, and patents have been received or are pending". It also notes Mohasco's 20% interest in Bancroft's "Ban-Lon" bulking process for nylon. Held, oddly, in the Bancroft Miss America collection. Why it matters: shows an old-line woven-carpet maker (Mohawk/Alexander Smith) already running tufted lines and patenting tufting techniques by 1957, and switching to synthetic fibres. Useful for the woven-to-tufted transition. Found: Hagley Digital Archives, search "Mohasco", 2026-10-28. Check the link: Hagley's other items in this accession (1972.430) are addressed 1972430_…; an address like 72430_477 may be the old-site form (compare 70_200_09067 → 1970200_09067). If it doesn't open, try https://digital.hagley.org/1972430_477.