Botany Worsted Mills Page 2

Passaic, New Jersey

$_cid_12e8b1e4-034c-4b9a-8de8-e30a0eb022ce_lan$ The Botany Worsted Mills were established in 1889 and grew to become one of the very most famous producers of men’s suiting materials and the famous Botany 500 suits.

Photos / Postcards Courtesy of the Mark Auerbach Historical Collection

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Carolyn Mode-Botany fabric
Good Housekeeping Ad 1940

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Good Housekeeping Ad for
Botany Worsted Mills 1940

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Better Homes and Gardens ad
Botany Fabric 1950

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The Saturday Evening Post ad 1945

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Botany Knitting Worsted
NoDyeLot Color 686
Courtesy of Maggie Bauer