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2001/45/2 Booklet, 'The Grey Sock', paper / metal, published by the Soldiers' Sock Fund, Australia, 1914-1918. Click to enlarge.
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Booklet 'The Grey Sock'

This booklet was printed by the Soldiers' Sock Fund to provide instruction for knitting socks for soldiers during World War One. Proceeds from the sales of the booklet also went to the fund.

The Soldiers' Sock Fund was one of a number of comfort funds and organisations launched in the first two years of the First World War in Australia. Among the others were the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross, the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund of New South Wales and the Australian Comfort …

Summary

Object No.

2001/45/2

Object Statement

Booklet, 'The Grey Sock', paper / metal, published by the Soldiers' Sock Fund, Australia, 1914-1918

Physical Description

Stapled 12 page booklet entitled 'The Grey Sock'. The cover reads: 'THE / Grey Sock / Proceeds of the Sale / to be devoted to the / Soldiers' Sock Fund'. Contains instructions for knitting grey wool socks. The instructions have been annotated in ink.

Marks

Annotations to printed text, handwritten in blue and black ink

Short URL

https://ma.as/10108

Dimensions

Height

102 mm

Width

60 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, 2001

Acquisition Date

30 May 2001

Cite this Object

Harvard

Booklet 'The Grey Sock' 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 29 March 2023, <https://ma.as/10108>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/10108 |title=Booklet 'The Grey Sock' |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=29 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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