Object. Small souvenir box containing 5 cocoons of silk and 1 braid of raw silk. Text printed on box cover reads “Silk Souvenir Reeled at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, by the Women’s Silk Culture Association of the U.S., Philadelphia, PA.” According to old notes, box originally held 6 cocoons, but when recatalogued in 2006 box held only five.
Cross Ref: Agriculture