Milkweed pods arriving at the Preston Feather & Sons factory under the management of the Milkweed Floss Corporation of America for the purpose of processing milkweed

Milkweed pods arriving at the Preston Feather & Sons factory under the management of the Milkweed Floss Corporation of America for the purpose of processing milkweed

Little Traverse Historical Society; part of a series documenting cultivation and harvesting of milkweed in the Petoskey area to be used to manufacture life vests during WWII. To learn more about the Milkweed project visit: https://www.petoskeymuseum.org/milkweed.html

circa 1942

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