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Historic Babbitt Trading Posts Commemorative Blanket: Oraibi Trading Post design
- Item Number
- 264
- Estimated Value
- 185 USD
- Sold
- 180 USD to barbcovello
- Number of Bids
- 17 - Bid History
Item Description
To commemorate the Babbitt family's proud and colorful history in the Indian Trading business, Babbitt's Wholesale, Inc. and Pendleton Woolen Mills present unique trade blankets recalling individual Babbitt Brothers trading posts. The Babbitt brothers came to Flagstaff in 1886 to go into the cattle ranching business and soon established themselves as ranch and mercantile store owners. Some of the first manufactured goods to be available to the Native American tribes of the Southwest were machine-made woolen blankets. These blankets gradually replaced the fine hand-woven wearing garments produced by the Pueblo and Navajo Peoples. Since the late 1890's, Pendleton has produced a vast array of woolen blankets designed for the Native American trade.
This woolen blanket design commemorates the Oraibi Trading Post, established in the late 1800's by Frederick Volz, beside the Atlantic & Pacific Railway track at Canyon Diablo east of Flagstaff.
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Item Special Note
Blanket is as shown, brand new and presented in a box. Size 66 x 90" and made of 82% wool and 18% cotton.
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