Military Surplus

Google just served up the following bits of local history for sale on the Merchant Circle Blog:

• Blanket 04: Wool Blanket. 1952 new old stock blanket from New York State Army and Naval Affairs. I call it Forest Green with NY logo on one end. 82" x 68". Mfg by F.C.Huyck and Sons, Kenwood Mills in Rensselaer NY. Came in the original burlap covered bale and some may have a little storage dirt on the ends of the blankets. Wash great with Woolite or dryclean. Own a piece of NY history. $30.00
• Blanket 05: Wool Blanket. 1952 new old stock blanket from New York State Army and Naval Affairs. I call it Burgandy with NY logo on one end. 82" x 68". Mfg by F.C.Huyck and Sons, Kenwood Mills in Rensselaer NY. Came in the original burlap covered bale and some may have a little storage dirt on the ends of the blankets. Wash great with Woolite or dryclean. Own a piece of NY history. $30.00

I couldn't find these blankets on the home page of the seller, SpruceMtSurplus.com. Since the blog post was yesterday, they either sold them immediately, or they haven't been photographed and uploaded to their e-commerce system yet. Either way they claim "!!!!!If An Item Is Not In Stock We Can Probably Find It !!!!!"

Google also provides a full scan of a great old book from 1920: Two Related Industries: An Account of Paper-Making And Of Paper-Makers' Felts as Manufactured at The Kenwood Mills, Rensselaer, New York, U.S.A. and Arnprior Ontario, Canada. (Several copies are available on Amazon.)


MORE: Check out these 1940's and 1950's Kenwood Blanket advertisements for sale on a nostalgia site. It includes a 1942 wartime ad, "Afloat or Ashore, They'll Sleep Tonight" (unfortunately, the rest of the scan is illegible).