Can anyone make out this label? On a 48 star flag

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  1. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    I have this big ol’ 48 star flag. Can’t make out the makers stamp to save my life. Address is clear, 3*5 Worcester Turnpike. Looks like possibly Newton Centre? Can’t make the rest out. And searching “flag” and the name of the road surprisingly yielded no results that I saw. It’s stamped three time and each is as illegible as the next other than “Worcester Turnpike”. I’d bet the farm it’s a Massachusetts manufacturer. 8B917073-4191-4728-8DE6-62F7B98E73BB.jpeg
     
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    Home Specialties Company, Inc., 335 Worcester Turnpike, Newton Centre 59, MASS

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  3. J Dagger

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    Thanks. Always looks obvious once you know! Oddly I can’t find any info even knowing what it says. Maybe they were just the retailer rather than the manufacturer.
     
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  4. Debora

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    I pulled the information off a search in Google Books. From the Industrial Textile Directory: Fabrics, Yards, Finishers, 1947.

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    Interesting that it came up in Google Books but didn’t seem to in Google proper. Unless I’m just doing something wrong.
     
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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    No, you're not. In addition to Google, always helpful to go to Google Images and Google Books when doing online research.

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