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During World War II, 1941–45, Pendleton Woolen Mills devoted most of its production to blankets and fabric for uniforms and clothing for the US military services. In 1949, after postwar market research showed a desire for women's sportswear, the company introduced a line of wool clothing for women and the '49er jacket proved extremely popular.
Pendleton Woolen Mills is a maker of wool blankets, shirts, and an assortment of other woolen goods. Founded in 1909 by Clarence, Roy and Chauncey Bishop, the company built upon earlier businesses related to the many sheep ranches in the region. A wool-scouring plant opened in Pendleton in 1893 to wash raw wool for shipping.
Eva Marie Saint, on the left, and Marlon Brando who is wearing a Pendleton jacket with a zip fastening rather than the conventional buttons, in On the Waterfront, 1954. Mackinaw cloth is a heavy and dense water-repellent woolen cloth, similar to Melton cloth but using a tartan pattern, often "buffalo plaid". It was used to make a short coat of ...
Pendleton Whisky, a premium Canadian Whisky imported and bottled by Hood River Distillers in Hood River, Oregon; Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its Indian blankets and usually-plaid woollen shirts; Pendleton's Lithography, Boston, established by William S. Pendleton (1795–1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798–1866)
Bowman was a successful farmer and wool producer. He bought the hotel property in 1900 of a house on the site burned down. [2] His cousin, Walter S. Bowman, was a prominent professional photographer in Pendleton. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1980
The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill was started in 1889 by Thomas Lister Kay, whose descendants eventually founded Pendleton Woolen Mills. [8] [9] The workforce of 50 labored 60-hour weeks. In 1895, a fire destroyed the mill. [10] Ground was broken on a new mill structure on December 20, 1895, in the same location.
Pendleton Woolen Mills; Portland Gear; Sock It To Me (clothing company) Hanna Andersson; Bridge & Burn; Lululemon; Under Armour; Former. Lucy Activewear; Holden Outerwear
Bowman worked in Pendleton from the late 1880s to the mid-1930s documenting life in Eastern Oregon [2] including at events such as the Pendleton Round-Up [8] and workers at the Pendleton Woolen Mills. [9] Bowman was a member of the Pendleton Camera Club and knew O.C. Allen and Lee Moorhouse (who he seems to have