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Textile industries, v.120:no.6 (June 1956)

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Made by: Textile Industries (trade journal)
Date: 1956:June
Held by: HathiTrust Digital Library
Number: HathiTrust coo.31924127922569 (also nyp.33433108154174, v.120 Apr.-June 1956)
Themes: Tools & equipment, Machine tufting & Dalton

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Textile Industries (trade journal). “Textile industries, v.120:no.6 (June 1956).” 1956:June. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924127922569.

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Trade journal issue; search-only. Matches the phrase "tufting gun" in HathiTrust full-text search (second-earliest dated match, after the Rohm & Haas Reporter 1953-55). Page not identified. Why it matters: Hand tools and the gun: a 1956 trade-press use of "tufting gun", likely about bedspread or carpet repair guns in Dalton (compare the 1952 Tenn-Tex gun photo at the Bandy Heritage Center). Found: HathiTrust full-text search, "tufting gun", 2026-10-28.