Twin-size tan nylon blanket with double cream-colored stripes in a square pattern. Single electric heat control. Retains its original packaging insert and paper instructions.
Made/Created
Date made
1985 - 1990
Materials
Material Notes
Acrylic, nylon, wire, plastic
Interpretative Labels
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Cultural/Historical Context
Label
In 1971, the Florida-based Sunbeam Corporation purchased the WestPoint Pepperell blanket division buildings and machinery and formed the Biddeford Textile Company. The factory wove the blanket shells for Sunbeam’s electric blankets; the controls and wiring were manufactured elsewhere. The mill remained in production under several different owners until 2003, when the last owner, Taiwan-based Microlife Corporation, announced they were closing the factory. Two hundred people lost their jobs.
