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Title	Werthan Bag Corporation printing proof 001 -- "Classic"
Personal name	Werthan, Meier, 1843-1914;
Corporate name	Metro Nashville Goverment
Topical entry	Business enterprises Industrial facilities Printing Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Industrial facilities--Tennessee--Nashville Printing--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce Nashville (Tenn.)--History
Description	M. Werthan and Company was founded by Meier Werthan in 1895. He was originally in the business of buying, reconditioning, and selling used burlap bags. By 1913, the business expanded into the manufacture of new textile bags, made of cotton fabric as well as burlap. In 1928, the company merged with Morgan and Hamilton Company, which had operated a cotton mill as well as a bleachery, to form Werthan Bag Corporation. Then, bales of raw cotton were received by the mill, spun into yarn, and woven into cloth or twisted into sewing thread. The cloth was then bleached and sent to the textile bag mill where it was printed, cut, and sewn into bags. The image above is a printing proof made on a broadside poster before a company's logo could be approved. Werthan Bag Mill, part of Werthan Packaging, Inc., shut its doors in 1995 after five generations of family operation. Color; 18 x 24 in.
Creator	Werthan Bag Corporation
Publisher	Metro Government Archives
Date	circa 1935
Type	Still image; Broadside
Format	image/jpeg (5.72 MB)
Identifier	Werthan Collection--W-CDM001
Language	English
Relation	Werthan Collection
Coverage	1930-1939
Rights	Available
Location	Metro Government Archives, 3801 Green Hills Village Dr., Nashville, TN, 37215