Milkweed pods hung for drying along the Bear River in Petoskey near the Preston Feather & Sons factory under the management of the Milkweed Floss Corporation of America for the purpose of processing milkweed

Milkweed pods hung for drying along the Bear River in Petoskey near 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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1135-30-2010

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