Three Vintage Kentucky Feed and Flour Sacks Including Climax Mills and Mt. Eden Mills

This lot comprises an assortment of three vintage paper sacks originating from regional mills in Kentucky. The first is a Climax White Corn Meal sack made of heavy cream-toned paper. It features a central circular printed vignette of a brown horse in a green pasture with a red barn. The text is printed in red and blue, including a red sunburst reading WHITE and the central brand name CLIMAX. A printed blue inscription at the bottom identifies the maker as Climax Mills, Shelbyville, Ky. 40065. The side panels include printed red banners reading DOWN BY THE WATERS OF CLEAR CREEK and feature recipes for Water Bread and Hush Puppies. The second item is a brown kraft paper sack for Longs Climax Laying Mash. It features a central circular vignette of a rooster standing on a fence before a rising sun. The sack is printed with green vertical banners on each side reading S. M. LONGS SONS. A printed green inscription at the base reads SINCE 1874 by Climax Roller Mills Shelbyville, Ky. The third item is a textured white paper flour sack for Early Rise Self-Rising Flour. The central graphic depicts a rising sun over a wheat field with stacked sheaves, framed by stalks of grain. Printed blue and red text identifies the product and the mill as MT. EDEN MILLS, HOLMES & NETHERY, PROPS., MT. EDEN, KY. A small blue circular logo for WERTHAN is printed at the top right. All three sacks are unissued new old stock, retaining their original flat-folded bottoms and top openings.Width: 13 inches (Early Rise sack)Length: 25 inches (all sacks).