ILIUM Brand Special Braided Line Coiled Round Card
This extra quality ILIUM brand special braided line coiled on a round card was manufactured from black and white smooth combed cotton threads closely braided by the W. H. (William Henry) Draper & Son Company (est. 1865) of Troy New York. The ILIUM brand was introduced prior to 1914 and this version, with the colorful new company logo of the World globe map showing the meridian lines and the slogan “Meridian Brand – Standard of All Time” is from Circa 1929. The Greek name “Ilium” is associated with the ancient city of Troy, the site of the Trojan war in Homer’s “The Iliad”, and a popular nickname for Troy, New York where this line was made about 90 years ago
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The Greek name “Ilium” is associated with the ancient city of Troy, the site of the Trojan war in Homer’s “The Iliad”, and a popular nickname for Troy, New York where this line was made about 90 years ago.